The most comfortable Ford
Truck or SUV on the market today is the King Ranch. As far as trucks go,
the King Ranch isn't particularly construction site worthy, due to the
leather interior which is very easy to scratch. Even day-to-day use can
leave the interior of your King Ranch F150 looking shabby and old.
Thus, technology was on a roll. Bill Gates had founded
the Microsoft Corporation in 1975 and McDonalds had created a drive
thru. However, my mother was more interested in her own life and leisure
time. In the seventies she had graduated high school, entered the
workforce, and married my father in 1976 and started her own
family.
She remembered the day her son Teddie had
brought Charlie home. They'd just moved into an apartment after selling
the house he'd been born in. She'd done it for the worst reason of all,
to try to hang on to a new man she'd just met and with whom her son had,
at best, a nervous relationship. It seemed as though she just couldn't
stop making mistakes, and now this. She remembered her last days in the
house, how she'd walked out and never looked back and how she hadn't
been able to drive by it for the longest time, long after the man had
gone, long after Charlie had died and been reborn at least a dozen more
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Noticing at first
that I was completely exhausted from staying in the protective fight or
flight mode, I began to question whether or not I could handle this
responsibility. I went through a journey of emotions from anger to
shame. How could I be a babysitter when I had a business to run and a
life of my own? What did I do to deserve this punishment? These were
thoughts that took residence in my mind during the first months. The
first voice I heard when I came out of surgery was Harrison's. Harrison
called me on the phone and said, "Hey, are you okay?" I said,
"Yeah, I'm good." He said, "Well, then you need to get back to work." I
said, "Are you serious?" He said, "That's the way this cookie crumbles."
So I went back to work. The show doesn't stop for anybody.
If your firm were a car what would it be? Strong and tough
like a
buy truck doors? Sleek and
fast like a Ferrari? Sophisticated and state-of-the-art like a Mercedes
S-Class? How about an ice cream flavor? A beverage? A movie genre? All
of these exercises not only make for a lively discussion, but work to
help define your firm personality. Once that emerges, look for ways to
incorporate it in your firm's daily business- from answering the phones
to your letterhead. From shopping around and purchasing just the right part, to finding
a mechanic that can work on classic cars to purchasing an already
restored car; the Internet has already transformed a chore that used to
take weeks and sometimes months, into just hours, or possibly days. Make sure you're looking at your
website as a marketing tool and not an IT plaything. Video, podcasts and
blogs are great, but nothing can replace a good solid, well-organized
homepage and clearly defined practice areas. Also- look at how the
attorney biographies are categorized. Are they easy to navigate and easy
to read? If not, consider hiring someone to revamp and redesign-it's a
simple and non-expensive way to instantly update your firm image. So to keep safety on your side,
make sure that you check the steering system and the suspension system
of your vehicle at least once a year. This should be done so that you
keep away from accidents and crashes.