Career Success And Life Fulfillment What You Can Learn From Tony And Gina

Developing the Next Generation of Rainmakers Career Success and Life Fulfillment: What You Can Learn from Tony and Gina My December column in The Practical Lawyer is titled: Some Practical Thoughts on Conquering Career Burnout. It is based on  two books I co-authored about Tony and Gina Caruso. In Say Ciao to Chow Mein:  Conquering Career Burnout, Christina Bost Seaton and I focused on Tony, who after  finishing his first year as an associate in a large Texas law  firm is burned out and struggling to find meaning in his  career. In Ciao, Gina loves her work as a clerk for a Federal  Court judge. At the conclusion of Ciao, Tony has just been  promoted to partner and he and Gina have two children. In Rising Star: The Making of a Rainmaker, Kristi Sebalj and I focused on Gina. In this book Gina is now a partner in a mid-sized firm. She is the talk of the  firm, having brought in $1 Million of business. Yet, she  feels like a one-hit wonder because her success was a result  of one big case from one big client. I have known and worked with lawyers like Tony and Gina throughout my law career and lawyer coaching career.  Their characters are a composite of lawyers  who have worked for me and lawyers I have been blessed to  coach and mentor.  Many of those lawyers have caused me  to study and examine differences between lawyers who are  successful and happy and lawyers who are not. Interestingly,  many of the people who are truly successful also have a  great personal life and are very family oriented. What does it take? Based on my experience, lawyers who are truly successful and happy: If you have the time, get to know Tony and Gina. You will see some of the same challenges you face and some of the same opportunities you have. As you will see, you can conquer career burnout by following the ideas above.   I practiced law for 37 years developing a national construction law practice representing some of the top highway and transportation construction contractors in the US.