Forest for the Trees: Law Firm Business Management Requires Focus

There’s that really old saying that negates the value of hyperfocus, wherein some one person critiques another by saying that they ‘can’t see the forest for the trees’.  Basically, it means that you can’t see the big picture.  And, of course, seeing ‘the big picture’, in the sense that you have a vision for your business, is important.  But, you can also get lost in the big picture, too. 

Many attorneys, especially solo and small firm lawyers, get lost in the sauce – they can only see the forest, and become overwhelmed; consequently, they are frozen, and can’t seem to take any positive action.  So, sometimes, it helps to look at just one, single tree.  In terms of a law firm’s business operations, that really means creating a project list, and focusing on just one project at a time.  That’s a great way to get unstuck, if you are – and, most business management philosophies strive to get business owners to concentrate in this fashion, anyway. 

 

So, if you feel like you’re stuck in neutral, maybe you just need to focus up, and get that one next thing done. 

 

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