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Overcoming the Fear of Failure: Being Resilient and Leaving Pessimism Behind

Lawyers are trained skeptics. They get the facts, try to anticipate what might go wrong, and do their best to keep their clients safe. Combine this learned skepticism with a cynical disposition and it can lead to a pervasive fear of failure. Moreover, it can affect not just your professional life, but your personal life as well.

Our speakers will pinpoint the cultural and psychological forces leading lawyers to fear failure, and they’ll explain the mechanism that leads to unwitting reinforcement of negative thoughts, feelings, and actions.

More importantly, they will share the latest research findings and practical tips about how lawyers can become more mindful of these forces, and ways that lawyers can make subtle yet powerful shifts in their mindsets to inoculate themselves against future problems.

This webinar will explore:

•    Lawyer personalities: why are we disposed to negativity and how does it both help and hurt us?
•    Learned cynicism: How it happens, and how to avoid it
•    The important role of ongoing social connections, why this is challenging for lawyers, and what to do about it
•    Real-time resiliency: reframing negative thoughts in the heat of the moment.

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