Have you ever needed someone to protect you and defend you? Have you ever felt that you need someone else to shield you from the brutalities of the world? Sometimes you feel stuck and you need advice on how to handle a matter, but you do not know where to turn to. Today, your angel will guide you to some lessons from a lawyer, who is someone that is trained in the field of law and provides advice and aid on legal matters. Some of these lessons are outlined below.

Avoid people who do not care about you.

The main role of a lawyer is to settle and resolve disputes in one way or another. Sometimes this means going to court for trial or finding a compromise that will work for the client. A lawyer persuades the client to find other alternatives of settling the case if it is going to affect the client’s business, either financially or reputation-wise.

In life, it is good to have people who have your back and can tell you where you are going wrong and what you should do to improve your life. You, like everybody else, need a support system.

You could be a person who is undergoing depression or anxiety in your life and feel like most people do not understand you and find you to be a bother when you frequently ask for help. Do not explain how you feel to everyone, sometimes these are the people who will put you down about the same thing you told them. 

Try to build worthy friendships with a few people who will be there with you through thick and thin and will encourage you whenever you need it.

You do not need to be hard-headed to succeed in life.

When a business is considering filing a lawsuit or has been sued, it is often after a long period of tension or dismissing each other’s concerns. There may be very little chances of reconciliation left between the parties, by the time they involve lawyers, they want to make life difficult for the other side.

Each party looks for a lawyer who is fierce and uncompromising. You end up spending resources fighting about things that could be solved by a courteous email or a phone call. Courtesy will most of the time take you where you want to go cheaper and sooner. You do not have to be rebellious about things in life and you do not have to win all the time.

In life, you could be a person who wants your way or no way at all, this trait can cost you a lot of opportunities. You could be a man who does not listen to your partner because you do not want to lose your masculinity, you might associate compromising with hurting your ego, at the end there is no equality in the relationship and the other person might tire because of constantly being unheard.

Your angel reminds you that compromise is not about losing but allowing the other person to be happy with the result as much as you are.

Allow balance in your life.

Many lawyers overlook their families, their friends, and even themselves. They spend most of their time in their offices going through their clients’ cases and doing their best to help those in need. Lawyers have more than one client and finding the balance between competing to be a good lawyer, retain clients, and having urgent instructions can be challenging.

Most of the time, there are urgent court proceedings and negotiations that need to be done. This is a culture that has been continually passed down the line and it has become harder to have a social life for lawyers. In life, it is good to find a balance between the things you do.

Do not let precious moments that you can spend with your loved ones slip past you. Take time to develop your interests and know who you are outside your work.  You could be a parent who lets your child be raised by a nanny and you never have time to interact with your child.

The child grows up feeling your absence and behaving irresponsibly. But it is already too late to align the child because you did not get involved right from their foundation. Money can never handle some of your responsibilities, you have to be actively involved to raise a well-mannered and emotionally stable child.

Avoid burning bridges.

When a lawsuit is filed, lawyers start gathering information related to the lawsuit. Previously unknown documents are turned up by at least one party. Getting information takes place outside the courtroom and parties are allowed to exchange written information and sit through questionings. A lawyer may ask for facts about the case, the identity of any other people who may know something, any documents, and inspection of physical places.

Sometimes the people whom you have fallen apart with can assist to build a case against you and provide evidence of things you wouldn’t want to be known. Similarly, to life, be careful about the people you burn bridges with. You might find them in offices where they could be of help or you may need them in one way or another.  It is very easy to make enemies and cause friction with people that the relationships cannot be mend, most times you do not think of the future effects this might cause.

You could have a former friend whose things went sour because you did not treat them well when they needed your help and instead you might have embarrassed them. The best thing to do in these instances is to apologize and treat them better. But sometimes your ego tells you that you will not need them.

This is the same person who can help you while in a situation way later when you meet in life. Learn to be respectful and keep all your bridges intact just in case you will need them in the future. How you treat people is like planting seeds, which you will have to sow.