November 30, 2016

S-47 Tips for Young Lawyers : Stress is the silent killer of Lawyers.

1) Accept this fact seriously. In young age, most Lawyers are in Denial Mode. They do not seriously accept that Stress can kill them.

2) When we eat food, snack or a cup of tea, it causes spike of sugar in blood. In a healthy body, in a stress free body, the spike is soon dissolved. But if body is tense, stressed, it takes longer time to absorb and to level up the spike.

3) If your case is at No. 1 in Court List, there may be less Stress. The case will be soon over and stress in body will be over. But if case is last, if case is called out and kept back to wait for other lawyer, level of stress will be higher.

4) There may be such hundred stress points of stress in a lawyer's work.

5) An old lawyer suggested two things. A) Never skip your breakfast and lunch. Keep regular habits. B) In office, after reading and preparing a case, tie up a string over it. Once tied up, string should not be opened till case is called. In other words, avoid piece-meal reading of cases. This is supposed to help in reducing stress.

Haresh Raichura 30/11/16