The document discusses how lawyers can improve their effectiveness through better time management, focusing on priorities, using tools like to-do lists and project management software, understanding their personality and communication styles, setting meaningful goals, and employing performance psychology techniques like focusing one's self-image and controlling self-talk. It provides advice on identifying a single high-value task, doing it first each day, taking breaks, and setting weekly accountability goals to maximize productivity.

1. THE EFFECTIVE LAWYER
BY:
DARIN KLEMCHUK

3. “There is nothing quite so useless as
doing with great efficiency something
that should not be done at all.”
Peter Drucker

4. Key Point to Presentation:
You cannot do it all. What you choose to occupy
your mind drives your performance.
It’s all about choice.
Your choices reveal your priorities.

5. Part I: Productivity & Time Management

6. Effort
Results

7. Effort
Results

9. New Client
Development
Relationship
Manager
Service
Professionals
“Hunter”
Project
Manager
“Farmer” “Manager” “Grinder”
New
Clients
New
Matters
Project Done
on Time,
Right, and in
Budget
Valuable
Services

10. Purpose, Priority, and Results

11. Part II: Personality & Productivity

12. Communication/Decision-Making Styles
Visionaries
Bottom Line, Decisive,
Assertive
Verbal Processors In Person Discussion
Rule Followers
Details, Details &
More Details; Best in
Writing

13. Part III: Tools

15. What’s the one thing I can do such that
by doing it, everything else will be
easier or even unnecessary?
The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results. By Jay
Papasan and Gary Keller

17. Purpose: Overall Life Mission
Priorities: Most Important Areas/ Things to Accomplish
1.)
2.)
3.)

18. 3 Most Important Things To Accomplish In
The Next 13 Weeks
Translate Into Weekly Tactics
Score Progress

19. Tactics for Quarterly Goals
Consistent with Purpose & Priorities
Big, High-Value Lever Activities
Few Key Daily Tactics

20. Focus Time
Buffer Time
Free Time

21. Projects Lists
Task List (sortable by due date and owner)
Project Report with Tasks, Team, and Status
Comments
Periodic Same Page Meetings

22. Personality Profile:
Visionary – Futuristic Goal Thinkers
Social – Socially Oriented
Research – Technical, Detailed

23. What’s the one thing I can do such that
by doing it, everything else will be
easier or even unnecessary?

24. 1. Hard To Resist, Easy, Pleasurable Impulses
2. Humans Don’t Like Quiet, Focused Time

25. 1. Lack of Self Awareness
2. Lack of Clarity as to Purpose/Priority/Levers
3. Chaos happens when you go long
4. Believe you can do it all:
Frozen
Urge to Flee
“The Dream”
Phone Call

26. Ask The Focusing Question
Write Down Your “One Thing” For The Day
Visualize Succeeding On Your “One Thing” Before Work
Do It First Thing
Take A Short Break
Repeat

27. Write down 3 key tasks for tomorrow
Do all 3 before lunch break
Use CommitTo3 to share with accountability partner

28. Part IV: Effective Goal Setting

29.  Product vs. process goals
 Focus on what you can control
 Quarterly goals work best
 In writing
 Weekly accountability partner
 Positive visualization

30. Part V: Performance Psychology 201

31. You cannot over or under perform your self-image for
extended time periods
Self-talk drives performance.

32.  Results
 Actions
 Feelings
 Thoughts
 Programming
Performance Chain

33. Law of Expectancy