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You're listening to The Lawyer's Stress Solution. The only podcast that teaches you cognitive

science-based techniques specifically created for lawyers. Learn how to manage your lawyer brain

and conquer the stress, anxiety, and overwhelm of lawyer life. Here's your host,

former lawyer and certified master coach, Kara Lowen-Thyles.

Hello, hello lawyers. Today I'm going to be teaching you one of my very favorite tools called

the manual. The manual is a tool you can use whenever you have to deal with a difficult interpersonal

conflict. But I'm particularly going to be targeting it today at dealing with difficult

supervisors or partners. We have all had this experience. We've all had difficult bosses.

Whether it's the partner on your case or you work at an NGO and it's a supervising attorney,

or even just a colleague who's a little bit senior to you, or if you work in house somewhere,

whether it's the VP of your department or the general council or the CEO, doesn't matter wherever

you are, unless you're working for yourself, you're going to have this problem. Even people who

run organizations have their board of directors often that they have to report to. So this is

something we all struggle with. It's a really big drain on quality of life for a lot of my clients,

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