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2. Take pride in your work. Critical. You are as good as you last work product.
3. Use a task checklist to execute things. Be organized. Ad-hocism over time is chaos.
4. Highlight all elements that needs to be changed from a standard draft first. Then start.
5. Make the first set of changes using the redline feature. Control F the previous items, dates.
Additional tips.
1. Install grammarly. Speak with IT for admin settings.
2. A good way to see if a document is verbose - read from the end.
3. Carry a notebook for everything - to take instructions.
Some people have told me it might be due to stress or lack of sleep or nutrition, but these issues affect everyone in litigation. How do others manage to stay on top of their work? Please help me figure this out.