Thoughts for Success: Another’s Gratitude and Applause Can’t Be the Driver for Your Success

Sure you want your attorney-clients to appreciate you, but their gratitude and applause can’t be the driver for your success. You have to know yourself, respect yourself and not be dependent on the praise of others.

When an attorney praises you, say thanks and request a letter of recommendation. Beyond that, don’t let the attorney’s press and praise become yours. If you do, before you know it, you’re believing all your own press and you’ll risk getting lazy. Or, the need for applause makes you insecure and you say stupid things because you don’t want to appear stupid. How stupid is that when “I don’t know, but I’ll research it or confer with a specialist” would be the smarter thing to say?

Another downside of getting swept up in other people’s praise, is that when the criticism comes (and it will), you’re derailed. While criticism by an attorney-client might be relevant, criticism from a jealous relative or less-successful legal nurse consultant probably isn’t relevant, and you’re going to have to learn how to sort out the irrelevant BS.

It’s a mistake to define ourselves by others’ praise or criticism. Successful CLNC^® consultants know themselves to the core and make decisions in concert with who they are and who they know they need to be in order to succeed.

Your CLNC success can’t be dependent on inviting everyone else to tell you how you’re doing.

Success Is Yours!

P.S. Comment here to share how you define yourself by who you are – not who others say you are.