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My guest in this week’s episode of The Happy Lawyer Happy Life podcast is someone who’s not only reached great heights in the legal industry, but also made a real dent in the entrepreneurial world too. His name is Chris Hargreaves and he’s a self-professed ‘casual Senior Associate’ at McInnes Wilson. And besides being a husband and a father to three children, he also leads a double life as an online entrepreneur.

Over his rich and varied career, Chris has launched a number of online businesses, most of which are aimed specifically at lawyers. He’s also a bit of a content guru, prolifically publishing blogs and videos that tackle every aspect of law land, and he’s even written his own book, Look Before You Leap: A Guide for Aspiring Writers.

In this episode, we get into all that plus this stuff too…

• Chris on being a ‘casual senior associate’, and what that means  
• The importance of being approachable and affable in legal practice
• The contrast between ‘pop-culture’ law and the real, day-to-day grind
• The process of writing a book and the next step: finding a platform to sell it on
• Why Chris writes and the fundamental value that all lawyers can draw from it
• How to overcome the sometimes overwhelming technical aspects of creating an online body of content
• The purpose and objective of online presence writing
• Developing a content strategy and becoming aware of your target reader
• How digital marketing can complement a legal career
• Why young lawyers are feeling trapped and frustrated, and how you can overcome this
• The value of self-awareness
• The possibility of moving on from negative thinking  
• Chris’ Happiness Challenge!

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