Less Is More as a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant

I’ve eaten just about every variety of food in restaurants around the world. I’ve dined from the humble carts of street vendors in Saigon and in ultra-modern Michelin-starred restaurants in Paris, but I keep returning to one chef’s place every chance I get. The food is exquisite, tasty and such a sensory experience that I have devoured every dish he has ever put in front of me. This guy is a perfectionist not only about the food but also the plates on which each course is presented. Here’s one of his creations – a one-bite crab salad – served on a series of Rosenthal china plates that the chef himself commissioned.

This crab salad demonstrates one of his most important secrets to success – less is more. You won’t find an over-flowing bowl of pasta or piece of beef that looks like it was cut from a brontosaurus on one of his tables. His dishes are small, so small that each one can usually be eaten in a bite or two and they burst with intensity. The experience starts when you first see the dish, continues as you smell its aroma and savor the too-quickly gone burst of flavors and ends with you hoping no one is looking so that you can lick the plate clean. The chef’s goal: he never wants you to be sated by one of his dishes. In other words, after you’ve had that bite or two, he wants you to want more after you finish. I’ve dreamed about having more of some of his dishes. I would gladly scrub pots and pans in his kitchen for just another bite of the oyster dish he creates.

As a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant, that’s what you should strive for with your attorney-clients. You want them to always want more of you, to never feel that they’ve had or gotten too much. Don’t over-stay your welcome when you visit their office. If you’re on the phone with them, remember their time is valuable. Come up for air and don’t talk more than you have to. Don’t use 10 sentences when you need two. In your reports give your attorney-client relevant detail but don’t comment on everything in the record. It’s the rare case that will be as thick as your Core Curriculum for Legal Nurse Consulting^® textbook. If you feel you’re writing way too much, you probably are.

I’m already plotting my next dining trip and wanting more. I hope your attorney-clients are wanting more from you as well.

Success Is Yours,

P.S. Comment and share a “less is more” moment with one of your attorney-clients.