Lawyer and Writer
Last week, I spoke at the University of Queensland Young Alumni Conference on finding your "Side Hustle." I remember being asked if I would speak. Not for the first time, I said "yes" and then furiously googled "Side Hustle" to find out what I'd be talking about. Moments like these remind me of how out of... Continue Reading →
It's great to be back here. It's especially great to be back when so much has happened and there's so much to say. There's no doubt we've come a long way. Some of us have walked this road for decades and the results speak for themselves. We've taken so many great steps towards a world where homophobia,... Continue Reading →
The Chimera is a monster of Greek Mythology. It has the head of a lion, the middle of a goat and the tail of a snake with the scales and fire-breathing talents of a dragon. It's also kind of ugly, but in a cool, dangerous way. Chimeras are part of a surprisingly large class of... Continue Reading →
Self-help books are a lot like cults: tremendous followings largely attributable to master orations, exciting taxonomy, baiting titles and promises of getting a lot while doing not much at all. Most of their claims are questionable and only one or two books are every likely to work for you. But last year, I read a... Continue Reading →
January was your break from it. Now you're back at it. The invitations are pouring in and will continue for the rest of the year. I used to hate meeting people. The fear of looking like an idiot. The pressure to be interesting. The precarious, multi-layered canapes that seem destined to topple down my new,... Continue Reading →
So you're fresh out four-plus years of law school. It's true, you're smart. If you got a job at a big law firm, you might be very smart and are almost certainly very lucky. I felt lucky. I remember getting the offer that I really wanted and feeling embarrassed. "Obviously they've made a mistake", I thought, "their records must... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the new year. Around this time, billions of people take new oaths to make 2018 different, better and maybe even extraordinary. That alone is cause for celebration. Cynics and spoilers say new year's resolutions are shallow, arbitrary and likely to come undone by February. I disagree. If the new year enlists even one... Continue Reading →
One New Year's Eve, I had an idea. I wanted to see the future. I still do. I'm sure that you want to do. Wouldn't it be good to know where you'll be one year from now? More importantly, what would you tell yourself? The choice of New Year's Eve as a date wasn't arbitrary... Continue Reading →
One Christmas party, years ago, I was chatting a partner whom I have come to respect tremendously. It was a conversation that only Christmas parties facilitate: candid, personal and adorned with outrageous costuming. We talked about family. He had two kids, young but not infants. We talked about hobbies. He had a few, but none... Continue Reading →
