157. Avoiding Burnout - a podcast by James "Jake" Minick

Mental stress in the criminal defense bar is frequent and can be devasting to a lawyer’s practice and life. On today’s episode, Jake analyzes three sources of burnout: task burnout, people burnout, and purpose burnout. Jake offers practical solutions to lawyers facing burnout in these areas and calls listeners to find more joy in their law practices.

Highlights:

·       Listen as Jake dispels a common myth: that burnout is caused by working too many hours.

·       Learn how to fire yourself by asking two important questions: (1) Does this task engage me? and (2) Am I good at it?

·       Discover how to set communication expectations with new clients in order to avoid communication burnout.

·       Understand the cost benefit analysis to perform when thinking about counties and practice areas that you don’t enjoy working in.

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