A self-aware lawyer is a higher performing lawyer.

I teach how to become one.

When attorneys concentrate on their work, they are in a meditative state.
So why not illuminate their working minds with meditation skills? 

It’s costing your law firm a fortune. And it happens so subtly that it goes mostly unnoticed. The adversarial thinking that fills your coffers also triggers adversarial impulses that drain your lawyers. Productivity and quality sag. Disengagement and turnover spike. Miseries ensue.

But lawyers who learn to notice these intuitive impulses can control these intuitive impulses. That’s my specialty. I’ve been teaching self-awareness skills for twenty-five years. My programs will show your lawyers how to regulate their internal adversarial signaling system so they may flourish in the external adversarial legal system.

Book me. I’ll help your people reduce cognitive friction, increase professional performance, and boost your firm’s bottom line.

—John Marcoux

Professional Development Speaker

 

Cornell J.D. ‘95, William & Mary B.S. ‘92

Programs

  • Ever Ready Adversary

    Jolts of fear, half-heartedness, hopelessness, selfishness, and surrender can zap any attorney’s resolve. Here’s how poised lawyers notice and control these impulses to sustain their adversarial mettle.

  • Elite Contenders Contend Alike

    A legendary judge, a samurai warrior, and a hall-of-fame baseball pitcher walk into a bar and... realize they all flex the same strengths! Observe and learn from these paragons of mindful competition.

  • Dodging Demoralizers

    Feeling cornered? Doomscrolling pessimisms? Fixating on win-loss horizons? These cognitive traps deplete your will to compete. Learn how to identify, evade, and escape such spirit-sapping snares.

  • Go Large By Getting Small

    Stop being a defensive, self-centered, know-it-all braggart. Achieve more by being less. Elevate your career with humility that clients, colleagues, and rivals cannot help but admire.

Sam Feder

Partner, Jenner & Block

“John’s talk at our retreat blew my mind. I had thought about quitting the law, but John made me aware of the knee-jerk reflexes that were slowly, insidiously draining my will to compete. The fix felt instantaneous.”

Adversarial thinking triggers spontaneous impulses that get lost in the fog of work or dismissed as nuisances. Learn how to notice & control these intuitive signals to boost performance and well-being.

This is self-regulation. This cannot be outsourced. I show lawyers how to do it.

Sarah Spain

espnW • iHeart podcaster of "Good Game with Sarah Spain” • Author of Runs In The Family

“John was one of my all-time favorite podcast guests and I've frequently discussed his work with other guests, colleagues, family, and friends. It's so important for people to understand the tricks their minds play, especially folks in high-stress jobs, so they can be intentional about preventing an adversarial mindset from following them home from work. John’s episode drew a response so strong that I re-broadcast it at the end of the year.”

John striking a very adversarial pose

photo © AmarisGranado.com

 

For twenty-five years, I have been guiding meditation and yoga students through hell.

Don't be fooled by all those images of blissed-out, flower-sniffing yogis. Meditators traverse internal landscapes every bit as hostile as the external landscapes encountered in the practice of law. Attorneys could learn a thing or two from the contemplative disciplines.

That’s where I may be of service to you. My programs integrate meditative techniques into daily law practices. We’re not talking about burning incense or chanting OM here, but about deploying skills that mitigate the cognitive frictions threatening to deplete your lawyers’ will to compete.

James Sammataro

Partner, Pryor Cashman

“When John spoke at our partner retreat about dodging demoralizers, no one was looking at their phones. He captivated the room. When he finished, my colleagues demanded more. John bantered for another forty minutes of Q&A. Like butter.”

Superlative adversarial character is built with awareness and control. Build yours with my recent law review article, Supreme Court Samurai: A Profile Of Justice Holmes As A Zen Warrior.

Seth Bromberger

Professor of Cybersecurity, Cal State-East Bay

“John’s lecture showed perfect empathy for the plight of cybersecurity pros who must stay ready to spring out of bed and fend off attacks at 3 am. He taught us how to protect the minds that protect the computer systems.”