For patent and trademark attorneys, the Summer holidays offer time for reflection. A break, with headspace to think about your career path and life direction.
We all know that long work hours without proper downtime are bad for us, and can lead to burnout. But many of us still do it.
We also know that not having enough control of our day, our week and our career can be both frustrating and stressful. But many of us think there’s no other option.
The Summer holidays are a perfect time to pause and take stock.
What would your dream career, and life, look like? It’s something worth thinking about.
We’ve put together an article, a report, a book, a TED talk and a podcast you might find helpful as you do that thinking:
- Growth mindset: an entrepreneur’s best friend (BBC Bitesize)
Psychologist Professor Carol Dweck coined the term ‘growth mindset’ when she researched how people’s underlying beliefs about themselves and their abilities can affect their lives. This article takes a look at what a ‘growth mindset’ is and how it applies to building a business. Read the article here
Buy Prof Dweck’s book “Mindset” here
Watch her TED talk “The power of believing that you can improve” here
Codex Edge “Platform Law Firms Report 2025”
Platform firms are going from strength to strength with early entrants into this alternative law firm structure continuing to show significant headcount growth. At the same time, continued growth in the number of firms adopting this structure indicates that the model not only works but has become a well-established and trusted way of doing business. Read the report here
- A bit of Optimism Podcast (Simon Sinek): The Secret to Happiness with Harvard Professor Robert Waldinger – Listen on Spotify
We all want to live a happy life. But what does the research say about how to achieve it?
For more than 86 years, researchers at Harvard University have been trying to figure out how humans can live happier lives. In one of the longest-running and most comprehensive studies of human happiness, Harvard tracked 724 teenagers through every stage of their adult lives since 1938. Some of them are still alive today and the findings are clear: lasting happiness isn’t about wealth or fame—it’s about something much deeper.
Robert Waldinger, a professor and psychiatrist, has directed the study for over 20 years. His TED Talk about it went viral with nearly 50 million views, and in 2023, he wrote a book about it – The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness.
Simon Sinek asks Robert to share what the study has revealed about happiness over the decades, how its insights have shaped his own life, and the one essential ingredient for a joyful, meaningful existence.
If you’re ready for a change that will give you more freedom and control, but you still want a successful career in the IP profession, becoming a consultant attorney with Two IP might be the solution you’re looking for.
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