LawDawg21

One of the greatest lessons Peter Drucker taught Marshall Goldsmith and then Marshall taught me is this: “We spend a lot of time helping leaders learn what to do. We do not spend enough time teaching leaders what to stop. Half of the leaders I have met don’t need to learn what to do. They need to learn what to stop.”

The key to “lawyering differently” is to first “see differently.” If you don’t want to burn out or top out, then you must get out. What I mean by “get out” probably isn’t what you’re thinking—though many of your successful predecessors have done just that.

The qualities that made you successful can actually hold you back. In your own entrepreneurial life, have you achieved a certain level of success, then hit a plateau?  Do you spend most of your time putting out fires or sitting in meetings? Does your head hurt?  If you answered yes to any of these questions, you’ve likely hit what I call the “crystal ceiling.”