by Walt Hampton | May 29, 2026 | Success
When I started out at The Big Firm, the supervising partner sat me down for the onboarding talk. He said we got three weeks of vacation. Then he leaned in, lowered his voice, and said, “But no one ever takes them.” I remember thinking: That’s messed up. So I...
by Walt Hampton | May 22, 2026 | Success
For a long time, many of us thought our value was in what we knew. That made sense. We worked hard to learn our craft. We studied, practiced, trained, read, wrote, built businesses, served clients, made mistakes, and slowly became good at what we do. Then the internet...
by Walt Hampton | May 7, 2026 | Success
“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King Jr. One reason people stay stuck in careers and jobs that suck their souls is that they think they need the whole...
by Walt Hampton | Apr 30, 2026 | Success
There’s an old movie about law school called The Paper Chase. And when I came out of law school, that was exactly how the profession felt. If I needed to revise a document, I didn’t just open a file and make a few edits. I handed it to my secretary. She’d sit at an...
by Walt Hampton | Apr 23, 2026 | Success
A lot of people assume, quietly and sometimes sadly, that it’s too late to reinvent themselves. Too late to start something new. Too late to change direction. Too late to build a different kind of life. I don’t believe that for a second. In my work, I’ve seen too many...
