Many moons ago, I told you about the lists I kept for my boyhood coin collection. Yeah, the one I sold buy furniture and pay the first month’s rent on my first law office.
Anyway, I had two lists: one for “want” and one for “have”. I kept these in my wallet so that when I visited the Kennedy Coin Club in suburban Chicago, I would know which coins I needed for my collection and extras I had to trade or sell.
I’ve also written about the value of having lists for running your practice. These can be lists of steps, instructions or checklists, to make sure you don’t forget anything, or to train new employees or temps.
Examples:
- File opening/closing procedures
- Investigating/background checks
- Drafting pleadings/discovery
- Form letters/email templates
- Experts/vendors (stenographers, investigators, arbitrators, mediators, interpreters, repairs, etc.)
- Supplies: quantities, where to order
- How to use software, apps, online services
How about for marketing:
- Prospective clients
- Bloggers/editors in your niche
- Publications that accept guest posts
- Organizations/groups where you can speak/network
- Ideas for blog/social media posts/videos/articles
- Social media posting schedule/process
- Lawyers you know and what they do (for referrals)
- Business owners/professionals who sell to your niche market
And a ho lot more.
We can’t be all work and no play (even if we’re not named Jack) so how about some personal lists:
- Movies/books that interest you
- Your bucket list
- Packing checklist
- Vacation ideas
- Writing prompts
- Health metrics (blood pressure, weight, etc.)
- Exercise routines, workout schedule
- Retirement planning
- Investments
- Debt reduction schedule/journal
- Jokes/stories/quotes/
- Recipes
- Routines (weekly review, inbox zero, computer updates)
And the list goes on. And on and on.
You can keep lists of just about anything, as reminders, as a way to measure progress, or as a way to memorialize your journey.
You might start with a “list of lists”–ideas for lists that can make you healthier, more productive, or more profitable. Or lists that sound like fun.
(Lawyers are still allowed to have fun, aren’t we? Well, as long as there are no witnesses.)
I keep my lists in Evernote
