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The legal profession is s mess. the matcho culture of staying up all night and working round the clock is just imbecile stupid. It does not assist wellbeing, productivity, quality, accuracy, professional development, client care - derived from insecure male culture, many who were not so academically brilliant I assure you. We have all experienced it and I refused to deal with it. My inner confidence, hard work and dedication got the respect of my clients AND the confidence not to be pushed around or disrespected by them. I walked out on jobs where I witnessed nutcase (and I mean nutcases) partners shouting and abusing young lawyers - those partners are still there. Time for lawyers to grow up and base our profession on integrity, merit, respect and dedication. Not boy club macho stupidity. Your clients will respect you far more trust me. I have worked in house also in senior roles where directors cynically laugh at how stupid lawyers are for the way we work - slaves because all so insecure to stand up for themselves. If you truly believe in your ability - you will have the confidence to be sensible - yes it’s harder due to the nutcase partners out there that are adamant to compete with you because they lack serious ability in the quality of their work or their brains - or otherwise just plain insecure but you will eventually prevail - and far exceed them!My young lawyers will testify as to what I’m like - strict in quality and focus but they are human beings - we have fun too - I don’t have rules for the sake of rules or look down on them to boost my ego / - and I can say I love my work and I am very happy. Grow up guys! 25 years on I can honestly say too many of our profession are nutcases and shouldn’t be in positions of power! Respect your good people and their lives!

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