When trying to determine the best path to a successful legal career, legal professionals turn to a variety of resources to uncover the secret sauce to reach the top. But with so much information saturation, finding these nuggets can be too time consuming and unsatisfying. Cue the “Top 10″ list. While there are so many variables that create a successful professional, important information boiled down to a short list of concise points can be immensely helpful for the busy professional. Below are The Lawyer Whisperer’s top 10 best pieces of advice to build and maintain a successful legal career:

1. Always Work To Create Career Leverage

If you want control over your career, you must have leverage. It puts you in the driver’s seat of your present and future. Why is leverage so important? Because the lack of it can create fear, anxiety, helplessness and desperation—all of which can set the stage for bad career choices.

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