The Creative Lawyer


Practical ideas about creating a fulfilling life and career.

Author: Michael Melcher, a New York-based career coach, is the author of The Creative Lawyer: A Practical Guide to Authentic Professional Satisfaction. He is currently a partner at Next Step Partners, a leadership development and executive coaching firm with offices in New York and San Francisco.

Blawg Related Categories: Careers • Work/Life Balance • Consultant

Recent Posts from The Creative Lawyer


  • Network Story #1: Pro Bono to Paris in 11 Steps

    The reason all coaches and almost all sane professional people advocate networking is that things happen via relationships. So the more you attend to developing and maintaining your relationships, the more easily you will acquire…

  • Does Endlessly Searching Mean Never Satisfied?

    What's an ENFJ? Me, for one. It’s one of the 16 types of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. ENFJ stands for Extraverted, Intuitive, Feeling, Judging. It’s known as the Teacher type, and it’s no surprise that…

  • NaNoWriMo returns .....

    Do you know what NaoNoWriMo is? It's National Novel Writing Month. During said month, which began November 1, thousands of people from around the world try their hand at writing novels. The deal is: you…

  • Gretchen's tips on what to do when you forget someone's name

    I have a good memory -- but not on everything! Gretchen Rubin at The Happiness Project has some great tips on remembering people's names. Click here. By the way, she is a creative lawyer, too.

  • Strong Brand / Repellent Brand: The MM Story

    A few months ago, I met another coach. A mutual friend had introduced us. She has done well and makes a lot of money. I know, because I asked her how much she charged and…

  • Seven Ways to Be Happy in a Smoking Country

    I don’t like it when people smoke around me. I don’t like breathing cigarette smoke, I don’t like getting it on my clothes, hair and skin, and perhaps more than anything else I don’t like…

  • What I need: less time, more pressure

    I'm writing a book proposal (for my new SMASH-HIT BESTSELLER that will help people around the world and get Terry Gross to interview me). I experience excitement and dread in this process. Peace and agitation.…

  • My brush with future fame: South Carolina report

    I have never been fully satisfied in my wish to hang out regularly with celebrities, but occasionally I have brushed up against them. And even shaken hands! In 1986, at the tail end of my…

  • A podcast on surviving, nay, thriving in the recession

    I recently did a podcast for the ABA website on moving ahead during the recession, everyone's favorite topic. Thanks to my lawyer-coach buddy Barbara D'Amico, who served as David Frost to my Richard Nixon. You…

  • Welcome, Happiness Project Readers!

    One of my favorite blogs is The Happiness Project and one of my favorite people is the blogeuse of said site, Gretchen Rubin (who is a creative lawyer herself). So a big welcome to all…