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Several days a week I walk with my good buddy MC. Neither of us is shy with opinion. Frequent ruminations list lessons learned the hard way about work, life and success. For instance, MC and I met in law school as second-career attorneys. Let’s just say the marketing video fell short. After three years of oppression and a six-figure bill, we walked into an economy that offered contract work for which hundreds of newly-minted attorneys compete; the most recent pays $9/hour…for a licensed attorney…I still have the ad. This reality would have been nice to know up front.

MC and I have joined the ranks of entrepreneurs. Life experience makes that possible. But yesterday we wondered about the “kids”? If asked to give the graduation speech at our undergraduate alma maters (and to be clear, we won’t be) what would we say…beside “don’t go to law school”? » Continue reading “Graduation Speech in a Nutshell”