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On Balance Podcast on Productivity

I was privileged to join my How to Do More in Less Time: The Complete Guide to Increasing Your Productivity and Improving Your Bottom Line co-author Daniel J. Siegel on the On Balance Podcast for the State Bar of Michigan.

You can listen to the complete episode here. Make sure you listen soon, because there's a limited-time 20% discount available just for listeners!

We talked about:

• How the book came about
• What the biggest productivity challenges are that face lawyers today
• How to conduct effective virtual meetings
• How lawyers can deal with the changing tech landscape while maximizing the technology they already have
• How new technologies, including AI, will affect lawyers and their productivity and
• Some of our favorite tips from the book.

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Inspiring Business Podcast with Mark Bullock

It's been quite some time since I posted here since most of my content is being posed on the Lawyer Meltdown website, but I wanted to share this Inspiring Business podcast episode where I was interviewed by Mark Bullock, one of the founders of Videosocials. 

We had a great conversation talking about productivity, marketing, technology, whether we consider ourselves "starters" or "finishers" and more.

We also chatted about Mark's business, Videosocials. I've been a Videosocials member for several years now, and I think it's one of the best things I've done for my business. I encourage everyone to check it out - and let them know I sent you! You can learn about Videosocials here.

We also talked about the brand-new second edition of How to Do More in Less Time, The Complete Guide to Improving Your Productivity and Increasing Your Bottom Line, co-authored with Daniel J. Siegel.

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47 Tips to Improve Your LinkedIn Results in 2020

In honor of our new book, Make LinkedIn Work for You, A Practical Handbook for Lawyers and Other Legal Professionals, my co-author, Dennis Kennedy and I have put together this list of tips to help you with how you use LinkedIn in this new decade.

We've organized these tips into three categories, along the lines of what we call the three "building blocks" of LinkedIn: Profiles, Connections and Participation.

The tips are pulled straight from the book - please let us know in the comments if you've implemented any of these tips and how they are working for you!

LinkedIn Tips: Profiles

1. Add a banner/header photo to your Profile to highlight a skill, achievement or area of focus.
2. Look at the Profiles of some power users to see how they’re maximizing their LinkedIn presence.
3. Use stories or examples in your About section to illustrate what you do for clients or to provide additional insight.
4. Include keywords that your target audience is looking for in your Profile, including in your headline.
5. Use LinkedIn analytics to help you to refine your keywords.
6. Name your target audience in your Profile and speak their language.
7. Demonstrate your message; show, don’t tell.
8. Add relevant, appropriate video, audio, presentations, or other extras to showcase your work and what you do for clients.
9. Keep your Profile fresh – don’t forget to update on a regular basis (at least quarterly) and put time for updating on your calendar.
10. Add your bar admissions information to your About, Experience or Licenses and Certifications sections of your Profile to make it clear where you practice.
11. Add an explicit call to action to your About section (download a PDF, subscribe to your email newsletter, schedule appointment).
12. Make your Profile stand out and make it easier to read with short paragraphs and bullet points.
13. Compose your entries in a word processing program, then copy and paste into LinkedIn.
14. Review your Profile on both the desktop and mobile app versions of LinkedIn to see what information appears before the “see more” link; put your most important information first.
15. Click on “Add Profile Section” periodically to see if LinkedIn has added new sections that might be relevant to you.

LinkedIn Tips: Connections

1. Use the “People Also Viewed” results on your Connections’ Profile pages (and your own) to find people who might be good Connections for you.
2. Convert the business cards you receive into LinkedIn invitations while the memory of the in-person meeting is still fresh.
3. Accepting more of the invitations you receive is an easy way to build your number of Connections. If you are unsure about the inviter, send them a message in LinkedIn to start a conversation before you accept the invitation to connect.
4. In meetings or other events, consider suggesting that people use the “Find Nearby” feature in the mobile app to let everyone easily find and connect to others who are there.
5. Don’t forget that you can cultivate Connections over time: remove, block, ignore or remove invitations, and otherwise manage your Connections to make your Connections list more tailored to your goals.
6. Because many people have premium accounts, they will see that you have viewed their Profiles. Simply viewing Profiles can be a way to see if someone who you don’t know well will invite you to connect with them.
7. Invite people to connect with you when you speak, in your communications, and even on your business card.
8. Don’t forget that premium account options have additional features that can help you find and add Connections. You can take advantage of a free 30-day trial and, if you purchase a premium account, you can turn it off at any time.
9. If you use Twitter, a great technique is to see who follows you on Twitter and, if it makes sense, send them LinkedIn invitations.
10. Send invitations to second-degree Connections who like or comment on your Posts.
11. If you sincerely like a presentation or article, let the speaker or author know and ask them to connect.
12. Look at your Connections’ connections – if you see someone you’d like to meet, ask if they will make an introduction for you. The introduction doesn’t have to occur on LinkedIn. Or, simply ask your Connection if you can use their name in your LinkedIn invitation to your desired contact.
13. Be creative. We are always finding new ways to use LinkedIn to identify potential Connections.

LinkedIn Tips: Participation

1. Create posts for LinkedIn in batches so all you need to do is post something you have in your queue.
2. Use a scheduling tool to schedule some posts in advance.
3. Create a LinkedIn SlideShare account and upload presentations to your Profile.
4. Take your LinkedIn relationships offline by scheduling lunch, coffee or phone calls.
5. Schedule regular weekly or monthly time for LinkedIn participation activities.
6. Follow companies, individuals and influencers whose content is valuable to you and your network.
7. Use self-promotion sparingly, self-deprecatingly, and subtly on LinkedIn, but do not be afraid to promote yourself.
8. Consider whether you want to sync your blog and Twitter accounts to LinkedIn to allow for cross-posting.
9. Use “Congratulate” options LinkedIn gives you to acknowledge new jobs and other changes for your Connections.
10. Use Groups as a way to meet new people and make Connections.
11. “Follow” individuals of interest to you within a Group to receive their Posts.
12. Use LinkedIn’s analytics tools to see who is engaging with your content and engage back with them.
13. Tag LinkedIn users with whom you would like to establish or continue a relationship to help them to engage with your Posts.
14. Watch how LinkedIn power users participate on the platform and see what ideas you can steal from them.
15. Vary the types of posts you make and the format of your posts and learn from these experiments.
16. Repurpose articles you’ve written into shorter LinkedIn posts or republish as a LinkedIn article.
17. Try to always use images with your content, especially photos of you with others.
18. Post short videos.
19. Share documents on your Profile and in other places on LinkedIn.

If you want even more great practical tips like these, you can find them in our book, Make LinkedIn Work for You: A Practical Handbook for Lawyers and Other Legal Professionals, available on Amazon in both Kindle and paperback versions. Get your copy today - or better yet, buy copies for your whole firm or organization!

Stay tuned for more articles, webinars, presentations, and online courses on LinkedIn topics from both Dennis and me in 2020.

Happy New Decade!

ABA TECHSHOW 2018 Preview

 

There is lots of great stuff happening at this year's ABA TECHSHOW® outside of the educational sessions and the Expo Hall with the latest tech and gadgets for lawyers, from new TECHSHOW communities to 12 step meetings, social events and more. Here are a few highlights for next week's Conference and Expo:

 

Where to Start

If you're a first-time attendee, you might want to check out the experience guide which will walk you through how to plan your TECHSHOW experience.

 

Conference App

Don't forget to download the conference app, an indispensable tool for the conference. The app not only allows you to keep track of educational sessions you want to attend (and includes all materials for those educational sessions and book suggestions for further reference), but it acts as your daily calendar for the show. If you "favorite" the sessions you want to attend, those sessions will appear on your TECHSHOW schedule view and in your Favorites so you can find them easily and ensure you won't miss the sessions you really want to attend.

 

Expo Hall

 

Plan between-sessions breaks as much as you plan which educational sessions you would like to attend - the Expo Hall is also a learning experience. You may get to test-drive a new software program or product you're thinking about, or take advantage of the opportunity to visit the booths of the products you already use - many of the TECHSHOW vendors will be happy to give you a quick tutorial on programs you already have so you can learn the newest features and the best way to use the product to make your practice as efficient as possible. And make sure you check out all of the goodies TECHSHOW vendors will be giving away if you visit their booths!

 

Networking Opportunities

One of the best things about ABA TECHSHOW is the opportunity to meet so many other people, from vendors to experts, authors, like-minded attorneys, consultants and more. Some of my best TECHSHOW experiences and opportunities have come about because of new people I met at the show - and some of those people have become close friends over the years! Sign up for a TASTE OF TECHSHOW dinner, attend the welcome reception and cocktail party, and introduce yourself to people at the sessions.

New Publications for Your Practice: LP Bookstore

 

Visit the LP booth and the Law Practice Division bookstore in the Expo Hall to see all of the latest publications from the Law Practice Division. As Chair of this year's LP Publishing Board, I can attest to the fact that there are some fantastic quality publications that will make their debut at TECHSHOW this year - technology books are included, but there are also recently released books on management, marketing, and law firm finance. Don't miss the opportunity to take a look at these books and take them home at a discount with your TECHSHOW book bucks!

 

Some of our latest titles include:

 

• Macs in Law: The Definitive Guide for the Mac-Curious, Windows-Using Attorney 
  Microsoft Office 365 for Lawyers, Second Edition 
• The 2018 Solo and Small Firm Legal Technology Guide 
• Fastcase: The Definitive Guide 
• The Ultimate Guide to Adobe Acrobat® DC 
• The Lawyer's Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies: Smart Ways to Work Together, Second Edition
• The Lean Law Firm: Run Your Firm Like The World's Most Efficient and Profitable Businesses 
• Positive Professionals: Creating High-Performing Profitable Firms Through the Science of Engagement 
• How to Draft Bills Clients Rush to Pay, Third Edition
• The Millennial Lawyer: How Your Firm Can Motivate and Retain Young Associates
• The Full Weight of the Law: How Legal Professionals Can Recognize and Rebound from Depression 
• Lawyers as Managers: How to Be a Champion for Your Firm and Employees 

 

Can't make it to this year's ABA TECHSHOW in person?

 Not to worry! There are still ways to get great information from the Conference and Expo. Watch social media for the @ABATECHSOW twitter feed and the #ABATECHSHOW hashtag. Keep your eyes peeled for the TECHSHOW Today video interviews (I'll be co-hosting a couple with Dennis Kennedy). 

 

Even if you can't attend yourself, you can view the PowerPoint presentations from each of the sessions on the ABA TECHSHOW site some time after the Conference and Expo is over.

 

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Can Mindfulness and Meditation Make You A Better Lawyer? [Book Review]

The Anxious Lawyer, An 8-Week Guide to a Joyful and Satisfying Law Practice Through Mindfulness and Meditation is a straightforward book which incorporates personal stories, basic introductory information and mindfulness and meditation exercises written specifically for lawyers. *(Full disclosure: I received a free copy of the book from author Jeena Cho in exchange for providing my honest review of the book.)

The authors, Jeena Cho and Karen Gifford, both lawyers themselves, share their experiences with meditation, the different reasons they were each separately drawn to the practice, and how it has helped them in their personal and professional lives, making their lives as lawyers – and as people – more rewarding. Cho is a bankruptcy practitioner in California while Gifford was a litigator and enforcement attorney for the Federal Reserve and is now an investor and advisor on policy and regulatory issues in the financial technology fields.

The legal profession is stressful, and more and more lawyers are suffering. It’s one of the reasons I started my consulting practice, Legal Ease Consulting, Inc., and its corresponding website, Lawyer Meltdown. The phrase, “lawyer meltdown,” resonates with far too many lawyers, who are stricken with the disease of “busyness,” whether it helps themselves, their clients or their firms, or not. (Although this problem is not limited to lawyers—our whole society suffers from busyness—and the lessons and concepts in this book could easily be applied to other professionals).

Meditation and mindfulness are not easy for many lawyers to wrap their heads around, and Cho and Gifford spend time talking about why that might be and how lawyers can challenge the assumptions that may lead to negative or uncomfortable feelings about the practice. I became interested in the book as a way to learn about another set of tools that might be helpful not only to my clients (the majority of whom are lawyers), but to gain a deeper understanding of lawyer meltdown and whether these techniques could help those who occasionally—or often—feel overwhelmed by the stresses of practicing law.

Even if you’ve never considered meditation or mindfulness before, this book is a helpful guide, introducing you to those concepts and taking you through a progression of meditation practices. The authors are adamant that the practice does not need to be long or complicated, particularly for beginners.

Over an eight-week period, the authors explain different meditation and mindfulness types and exercises, including a range of practices, from sitting quietly 10 minutes a day, focusing on the breath, to doing a body scan, or using mantra repetition to spend “less time unconsciously at the mercy of your thoughts and more time in a settled and quieter state.”

Using these practices can help you to connect to the deeper meaning or closely held values in the work you do every day and the reasons you chose the practice of law, rather than listening unconsciously to external forces and judgments which may not reflect your values. Guided meditations can be found on the book’s companion website, theanxiouslawyer.com. The book also provides tips on what the authors call “off the cushion” exercises that anyone can do while going about the business of their daily life and law practice. These tips and strategies may be particularly attractive to lawyers who seek to learn how to cope with everyday stressors of the practice as they arise.

The book is worth reading even if you’re skeptical about mindfulness and meditation in general, or are reasonably certain that you ‘can’t’ do it. The authors dispel some myths about meditation and what meditation really means. For example, it doesn’t mean clearing your mind of all thoughts. And the book cites several studies that show that regular meditation practice is good for your physical, as well as your mental, health. But the parts of the book that may be even more useful to many lawyers than those about “typical” mediation are those that discuss how to translate these practices into your daily life.

One example is recognizing the “moment of choice” – the moment when you become consciously aware of something and have a choice as to how you’re going to react to it. The moment of choice in meditation is the moment when you notice that your mind has wandered or that you’ve gotten caught up in your thoughts; at that moment, you have an opportunity to simply return to your meditation practice and to focus on your breathing. Alternatively, you could choose to beat yourself up for allowing your mind to wander in the first place. Which is more productive?

This concept of the moment of choice can be extended into other areas and other parts of your life outside of meditation. When you recognize that something isn’t going right in your practice, that you’ve taken on a bad client, or that something needs to change, rather than focusing on the negative of where you are, you can choose instead to celebrate the fact that you’ve recognized a problem. This can help free you to focus on finding a solution or determining how best to minimize the damage moving forward, rather than beating yourself up over getting into the situation in the first place. You can choose to dwell on the negative or you can choose to refocus and move forward.

A related concept from the book that sounds simple but is much more difficult in practice is the idea that there are limitations on what lawyers can fix. Accepting that there are aspects of what you do that are out of your control can free you to focus on what you can do to improve a situation, rather than dwelling on the fact that it isn’t how you might like to be. Instead of trying to fix everything, acknowledging that many clients are in crisis and many aspects of their crisis cannot be solved by their legal issue, but might not be so easily separated from it, may result in a better relationship with your clients. Simply allowing them to vent or to tell their story may free them to turn their attention to what is important for the legal case.

Mindfulness and meditation are a form of self-care, which may lawyers are sorely lacking because so much of their focus is on others’ problems and how to solve them. The idea of practicing compassion toward yourself as well as others may be a good solution for constant busyness which may actually reduce productivity. Self-care allows you to refuel your own tank so you are available to give to others.

You may think you don’t have time to meditate – or to read this book – but the authors have broken it down into bite-sized pieces; you only need to read one chapter a week and then follow a daily meditation practice using the techniques or concepts outlined in that chapter. As the holidays approach and another season of hectic, “busy,” activity approaches, it’s an ideal time to start a new habit that will not only help to reduce the stress and anxiety of the holidays, but stand you in good stead in the New Year, possibly offering a new perspective of yourself and your practice. Give meditation – and this book – a try.

 

The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007

Ben M. Schorr has written yet another guidebook for Microsoft products - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007. I was especially interested in this book because I found Outlook 2003 to be frustrating at times. I liked the new interface of Outlook 2007 with its ‘ribbon’ at the top of the screen, but I knew I wasn’t using the program as effectively as I could be – and I suspect most lawyers aren’t, either.

The book is written in a breezy style, interspersed with humor, anecdotes (who knew that SPAM email messages were named after a Monty Python skit?) and tips that can be implemented right away.

Schorr’s book is written specifically for lawyers, with their concerns in mind. The book begins with a ‘tour’ of the program – the new menu and toolbars. Screenshots give a visual picture of what he is talking about, but if I have one complaint about this book, it is that the screenshots are small, making it difficult at times to see exactly what he is talking about. To get over the hurdle, you may need to look at your Outlook program while you are reading some parts of the book (which isn't so bad, because it is only by implementing the tips hands-on that you'll really be able to use them).

The book goes through all of the Outlook features, from Mail, to Tasks to Calendar to Contacts and more. As a new user of Outlook’s Calendar feature (I am a relatively recent convert from paper calendars to the electronic version – especially now that I am using my Blackberry and can synch between Outlook and the Blackberry calendar), I was particularly interested in this portion of the book. And Calendar is vastly underutilized by most attorneys I work with.

Not only does the book go through some tips and tools for using the most well-known aspects of Outlook, such as Mail/Messages, Contacts and Calendar, but it shows lawyers how they can effectively use Tasks and even Journal (which I did not know even existed before I read the book) to increase productivity and effectiveness.

Schorr also gives tips on archiving files and folders, using Outlook with other Office programs such as mail merge, or exporting items to Excel. He includes an entire section on keyboard shortcuts (excellent for speed and productivity) and a separate one for troubleshooting.

Many of the Outlook 2007 features discussed in the book are especially helpful for solos who have not been able to bring themselves to invest in a practice management system but need a good way to keep track of notes and the time spent working on a particular file or project. But this book is not just for solos - for large firms or small, using Microsoft Exhange Server or not, Schorr's tips are sure to get you using Outlook in a whole new way - from planning meetings to scheduling tasks and customizing views.

For example, did you know that you can automatically add to your safe senders list those you send email to?  You can even delay delivery of emails if there is a particular date on which you would like the message sent, but don’t want to have to remember or don’t think you’ll be at your desk to send the email (works great for birthday wishes). You can also block email in certain foreign languages by using the international tab in junk options. And did you know that you can use natural language to calculate dates in Outlook (i.e. setting a reminder for “90 days from today”?)

If you're using Outlook in your practice, you need this book.

 

Do Something! Create a Marketing Habit

Marketing is more important now than ever. The people who are bringing in business are the ones who have integrated marketing into their practice on a daily basis. But for lawyers, that isn't always easy, and it doesn't always come naturally. 

 

My colleague Paula Black is launching her her latest book: “The Little Black Book: A Lawyer’s Guide To Creating A Marketing Habit in 21 Days.” Designed to help lawyers integrate marketing into their daily lives, this book is quick, easy and inspirational, and it will give you easy ways to make marketing a habit in your practice.

 

By purchasing the book within the next 48 hours you will receive special access to information and resources from more than 30 experts. A compilation of advice from some of the most sought-after experts in the legal arena, “The Smart Lawyer’s Toolkit” gives you instant admittance to an incredible collection of tips and information. Click here for details…but do it fast!

 

(Experts include: Larry Bodine, Bruce MacEwen, Arnie Herz, Ed Poll, Tom Kane, Gerry Riskin, Patrick Lamb, Patrick J. McKenna, Paramjit Mahli, Ben Glass, Alexis Martin Neely, and more. There's even a resource included from me - and it's one of the ones my clients like best.)

Summer Reading for Lawyers

While the weather outside on Long Island isn't exactly balmy yet (at least not consistently), my calendar tells me that summer is approaching, and for many, that means it's time to find some great books to read, whether you prefer the paper and ink kind or reading on your Kindle or other electronic device.

Last week, I attended the Amercian Bar Association combined Spring Meeting for the Law Practice Management Section and the Young Lawyers Division, and the theme from one of our business meetings was books. That, coupled with several recent conversations with lawyers about books prompted me to write this post. The following is a list of book suggestions compiled from my own lists, last week's meeting, and those multiple conversations.

While some of the books on this list are books you'd expect to see on a reading list for lawyers, others are rather unconventional suggestions. This list is by no means exhaustive, but I hope you find at least one book that you hadn't considered before.

My recommendations:

The End of Lawyers? Rethinking the Nature of Legal Services, by Richard Susskind There's been a lot of 'buzz' in the legal world about this book, which is a bit more optimistic than its title implies. Susskind opines that the nature of legal services, and the delivery of those services, will change dramatically over the next several years. I recommend the book to every lawyer, regardless of practice area or stage of your career. If you want a bit of a preview about the concepts in the book, you can hear Susskind's keynote speech that was given at this year's American Bar Association Techshow earlier this year at the ABA Techshow home page. 

Brag! The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn Without Blowing It, by Peggy Klaus
Some may say that lawyers brag too much and focus too much on themselves, but do they sell themselves well? Whether you're a lawyer looking for a job, trying to impress the partners in your firm with your accomplishments or seeking ways to differentiate yourself and get your message out to clients, this book can help. Learn creative ways to talk about your skills and accomplishments to showcase what is unique about you without sounding like you're a pompous jerk.

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, by Robert Cialdini
As a lawyer, much of what you do involves persuasion, from persuading a jury to find in favor of your client, to persuading a potential client that you're the lawyer they should work with to persuading counsel to adopt your version of the contract provision or persuading an employee to take on a new project or responsibility. This book will provide insight into how people make decisions and identifies the most effective methods you can use to convince others.

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
Another book about how people make decisions, Gladwell's Blink focuses on split-second decisionmaking and how you can train yourself to focus on the most important information, and make faster - and possibly more valuable - decisions. This is an especially interesting read for lawyers, who are prone to 'analysis paralysis' and often have difficulty identifying when to stop researching or planning and make a decision.

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, by Malcolm Gladwell
Are you a "Connector" a "Maven" a "Salesman," or none of the above - and what does that mean for your practice? What methods can be employed to affect real change?

What Clients Love: A Field Guide to Growing Your Business, by Harry Beckwith
Beckwith's books are easy to read, and the chapters are short, making them ideal reads for waiting in court or for a 15 minute break during the day. This book puts the focus back where it belongs - on the client. If you want to attract and keep clients, this volume will give you practical, strategic and humorous tips to do just that.

Selling the Invisible: A Field Guide to Modern Marketing, by Harry Beckwith
I already wrote about this book in December in my post, "Good is Better than Best When it Comes to Planning," but the book has much more to offer than I wrote about in that post. Law is a service profession, which, by definition means that it's a relationship profession. In this book, Beckwith demonstrates how best to market a service business. This book demonstrates one of the core principles I discuss with clients on a daily basis - marketing is inextricably intertwined with the way you run your practice - your marketing will fall flat if you don't deliver the client experience.

The Artist's Way, by Julia Cameron
Whether you consider yourself an 'artist' or not, the fact of the matter is that as a lawyer, you're in a creative profession. And the more creative and innovative you can be, the better the client experience you can deliver. But it's easly to lose that creative edge when you're mired in the day to day business of law. Cameron's program can help you unblock that creativity, and it includes one of the exercises clients have found universally helpful - the daily writing habit. 

The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life, by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander
Another 'non-traditional' recommendation for lawyers, but one that's sure to provide inspiration and a new way of looking at your practice, motivating your employees and creating the results you want in your practice. It includes some techniques and practices that you may have seen before, but with a bit of a twist. In a time of economic downturn, it's especially useful for learning to look for possibilities and opportunities rather than seeing the world through a scarcity mindset.

(For more of my recommendations, see my recommended reading list in the sidebar of this blog)

Recommendations from others (that I look forward to reading):

Leading Change, by John P. Kotter

Aligning the Stars: How To Succeed When Professionals Drive Results, by Jay William Lorsch and Thomas J. Tierney

The Knowing-Doing Gap: How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge Into Action, by Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert I. Sutton

Spin Selling, by Neil Rackham

Small is the New Big: and 183 Other Riffs, Rants and Remarkable Business Ideas, by Seth Godin

World Wide Rave: Creating Triggers that Get Millions of People to Spread Your Ideas and Share Your Stories, by David Meerman Scott

10-10-10: A Life Transorming Idea, by Suzy Welch

And I got a great tip at the meeting from Tom Grella, partner and chair of the Management Committeer at McGuire, Wood & Bissette, P.A.: You can find books at great prices at www.alibris.com.

Special thanks to Jennifer Ator and John Remsen for their suggestions as well!

Please share your book suggestions by leaving a comment!