Leaving The Law For Coaching as an Ontological Coach with Matt Maxwell

On today’s show, Sarah talks with Matt Maxwell. Matt is a former lawyer who is now a Leadership Coach and Facilitator. In this conversation, Sarah and Matt talk about: How he found himself asking during the first month of law school, “When did I actually choose to do this?”; How he raised the idea of leaving law school early on with his then-wife, but ultimately was held back by a sunk costs fallacy; Why taking the LSAT was his favorite part of his entire legal journey; The role his spiritual life played in deciding to leave the law; Why he left his in-house job with a great schedule to go back to biglaw AFTER he decided he wanted to leave the law; How he accelerated his exit strategy from the law; What made him decide to become a coach; The difference between professional coaching and advice giving, and the difference between coaching and therapy; The value of both coaching and therapy; The organization that Matt trained with, and why he recommends people check it out if interested in coaching ; How our training as lawyers makes us uniquely susceptible to not making a career change; Why you should look for ways to enjoy your job while you’re still working as a lawyer; and much more! Visit Matt’s website , listen to his podcast , and connect with Matt on Instagram , Facebook , and LinkedIn ! Take the guesswork out of your first steps to leaving the law by grabbing Sarah’s free guide at formerlawyer.com/guide ! Learn more and pre-order the Jump Start mini-course at formerlawyer.com/jumpstart ! Connect with Former Lawyer on Instagram , Facebook , LinkedIn , and Twitter !