Decision Fatigue and How to Battle It

12 March, 2015

Obama Only Wears Gray or Blue Suits. The Commander in Chief also doesn’t decide what to eat for breakfast. Decisions like that are simplified and outsourced. Obama explains why in an extended profile piece by Michael Lewis: “You’ll see I wear only gray or blue suits,” he said. “I’m trying to pare ...

Four Filevine Super Powers You Can Use Today

11 March, 2015

When we talk about some of the features Filevine has (and some that are being developed), we like to call them “super powers.” We like to think a little hyperbole is a healthy thing, but we also believe that some of what Filevine does, beyond the typical abilities you would expect from a cutting-edg...

First Step in Adding Good Clients: Subtract the Bad Clients

5 March, 2015

Toxic clients. They drain your resources and push all your buttons. They inject you with anxiety and fill you with frustration. First it’s only in their presence that you feel like you hate your job; then it’s when you answer their email; then when you simply open their file. This negativity from ba...

Practicing the Pareto Principle: Get More Done By Focusing on the Right Tasks

26 February, 2015

Because time is something you can’t retrieve once it’s been spent, it’s no surprise that many of do our best to figure out how we can make the most of each minute of our time. This is especially true when it comes to business activities. I’ve found that applying the Pareto Principle benefits my busi...

Is it Time to Reconsider Emoticons? The Case for the Legal Smiley

26 February, 2015

Those frivolous little smiley faces have been on some serious minds. One group of these thinkers is composed of business professionals strategizing to wipe that smile off our screens. Communications professor Bill Lancaster bemoans that emoticons are one more sign of the general “degradation of wri...

The Surprising Reason You’re Less Productive At Work – And 3 Keys to Shaking Things Up

20 February, 2015

Have you ever wondered why it is that you sit down at your desk first thing in the morning, with every intention of being a productive rock star, and instead find yourself doing the same useless things? (How many times does a person have to check Facebook before work gets done?) Well, the reaso...