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Everyday I'm Hustling.

Thomas Edison once said:


Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.


So today's post is about just that.... hustling while you wait.


I'm about one week away from signing the lease to that office I wrote about earlier.  I already have the address I plan on using, but I don't have the telephone and fax number to the office yet.  So... I have to put a lot of things on hold, like business cards and other marketing efforts.  


That doesn't mean I can't hustle while I wait.  I set up my practice's website (which I'll post later).  I also thought of some marketing techniques that I've been researching (will post later, too).  There's still a lot of things to do as well.  Organizing a new law practice requires notifying the State Bar and learning about IOLTA.  


Most importantly, I've been thinking about the day-to-day.  Making intake forms, deciding what order to handle the initial consultation and how to follow up on them.  Writing receipts for payments (I got a receipt book from Staples).  


I don't know if anyone reads this blog, but one of the main reasons I write this is for me to organize my thoughts, know where I am now and where I have to be in the future.  Remember when our law professors told us the best way to study is to teach it to someone who doesn't know anything about law?  Well, kind of the same principle for starting a law practice too.

Today's piece of advice:  Hustle while you wait.  Small steps lead to giant leaps.


Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.  - Thomas Edison