Richard Schreiber, a law-firm AI expert, tells attorneys to block prep time on their calendars like court hearings and defend it against interruptions. Letting client calls intrude erodes performance and signals your own time doesn't matter. Keeping these blocks teaches you and your kids that commitments count.
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Hi Rich Schrager, your law firm AI expert. Here calendars with conviction you block for case prep. A client calls. You think I'll do it tonight. Tonight becomes 11pm and exhaustion if it isn't scheduled. It's optional and right now you're treating yourself as optional. Picture treating your prep time like a hearing. No one asks you to skip court for a non urgent call. Why do you let everything invade the time that makes you ready for court? Block next week's thinking hours now, then defend them. The appointments you keep breaking are with yourself. That tells everyone, including you, that your time is negotiable. Protecting your calendar isn't selfish. It's how you show up prepared instead of winging it. Your kids see which commitments you keep and which ones you break. When you protect your time. You're teaching them that theirs matters too. This is Richard Schreiber, your law firm age AI expert. DM me or head over to lawfirmaxpert.com for more.