The Definitive 6-Pillar Model to Be(coming)
a Happy Rainmaker and Designing
a Legal Career You Love
Welcome to our site. I’m thrilled to be a part of your journey toward a happy legal career. I am passionate about lawyer happiness and hope these ideas, concepts, and models serve you well.
Jennifer Gillman
Founder,
Gillman Strategic Group
Introducing
The 6 Pillars of Be(coming)
A Happy Rainmaker
Based on decades of experience with lawyers at various stages of their careers, I’ve learned that these are the key ingredients to having an amazing legal career that is rewarding, fulfilling, and sustainable. As long as you like law, you can have a legal career you love.
Learn more below, and be sure to subscribe to our Happy Rainmaker video series, where .1 can make a difference.
Watch the 6-pillars introductional video
Pillar 1: Care for Yourself
Your career is for you, but it only serves you if you are healthy physically and mentally. Take action today to improve how you care for yourself.
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Pillar 2: Develop Business
A book of business is crucial to a legal career. It gives you power at the firm and allows you to set your schedule, dictate terms, and work however you want.
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Pillar 3: Define Boundaries
It is easy to let complexity of a legal career take over your life – crucial to longevity and happiness in your career is setting limits and boundaries.
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Pillar 4: Plan Intentionally
Your career shouldn’t happen by accident; successful careers require consistent action over time. Create the career you want by intentionally planning.
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Pillar 5: Learn Continuously
Learning doesn’t stop with law school: the market, the profession, and your clients’ needs evolve continuously. So learn continuously to stay relevant.
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Pillar 6: Design a Legacy
All careers come to an end. Planning for the end of your career ensures you have
the retirement you want
and leave a meaningful legacy.
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This page is an ever-evolving resource for lawyers
who want to be or become happy rainmakers
I think this should be for every lawyer because becoming a happy rainmaker is crucial to having a great legal career.
I know that no matter who you are, what your biases are, how you like to work, and whatever else you have going on, you can become a happy rainmaker. There is a pathway for you.
I understand the challenge: it wasn’t natural for me, and I never learned it in law school, but I’ve learned, and you can too.
I don’t have all the answers, so my goal is to bring together experts with amazing knowledge and share their amazing insights and lessons with you.
This site and its content are always evolving, and I welcome your feedback and questions. If you’d like to keep up with my content, subscribe below, and feel free to add a
comment. Enjoy. And I’d say good luck, but
this isn’t about luck – you don’t need luck – our 6 pillars are about moving purposefully through your career.
So instead, I’ll say: relish the journey!
Explore the 6-pillars video library
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Explore the 6-pillars resources library
Care for Yourself
Pillar 1 Resources
Develop Business
Pillar 2 Resources
Define Boundaries
Pillar 3 Resources
Plan intentionally
Pillar 4 Resources
Learn Continuously
Pillar 4 Resources
Design a Legacy
Pillar 4 Resources
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