“Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do, than by the ones you did.” — Mark Twain 

I was reminded of Mark Twain’s quote after two recent conversations. The first was with a large-firm senior associate who is gently being nudged out the door. Despite having done good work and registering impressive billable hour numbers over many years, she has no clients and no real business prospects on the horizon. As talented as she is, there are others coming behind her who are equally as good (or better) and have made more strides on the business development front.

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