What lawyers need to know. It’s like arm-wrestling.

Somebody who has spent a lot of time with me in meetings told me that I must be a good lawyer, because I seemed to know so much about so many things.

Being a lawyer is more like being an arm-wrestler. You can be a good lawyer without knowing much about anything other than lawyering, just like these two restaurant guys who were just killing time while waiting for the boss to divvy up the tip money.

These arm-wrestlers need to get the most out of their strength by applying  leverage. They can’t let up. They need to stay out of trouble until they get paid. One of them will lose this round.