On stardate 4523.3, Captain James T. Kirk and his crew are called to Deep Space Station K7 by a priority-one distress call. The station is near Sherman's Planet, a world in a sector of space disputed between the Federation and the Klingon Empire.
Soon after arriving the crew of the Enterprise visit the space station where they meet an independent trader, Cyrano Jones, who has brought some little furry animals called tribbles onto the station to sell; he gives one to Uhura as a marketing ploy. She brings it on board the Enterprise, where it and its offspring are treated as adorable pets. The animals purr a relaxing trill that the crew (even the stoic Mr. Spock) find soothing.
The "trouble" with the tribbles is that they reproduce far too quickly as do the number of documents, notes, todos, contact details do in your practice.
Have you ever sat there while your boss stands over you, desperately searching for that missing document he or she needs RIGHT NOW? Or have you kept a client waiting on the phone for several minutes while you've searched for an important contract, deposition or status report?
If you have, then however organized and effective you are in your day-to-day work, your boss and your client may have a less than perfect opinion of you, because in a key moment, you've let them down. And if it's your job to help people, and we all know that the practice of Law is just that, then you owe it to yourself to keep everything related to a matter organized and at your finger tips at all times. Because like Tribbles things can get out of control quickly.
John Green (unauthenticated)
Jun 10, 2009 8:19 PM
Nice way of putting it.
Rayan Ali (unauthenticated)
Jul 29, 2009 7:19 PM
Truer words have never been said.