“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
This is an old quote that serves a trial lawyer well. I have it on my office wall. I frequently encounter people trying to figure out how to market their service or practice. Often, rather than trying out something new or unproven, they merely assume that someone else must have had their idea first. So far, while trying out new ideas for marketing a personal injury practice, the response from other lawyers and other businesspeople has been almost universal appreciation that you are at least out trying. So many people don't begin to at least try.
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