What's Next? How to Create a Satisfying "Second Act" in Your Legal Career

What's Next? How to Create a Satisfying "Second Act" in Your Legal Career

Reflect on what your have accomplished in your career and consider what to do next. Act I is over. Act II is about to begin. You can improve what you're already doing, refresh your career, or even reinvent your work life. Now is the time to reexamine your career goals and set the stage for new ones in the years ahead. Goals like:

  • Keep your good thing going, but make it even more successful
  • Explore a more fulfilling practice
  • Create new opportunities that use all of your talents
  • Work part-time to have more time to volunteer or be with your family
  • Retire soon, but stay active and do meaningful work

You will leave this seminar with the start of a written personal plan for Act II: a plan with realistic and attainable goals that aligns with your abilities and values. Together, we'll work on transforming possibilities into tangible actions - leading to the results you want.

"Remember, you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones that you did do." - Mark Twain

Course Outline

What's next? Set the stage for a productive and fulfilling second act.

  • Examine where you've been and how it's been
  • Articulate your talent and passion
    - Find out what makes you happy/fulfilled/satisfied
    - What do you do well?
  • Consider the possibilities for what's next along the career path
    - Continue what you currently do, but make it better
    - Step out and try something a little bit different
          - New practice/same place
          - New place/same practice
    - Rebalance your professional, personal and community activities
    - Make a big change
  • Get serious about creating a future with options
    - Is your second act realistic?
    - What may hold you back?
  • Turning what's next into action
    - Where do I begin?
    - How can I increase my chances for a standing ovation?

To learn more about how Wolf Management Consultants can help you reexamine your career goals and set the stage for new ones in the years ahead, contact us.

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