Mental stress in the criminal defense bar is frequent and can be devastating 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.
