The untethered lawyer

Getting an MBA in Life   Henry Thoreau said that the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. You can see in the eyes of the men and women that commute to work on a daily basis. They have been consumed by the work that that they do. Most are looking for a way out, or they wonder if there is something more to life.   The search that people conduct may appear to be somewhat aimless. They shift from new hobbies, sports, religions, partners in order to find what may be missing from their lives. This book does not profess to show you the secret meaning of life, but it will show you how to systematically find this out on your own.     Why a Business Model?   One might think that using a business model to one’s own life simply allows the problem to take control over a larger portion of your existence. But what if there were a way to try and apply what you have already learned to living a better life? Most people are involved in business in some...

How to Get Your MBA in Life The next phase requires synthesizing material and drawing together diverse facts and events to show patterns and relationships. This shows systems thinking at its finest. Once you take a part out to completely examine it, sometimes it no longer acts the same. This is a take off on the old saw of not seeing the forest for the trees. If the details take up all your time, you are missing the larger picture.   We can also look at cumulative impacts, which is a common application of an environmental concept. The construction of a road, the blocking of a waterway, the fragmentation of a parcel habitat, may have small incremental impacts. But taken together and you suddenly have reached a tipping point and the entire ecosystem could then collapse. So we begin to understand that we can look at certain decisions or facts in isolation, and they we can look at them in context of the larger picture to determine the full extent of their impact. ...