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In this week’s episode of the ‘Happy Lawyer Happy Life Podcast’ I had the pleasure of interviewing (former) lawyer Stevie Dillon.  I first met Stevie about a year ago now when I attended a great course she was teaching on social media marketing and not long into the day we came to realise we both had a lot more in common than we thought!  Stevie is a lawyer although she has not practicsed in the traditional sense for a good few years now.  She is one of those smart ones amongst us who took the leap of faith, left the profession and hasn’t looked back since!

Stevie had a pretty conventional path into law school and the practice of law.  Landing a great job in a national firm she was well on the way to achieving the goals she had set herself but something was missing.  Despite her success in law, Stevie was searching for a way out and in this interview she shares the many steps, turns and hard decisions she had to make to get there.  These days she is a very happy entrepreneur, having built a very successful social media consulting practice this past 12 months.  We talk about how the skills she learned as a lawyer have been instrumental in helping her kickstart her business and how she now enjoys helping lawyers like you and I better understand how we can build our firms or our personal brands using social media.

Now this is a dangerous interview to be publishing over the Christmas Break- just because Stevie left law doesn’t mean we all should too!  However, if that is something you have been considering, then I think this interview will go a long way to helping you unpack that decision (thanks Stevie for the tips!)  Stevie is just one of those fun people to be around.  I can’t imagine her being anything but a happy (former) lawyer and she is certianly the perfect guest to be bringing us home for this final episode for 2018!

In this interview, Stevie and I also chatted about-

• If Stevie was not a lawyer she would have been a journalist.
• Growing up on the Gold Coast, Stevie chose law by chance- she really did have her heart set on being a  journalist.
• Getting good grades and then the pressure of needing to live up to our own expectations.
• Stevie’s early life in the Law in a national firm on the Gold Coast.
• The decision to travel! (aka her first escape from law!)
• Why Stevie left law for marketing.
• Finding fulfilment in and outside of the law.
• The deep unknown of leaving a secure job and Stevie’s journey of starting her own business this past year.
• ‘Stevie Gets Social’ is her Social Media Marketing firm where she helps business owners and professionals improve their Social Media presence
• Stevie’s top tips for using Social Media within a law firm.
• As a lawyer, the line of being professional but still personal on social media can be a hard one to manage but in good news, Stevie had some great tips for us all here.
• The importance of understanding and articulating your point of difference in a busy marketplace.
• We chatted #instagram because we could! (It’s no secret- we both love insta!)
• We touched on Facebook and Linkedin for lawyers too!
• We talked happiness- Stevie’s observations both from being in the profession and now looking in from the outside.
• And of course, Stevie’s Happiness Tip

Sit back and enjoy this final interview for 2018 with Stevie Dillon.

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Listen to last week’s episode here