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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
YMMV. I like finishing a project. Nice to build things. But even then, it's more just the addiction to doing something, anything, that provides a goal. Once you're in, you must finish. Then you're done and you realize you are just living for the high of completing a goal.
A good friend of mine won a huge amount of money in a case. He and his spouse immediately quit everything and never looked back.
I don't see how anyone in litigation could retain a desire to continue that work. First, no one goes into it for any reason but money, as it's an awfully annoying way to make a living. Second, it's random. The first time I won a seven figure settlement by bluffing with a truly dubious claim, I felt the whole profession was a joke. Then it happened a few more times. And while this happened, I saw clients who had really strong cases lose.
Life is largely random and much of it is luck, but a system where winning or losing, or getting a small or draconian sentence can often depend on a judge's mood, or some quirk of timing, is not one in which "God's work" is performed.
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More it's just the money and calculating what the hit would be to the lifestyle if you sign off and live off what you've accumulated, if any.
It's pure randomness but part of what we do is not play win or lose but compromise. Settling for less than you want is better than losing a shit claim; it's way better than losing a good claim.
On another note, crossing the street in Thailand is one of two very dangerous activities, the other being eating chicken. One you can factor in how far the car, scooter or tuk tuk is; the other you never know until it's too late.
