The Book - Lawyers

Infuse JOY and PASSION into your legal work...

    

Dear Fellow Member Of The Legal Profession,          Law Students Click Here

Are billable hours taking over your life? Has the practice of law fallen short of what you had hoped it would be? Are you concerned about the state of the legal profession? A revolutionary book provides the solutions.

I have practiced law for over eleven years and know firsthand that the billable hour system is the most significant hurdle that lawyers in private practice face in achieving both professional and personal fulfillment. Controlling billable hours and lessening their negative effects are vital to your success.

Through investigation and personal experience, I have discovered and compiled some revolutionary insights and guidelines that have drastically reduced the control of billable hours in my life. More importantly, I have managed to achieve balance and to protect my personal time while practicing law.

Balance and joy in practicing law, however, came at a heavy price. Coming out of Harvard College and The University of Chicago Law School, I struggled for years with the billable hour system and with the lack of control I felt over both my work life and my personal life. I felt stymied by the lack of time that I had for family, friends, hobbies, and recreation. I was resentful that my friends and neighbors seemed to get home earlier at night and to have more time to do the things they wanted to do. During the rare occasions when I was actually on vacation, I felt guilty about not billing hours. In short, billable hours were taking over my life.

But then I discovered some fundamental principles that changed everything. I exhaustively researched, investigated, and pondered the history, development, philosophies, and pitfalls underlying the billable hour system. I was elated to discover that certain changes in my thinking and practices could breathe new life into my career and my personal time.

That's when I discovered the SECRETS that have enhanced my quality of life and my professional satisfaction. I learned over time from painful trial-and-error that having an understanding of the psychological aspects of the billable hour system is critical to one's success in a law firm. And most importantly, I learned that having a plan to control the constant demands of billable hours is vital to your emotional well-being and quality of life. Now I want to share this critical information with you.

Individual lawyers - and the legal profession as a whole - will never free themselves from the stranglehold of billable hours until they have a pressing and burning motivation and desire to do so. During the last few decades, however, lawyers have been too busy to address problems created by billable hours and the billable hour system. My book, Overcoming The 6-Minute Life, provides the motivation and momentum for massive change in your life.

It also provides the most effective tools for change -- tools like alternative billing and changing one's attitudes.

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Overcoming

The 6-Minute Life:

   

How And Why The Legal Profession Should Free Itself From Billable Hours

   

reveals...

  • How to thrive in the system of billable hours.

  • The hierarchy of happiness within the legal profession.

  • Which categories of lawyers are the most happy - and which are not.

  • How to use billable hours to your advantage.

  • How to achieve and maintain balance and a personal life in spite of billable hours.

  • How to jump-start your career and your life through alternative billing.

  • How to achieve unstoppable momentum in implementing alternative billing.

  • Shocking statistics and evidence regarding widespread depression and emotional problems within the legal profession.

  • Why lawyers in the USA and internationally are less happy than they deserve to be.

  • How to overcome these problems to attain joy within the legal profession.

I have found more joy in the practice of law since I learned how to control the damaging effects of billable hours. In the book, I share the essential secrets that I have learned through repeated failures. You can avoid some of my mistakes and take years off of the learning curve through reading and implementing the strategies contained in the book.

In fact, I'm so convinced you'll find great value in Overcoming The 6-Minute Life that I want to share a couple of sections of the book with you right now. Just complete this form and the download link will be sent to your e-mail inbox.

Here is what some lawyers are saying about the book:

 

"A compelling case for reform if not outright overhaul of outmoded billing practices. Tolk's Overcoming The 6-Minute Life offers a revealing look at why hourly billing developed, how it became entrenched and why it must change for lawyer and client alike. A must read for both providers and users of legal services. Lawyers will be more able to deliver value and those who hire them better equipped to budget and risk-share if Tolk's fundamental ideas are put into practice. Families, spouses and anyone close to a lawyer will find Overcoming The 6-Minute Life thought-provoking and insist upon changes. Overcoming The 6-Minute Life foretells an inevitable shift in thinking. It's about time."

- Terry E. Welch, Esq.

 

"Any lawyer who bills by the hour knows the perverse incentives and pressures created by the billable hour. Overcoming The 6-Minute Life explores the impact of the billable hour on lawyers, clients, and society. It also presents some creative ideas for alternative fee arrangements to overcome the tyranny of the billable hour."

- Jeffrey J. Hunt, Esq.

 

Did you know that billable hours are a relatively recent phenomenon in the practice of law? Lawyers in the not-so-distant past were not shackled by billable hours and why should you be? Overcoming The 6-Minute Life provides revolutionary systems. Don't be left out - join the scores of other legal professionals enjoying life more with the techniques outlined in Overcoming The 6-Minute Life.

 

 

Act now, as quantities of Overcoming The 6-Minute Life are limited. I am so convinced that the information in this book will be of enormous value to you, that if for any reason you conclude that it is not, you can send the book back within 90 days from the date of purchase for a refund of the purchase price.

Yours in success,

Bentley J. Tolk, Esq.

 

P.S. Don't let another minute of frustration or indecision pass without reviewing information that can help liberate your personal and professional life.

 

   

   

 

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