Getting to the top

Getting to the top, whether the top of one's profession or the top of a mountain, takes more than just saying the words. It takes things like planning, preparation, commitment, sacrifice, etc. Here's a book I recommend in which Ed Viesturs describes getting to the top of the world's tallest mountains. (The book is titled, "No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks," written by by Ed Viesturs and David Roberts.)

There are many parallels between mountain climbing and just about any activity, including law school and being a top-notch lawyer. As I read the recent post on the Law Faculty Blog (http://regentlawfaculty.blogspot.com/), it occurred to me that some who are considering going to law school may find value in reading this account of one who had tremendous persistence in everything that he set about to accomplish. He learned valuable lessons about the dangers of taking shortcuts and the tremendous selfishness of doing things for the wrong reasons.