Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Real Life Practice Nora Riva Bergman. Coach. Consultant. Attorney. ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.reallifepractice.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Blog](https://www.reallifepractice.com/blog/) - [Double your pleasure. Double your fun.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2010/03/double-your-pleasure-double-your-fun/) - [It's been a minute.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2022/02/its-been-a-minute/) - [“Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time." - Ruth Bader Ginsburg](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2020/10/real-change-enduring-change-happens-one-step-at-a-time-ruth-bader-ginsburg/) - [Check Out Nora's Home at The Practice Resource Center of The Florida Bar](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2019/01/nora-bergman-practice-resource-center-florida-bar/) - Browse podcasts & video content by Florida-based attorney coach Nora Bergman at LegalFuel: The Practice Resource Center of The Florida Bar. Earn CLE credits! - [Like the law, happiness is a practice.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2020/08/like-the-law-happiness-is-a-practice/) - [“Now's the time not to be the same.”
- Kevin O’Keefe, CEO and Founder of LexBlog](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2020/07/nows-the-time-not-to-be-the-same-kevin-okeefe-ceo-and-founder-of-lexblog/) - [COVID-19 UPDATE: 1)Documenting Business Interruption, 2)Employers Can Provide Tax-Free Disaster Payments To Employees](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2020/03/covid-19-update-1documenting-business-interruption-2employers-can-provide-tax-free-disaster-payments-to-employees/) - [Five things your law firm can learn from inconsistent coronavirus messaging.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2020/03/five-things-your-law-firm-can-learn-from-inconsistent-coronavirus-messaging/) - [Want to grow? Want to thrive?
Get good at adapting your behavior.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2020/02/want-to-grow-want-to-thriveget-good-at-adapting-your-behavior/) - [Five things you need to know about Millennial lawyers.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2020/01/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-millennial-lawyers/) - [Lesson 8. Focus on doing the right things.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2019/12/lesson-8-focus-on-doing-the-right-things/) - [Lesson 7. Get in the habit of planning!](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2019/08/lesson-7-get-in-the-habit-of-planning/) - Read Lesson 7. from "50 Lessons for Lawyers: Earn more. Stress less. Be awesome." - [Lesson 6. Understand and apply the power of focus.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2019/08/lesson-6-understand-and-apply-the-power-of-focus/) - [Lesson 5. Create 12 new GOOD habits each year.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2019/07/lesson-5-create-12-new-good-habits-each-year/) - [Want to improve your time management?
You’ve got to focus!](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2019/07/want-to-improve-your-time-managementyouve-got-to-focus/) - [50 Lessons for Women Lawyers – From Women Lawyers](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2019/02/50-lessons-for-women-lawyers-from-women-lawyers/) - [The Real Cost of Employee Turnover](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2019/01/the-real-cost-of-employee-turnover/) - [3 Keys to Great Referrals in 2019](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2018/12/3-keys-to-more-great-referrals/) - [Your Holiday Marketing Top 10!](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2018/11/your-holiday-marketing-top-10-3-2/) - [We’ve planned. Now what?
7 Steps to Strategic Planning Success](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2018/10/weve-planned-now-what7-steps-to-strategic-planning-success-2/) - [Sometimes you just need to find balance . . .
in the moment.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2018/07/sometimes-you-just-need-to-find-balance-in-the-moment/) - [Mindfulness Training. Just do it.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2018/06/mindfulness-training-just-do-it/) - [Appreciate your team. They’ll THINK better for it.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2018/05/appreciate-your-team-theyll-think-better-for-it/) - [Join the social media conversation.
Teach – don’t sell.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2018/04/join-the-social-media-conversation-teach-dont-sell-2/) - [Up Your Productivity with Monday.com](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2018/02/up-your-productivity-with-monday-com/) - [Want to take control of your time?
Start living in your calendar.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2018/01/want-to-take-control-of-your-timestart-living-in-your-calendar/) - [Almost New Year’s Eve.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2006/12/almost-new-years-eve/) - [I love the wintertime.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2006/12/i-love-the-wintertime/) - [BRAG!](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2006/12/brag/) - [Innovation in practice.
Why it’s so hard.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2006/12/innovation-in-practice-why-its-so-hard/) - [What the Beatles can teach us about great leadership.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2006/12/what-the-beatles-can-teach-us-about-great-leadership/) - [Tap into your natural genius.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2006/11/tap-into-your-natural-genius/) - [Something to think about.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2006/11/something-to-think-about/) - [Marketing stories. Marketing Asset #5.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2006/11/marketing-stories-marketing-asset-5/) - [Spa dentistry. Are legal spas next?](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2006/11/spa-dentistry-are-legal-spas-next/) - [Brand yourself. Marketing Asset #7.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2006/11/brand-yourself-marketing-asset-7/) - [Better the ball.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2006/11/better-the-ball/) - [A whole new mind: Balance your mind, differentiate your law practice, succeed in the 21st century.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2006/10/a-whole-new-mind-balance-your-mind-differentiate-your-law-practice-succeed-in-the-21st-century/) - [Go blog wild.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2006/10/go-blog-wild/) - [N.Y. proposal would designate legal blogs as advertising.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2006/10/n-y-proposal-would-designate-legal-blogs-as-advertising/) - [Listen to me.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2006/09/listen-to-me/) - [Transform your practice.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2006/09/transform-your-practice/) - [Getting things done.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2006/09/getting-things-done/) - [Your primary aim.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2006/09/your-primary-aim/) - ["Laser Talk" or "Elevator Pitch." Why you need to have one.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2007/07/laser-talk-or-elevator-pitch-why-you-need-to-have-one/) - [Are you creating your team by design or default?](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2007/06/are-you-creating-your-team-by-design-or-default/) - [You better be better than Starbucks.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2007/06/you-better-be-better-than-starbucks/) - [Emulate success.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2007/05/emulate-success/) - [Don’t let your email take over your life.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2007/04/dont-let-your-email-take-over-your-life/) - [What made IBM great?](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2007/04/what-made-ibm-great/) - [Who’s on your “Top 20” list?](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2007/04/whos-on-your-top-20-list/) - [What’s on the legal horizon? Value-based billing.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2007/04/whats-on-the-legal-horizon-value-based-billing/) - [Bad clients drive out good clients.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2007/03/bad-clients-drive-out-good-clients/) - [Time management’s most important question.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2007/03/time-managements-most-important-question/) - [The guru of getting things done.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2007/03/the-guru-of-getting-things-done/) - [It's not about balance anymore.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2007/02/its-not-about-balance-anymore/) - [Advice from Roy.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2007/02/advice-from-roy/) - [Integration not disintegration.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2007/02/integration-not-disintegration/) - [Realize your DREAM of becoming a great brand.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2007/02/realize-your-dream-of-becoming-a-great-brand/) - [ZAG!](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2007/01/zag/) - [Q: “What’s the best time & billing software?”](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2007/01/whays-the-best-time-billing-software/) - [“Micro-Market Media.”](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2007/01/micro-market-media/) - [How law firms can deliver “Ritz-Carlton” service.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2007/01/how-law-firms-can-deliver-ritz-carlton-service/) - [Are you an odd fish or a lost guppy?](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2007/01/are-you-an-odd-fish-or-a-lost-guppy/) - [Blog your way to greatness.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2007/01/blog-your-way-to-greatness/) - [Go from good to great.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2007/01/go-from-good-to-great/) - [How’s your inbox?](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2007/01/hows-your-inbox/) - [Do something.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2007/01/do-something/) - [Set "Open Space Goals" in 2007.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2007/01/set-open-space-goals-in-2007/) - [Marketing rule #1: Become a natural marketer.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2009/10/marketing-rule-1-become-a-natural-marketer/) - [Bad economic times can provide a profitable perspective for your practice.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2008/08/bad-economic-times-can-provide-a-profitable-perspective-for-your-practice/) - [Giving recognition can pay off as much as pay.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2008/06/giving-recognition-can-pay-off-as-much-as-pay/) - [Want to be a better leader? Get to know yourself.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2009/08/want-to-be-a-better-leader-get-to-know-yourself/) - [Are you tweeting yet? IMHO U SHLD BE.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2009/07/are-you-tweeting-yet-imho-u-shld-be/) - [Is your firm at risk for fraud and embezzlement?](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2009/06/is-your-firm-at-risk-for-fraud-and-embezzlement/) - [Understand influence to influence your influencers.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2009/05/understand-influence-to-influence-your-influencers/) - [Get Rapt.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2009/05/get-rapt/) - [Does your team ROCK?](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2009/04/does-your-team-rock/) - [Who are you . . . really?](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2009/03/who-are-you-really/) - [Is email driving you crazy?](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2009/03/is-email-driving-you-crazy/) - [Success is sticky.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2009/02/success-is-sticky/) - [Recession-proof your practice.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2009/01/recession-proof-your-practice/) - [Would you like an espresso with that?](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2008/09/would-you-like-an-espresso-with-tha/) - [Leadership is about attitude. Check your attitude at the door.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2008/07/leadership-is-about-attitude-check-your-attitude-at-the-door/) - [Just do it!](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2008/06/just-do-it/) - [Worth reading.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2008/04/worth-reading/) - [Get your inbox under control.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2008/03/get-your-inbox-under-control/) - [What makes clients love you or "It's the relationship, Stupid."](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2008/01/what-makes-clients-love-you-or-its-the-relationship-stupid/) - [Have you set your goals for 2008?](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2008/01/have-you-set-your-goals-for-2008/) - [Eight Irresistible Principles.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2007/12/eight-irresistible-principles/) - [Get ready to lose it in 2008.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2007/12/get-ready-to-lose-it-in-2008/) - [If you’re not growing, you’re dying.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2007/11/if-youre-not-growing-youre-dying/) - [Rethink hiring.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2007/09/rethink-hiring/) - [The death of the billable hour.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2007/08/the-death-of-the-billable-hour/) - [Plan your day and know your "Commander's Intent."](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2007/07/plan-your-day-and-know-your-commanders-intent/) - [Two things you can do today to increase your productivity.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2010/04/two-things-you-can-do-today-to-increase-your-productivity/) - [What are your business cards saying about you?](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2010/01/what-are-your-business-cards-saying-about-you/) - [Begin your "Journal of 3."](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2010/01/journal-of-three/) - [Why great marketing is like brushing your teeth.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2009/11/why-great-marketing-is-like-brushing-your-teeth/) - [Does your team know what it takes to be an “A” player?](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2009/11/does-your-team-know-what-it-takes-to-be-an-a-player/) - [The Myth of Multitasking](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2010/05/the-myth-of-multitasking/) - [Selling the Invisible](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2010/06/selling-the-invisible/) - [How to Say It For Women](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2010/06/how-to-say-it-for-women/) - [Innovation = Systems = Beauty](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2010/04/innovation-systems-beauty/) - [Today’s Forecast: Cloudy with a chance of great web-based law practice management systems.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2010/05/todays-forecast-cloudy-with-a-chance-of-great-web-based-law-practice-management-systems/) - [Your law practice may be killing you.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2010/05/your-law-practice-may-be-killing-you/) - [How are you riding your elephant?](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2010/05/how-are-you-riding-your-elephant/) - [Showcase Your Firm in a Digital Photo Frame](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2010/06/showcase-your-firm-in-a-digital-photo-frame/) - [Stop Multitasking. Really.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2010/06/stop-multitasking-really/) - [Top 10 Tech Tips for 2010](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2010/06/top-10-tech-tips-for-2010/) - [Want to increase your productivity? Go on vacation!](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2010/06/want-to-increase-your-productivity-go-on-vacation/) - [Today is the 50th Anniversary of “To Kill a Mockingbird”](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2010/07/today-is-the-50th-anniversary-of-to-kill-a-mockingbird/) - [Leadership Means Having to Say You’re Sorry](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2010/07/leadership-means-having-to-say-youre-sorry/) - [Turn Your iPad Into a Powerful Phone](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2010/09/turn-your-ipad-into-a-powerful-phone/) - Get the most from your iPad with these great phone apps. - [Want to Build Better Relationships? Be the Host, Not the Guest](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2010/10/want-to-build-better-relationships-be-the-host-not-the-guest/) - [What are your nightmare client warning signs?](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2010/11/what-are-your-nightmare-client-warning-signs/) - [Want a great future? Act "as if" you’re already there.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2010/11/want-a-great-future-act-as-if-youre-already-there/) - [Are you ready to make the leap to alternative fee agreements?](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2010/11/are-you-ready-to-make-the-leap-to-alternative-fee-agreements-2/) - [Start the Year with an “Attitude of Gratitude”](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2011/01/start-the-year-with-an-attitude-of-gratitude/) - [The 2010 Word of the Year is ... “App”](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2011/01/the-2010-word-of-the-year-is-app/) - [Show me the love!
The money will follow.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2011/02/show-me-the-love-the-money-will-follow/) - [10 tech tips you’ll just love!](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2011/02/10-tech-tips-youll-just-love/) - [Valorem means value. Really.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2011/03/valorem-means-value-really/) - Value pricing done right by Valorem Law Group - [Having trouble making changes?
You’re not alone.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2011/03/having-trouble-making-changes/) - [When hiring, experience matters.
But not so much.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2011/04/when-hiring-experience-matters-but-not-so-much/) - [Got An iPad? You Need These Apps.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2011/05/recommended-ipad-apps-for-lawyers/) - [Do you have to or get to?](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2011/05/do-you-have-to-or-get-to/) - [A is for Asshole:
ABCs of Conflict Resolution](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2011/05/a-is-for-assholeabcs-of-conflict-resolution/) - [Stop trying.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2011/06/stop-trying-2/) - [Avoiding SMB:
Social Media Burnout](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2011/06/avoiding-smbsocial-media-burnout/) - [Enchant and Enlighten:
A Winning Combination](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2011/07/enchant-and-enlighten-a-winning-combination/) - [Confessions of a Wordle addict . . .](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2011/07/confessions-of-a-wordle-addict/) - [Is your email stuck in the 1980s?](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2011/08/is-your-email-address-stuck-in-the-1980s/) - [Your holiday marketing Top 10!](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2011/09/your-holiday-marketing-top-10/) - [Get out of your fish bowl.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2011/10/get-out-of-your-fish-bowl/) - [Are you "giving" this Thanksgiving?](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2011/11/are-you-giving-this-thanksgiving/) - [Three steps to a great brand.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2011/12/three-steps-to-a-great-brand/) - [Last minute techie gift alert:
Brookstone Boogie Board](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2011/12/last-minute-techie-gift-alertbrookstone-boogie-board/) - [Take a vacation.
It may save your life.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2013/06/take-a-vacation-it-may-save-your-life/) - [Are you an adrenaline addict?](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2013/04/are-you-an-adrenaline-addict/) - [Offer Your Clients AFAs
Before They Ask for Them.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2012/01/offer-your-clients-afasbefore-they-ask-for-them/) - [Organize Your Office with 5S](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2012/02/organize-your-office-with-5s/) - [Why You Need to Update Your Avvo Profile . . . Today](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2012/02/why-you-need-to-update-your-avvo-profile-today/) - [Friday's Employee Appreciation Day.
Show me the love!](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2012/02/fridays-employee-appreciation-day-show-me-the-love/) - [Alternative Fee Agreements and Value Pricing are Here to Stay](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2012/03/alternative-fee-agreements-and-value-pricing-are-here-to-stay/) - [Value Pricing and Alternative Fee Agreements are Here to Stay (Part 2)](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2012/03/value-pricing-and-alternative-fee-agreements-are-here-to-stay-part-2/) - [How Toyota & Motorola Can Help You Reinvent Your Law Firm](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2012/06/how-toyota-motorola-can-help-you-reinvent-your-law-firm/) - [Happy Fifth of July!
Can you hear the pop of emails exploding in your inbox?](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2012/07/happy-fifth-of-julycan-you-hear-the-pop-of-emails-exploding-in-your-inbox/) - [Instituting Change: How to Create a Cultural Shift Within Your Firm](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2012/07/instituting-change-how-to-create-a-cultural-shift-within-your-firm/) - [What is Lean Six Sigma and Why Should You Care?](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2012/08/what-is-lean-six-sigma-and-why-should-you-care/) - [Give VOICE to Leadership](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2012/11/give-voice-to-leadership/) - [It's time to get ready for 2013](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2012/12/its-time-to-get-ready-for-2013/) - [6 Keys to Your Success in 2013](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2013/01/6-keys-to-your-success-in-2013/) - [Stressed out? Give back. Get high.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2013/05/stressed-out-give-back-get-high/) - [LinkedIn Endorsements:
Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down?](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2013/05/linkedin-endorsementsthumbs-up-or-thumbs-down/) - Value of LinkedIn endorsements and tips for using endorsements - [Good leaders are great listeners.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2013/06/good-leaders-are-great-listeners/) - [What's really important?](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2013/07/whats-really-important/) - [The Hardest Call](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2013/09/the-hardest-call-for-a-leader-to-make/) - Law practice management article on how to build a high-performance team. - [Successful Retreats Use SMARTER Objectives](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2014/06/successful-retreats-use-smarter-objectives/) - If you want your retreat to truly make an impact on your firm, begin now thinking about the kinds of objectives you want to set at the retreat. - [The Truth About Compensation: Money won’t keep the “poachers” away.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2014/02/the-truth-about-compensation-and-retention-money-wont-keep-the-poachers-away/) - [Are you ready for your second act?](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2014/03/are-you-ready-for-your-second-act/) - [Avoiding Extinction](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2013/10/avoiding-extinction/) - [Why you should be using Evernote.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2013/08/why-you-should-be-using-evernote/) - [Attention Florida Attorneys:
"Skills & Expertise" Section of LinkedIn May Violate Bar Rules](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2013/10/attention-florida-attorneysskills-expertise-section-of-linkedin-may-violate-bar-rules/) - [Update on LinkedIn "Skills & Expertise" Section for Florida Lawyers: Staff Opinion Likely to be Overturned](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2013/10/update-on-linkedin-endorsements-for-florida-lawyers-staff-opinion-likely-to-be-overturned/) - [Update on The Florida Bar's Ad Rules and LinkedIn](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2013/10/update-on-the-florida-bars-ad-rules-and-linkedin/) - [LinkedIn Saga For Florida Lawyers
. . . to be continued . . .](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2013/10/linkedin-saga-for-florida-lawyers-to-be-continued/) - [What your law firm can learn from the National Championship game tonight.](https://www.reallifepractice.com/2015/01/improve-your-productivity-with-huddles/) - [Happy New Year!
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