New lawyers and law students regularly ask me about books I’ve read that will help them in their careers. That is a good question. But let’s reframe to provide a more revealing answer. What books do I wish were available to read when I became a lawyer? Here they are. Each teaches the most valuable lesson in living our lives: How we look at the world makes all the difference in the world.
Because new lawyers will get feedback (and in the future give it), check out “Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well” by Douglas Stone and Sheila Hunt, who teach negotiation strategy at Harvard Law School. It’s packed with actionable advice. Here is one example: Look at feedback as coaching, not criticism. Why? If viewed as criticism, the lawyer’s identity is threatened. By contrast, if viewed as coaching, the ego is not threatened and the mind is receptive to hearing the coaching message.
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