How do we make the right choice? 

This is a question that has undoubtedly popped into your head. We all make choices. According to Harvard Business Review, Psychology Today, and various sources, on average, a person makes 35,000 decisions a day. How do we know we’ve made the right one?  What do we do when they all look right? Or, even worse, when they all look wrong? 

This is complicated further by the fact that choices...don’t stand alone. Things are interconnected and affected by context and their circumstances. Most of the time there is not only one “right” answer. What’s right for one set of circumstances is not necessarily right for another. 

My career choices have been driven by a desire to share the skills I have to help others. That is why I became a lawyer. What did I find most rewarding about that career? Empowering my clients to understand their case and make informed decisions. 

So how do we make the right choice? The answer is simple. We must take all of the facts, context, and circumstances into account in order to make the best choice. 

What Happens When Life-Altering Circumstances are Added to the Mix? 

When I became subject to chronic hand pain, I had to evaluate all of the possibilities for my future. I knew there would be days I wouldn't be able to do basic things with ease, like write, make dinner, type on a computer, or even scratch my nose. 

This life-altering shift was something I had to live with. I had a tough decision to make. The pressure was on, so making the right choice for me was at the forefront of my mind. 

After 5 years, I left the practice of law. I knew my desire to help others would take a different shape. I couldn't help clients the way they needed, but I knew that I could find another way. I'm a driven person who loves to learn.

If my passing of the Bar Exams the first time I took them in Massachusetts and Texas doesn’t exemplify that, I don’t know what does. When my chronic hand pain grew, I went back to school for my music degrees. 

While there, I taught test prep. LSAT tutoring was the next choice for me. It just so happened it was connected to the career I lived for 5 years. 

There's Always a Solution.

The LSAT is a test I enjoy teaching more than any other. Why? It's really just a series of puzzles to solve. I enjoy breaking things down in detail and discussing them with students.  Students must find effective ways to think through what they are given in order to be able to solve these puzzles. I get to help them with that. 

There are tests that make you think, but the LSAT brings thinking to another level. It requires the test-taker to make immediate judgment calls. In-the-moment choices must be made. My goal as a teacher is to help students develop the skills to make those choices in a time frame full of high pressure. 

For 10 years, I've successfully helped future lawyers understand the LSAT, apply strategies and concepts, and work toward their target scores. Sometimes, you just need to talk it out with someone. 

If you’re interested in becoming a lawyer to help the people of the world, do not hesitate to contact me. Hit that button below and send me a message. I look forward to working with you. 

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Juris Doctorate,
Boston College Law School 2003

Bachelor of Arts in Music-Liberal Arts,
Texas Woman’s University
Summa Cum Laude, 2014

Bachelor of Arts in English, University of Dallas
Cum Laude 2020

Master of Arts in Musicology,

University of North Texas 2020

From 2004 to 2009, I worked as an associate attorney. My main area of practice was immigration.

Sources 

https://hbr.org/2023/12/a-simple-way-to-make-better-decisions 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6119549/

https://go.roberts.edu/leadingedge/the-great-choices-of-strategic-leaders

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/stretching-theory/201809/how-many-decisions-do-we-make-each-day?amp