Listen with the intent to understand, not the intent to reply. Stephen Covey I have a gnarly habit I am efforting to abandon: I interrupt. When I am in a conversation, and the other person says something that compels a […]
Rosie, my parents’ cat, bolted out their side door last week. The plump young feline pictured above has been missing ever since. (If you live in Havertown, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and see Rosie, please let me know.) With each passing […]
“Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.” “Hi. How are things with you?” The question is commonplace. For me, it is a loaded inquiry, causing hesitation before I answer. In the past, I’d respond […]
Yesterday was my buddy’s birthday. He was one of my best friends through grade and high school. I enjoyed going to his house, a 5-minute walk from mine, to play video games. He always had the best games. One day, […]
“Have a good day, counsel.” “Take care, bro.” I was so lost in thought I could barely see as I walked past the metal detectors towards the courthouse’s exit doors. But then I slammed on the brakes. Wait. Was that […]
I’m the reason why I cannot have nice things. My parents and sister gave me a pair of Ugg slippers as a birthday gift. They are fantastically comfortable and admittedly expensive. They cannot get wet. As I stood at the […]
I love my dad. He is the most selfless man I have ever met. I think the fact that his only son almost died at 25 years old changed him. He became overly protective. His desire to want to shield […]
Very few writers really know what they are doing until they’ve done it. Nor do they go about their business feeling dewy and thrilled. They do not type a few stiff warm-up sentences and then find themselves bounding along like […]
“ I don’t know how to . . .” is bullshit. My business partner and I had several conversations today about how we can grow Sullivan|Simon into the legal ghostwriting force it can become. We brainstormed about marketing, access to […]
Do you know which of the fifty states borders New Jersey to the west? I have ridden the Port Authority Transit Corporation (PATCO) Speedline train to and fro’ work since January 2000. The above-pictured map is located at each door […]