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Holiday Plans

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David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On December 22, 2022

Category: Business personalities, Careers, Entrepreneurship, Getting the Job Done, Jury Consultants, Jury Deliberations, Life Outside of Work, Litigation Consultants, Litigation Research, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Marketing your Business, Mental Health, Psychology, Small Business Success, Trial Consultants, Work-Life

I’m writing this near year end, but as is often the case, things are hectic as we wrap up the work for the year, and prepare for work early in the new year. Melissa and I have diligently tried for all these years to treat the last 2 weeks of the year as a break, […]

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Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On December 22, 2022

David and I often work on holidays and during vacations. Our business, and the world of litigation, don’t close just because we are not in the office. I have distinct memories of: (1) doing an intake on a new case on Christmas Eve, in my mom’s Florida room, mere minutes before we opened our gifts: […]

Constant Giving Psychology Away

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Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On December 20, 2022

Category: Getting the Job Done, Getting Through Life and Work, Giving Back, Growing Old is Not for Sissies, Life Outside of Work, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Marketing your Business, Mental Health, Psychology, Small Business Success

I am honored to have been a member of the American Psychological Association (APA) since the early 1980s, when I was in graduate school. The APA is the largest professional organization for psychologists in the world, with over 133,000 members. On the day I am writing this post, I have renewed my APA membership for […]

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David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On December 20, 2022

I have supported Melissa in her giving away psychology efforts for over 35 years. Admittedly, some of the efforts she enumerated hopefully help with business development. But, I agree that when someone has a special skill, talent, or knowledge, there are times when sharing that expertise is somehow warranted by our societal values. I suspect […]

Some Cases Last Longer than Imaginable

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David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On December 15, 2022

Category: Business Frustrations, Business Relationships, Entrepreneurship, Getting the Job Done, Jury Consultants, Jury Research, Litigation Consultants, Litigation Research, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Marketing your Business, Small Business Success, Trial Consultants, Trial Consulting

A challenging aspect of our trial consulting work is timing. It is always an issue for us to ramp up when we are engaged for a project. There is lead time in all that we do. Some clients, particularly repeat clients, understand this and call us well in advance of their “need.” Other times it […]

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Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On December 15, 2022

I sincerely hope 10 years will be the longest time between case intake and conducting mock trials! At this point in my life and career, I’m not certain I will be around 10 years from now! The case to which David refers is Magnus’ infamous case #110. As a point of reference, when we finally […]

Herding Cats

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David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On December 1, 2022

Category: Business Frustrations, Business personalities, Careers, Common Courtesy, Entrepreneurship, Getting the Job Done, Jury Consultants, Litigation Consultants, Litigation Research, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Marketing your Business, Small Business Success, Trial Consultants

I am sure most people have heard the expression that something is like “herding cats.” I am sure herding felines would be nearly impossible based on my experience with having 1 in the house. Herding any of our cats, even 1 at a time, is quite a challenge. Even though our Siamese cats know their […]

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Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On December 1, 2022

My job involves herding lots of cats, metaphorically speaking. Not only do I “herd” attorneys, including timing their presentations during mock trials, getting a trial team to work together on trial strategies, and convincing multiple clients to listen to me and follow my advice during jury selection, I herd numerous other cats during my working […]

Grace Under Pressure

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Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On November 15, 2022

Category: Business Frustrations, Business personalities, Careers, Employment, Entrepreneurship, Getting the Job Done, Jury Consultants, Litigation Research, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Managing Employees, Small Business Success, Travel, Trial Consultants

What does it mean to have grace under pressure? Grace under pressure can mean several things to people, but to me, it means having a calm demeanor and an overall presence of mind in a stressful or highly demanding situation. My job as a trial/jury consultant is stressful. I often remark to people who are […]

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David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On November 15, 2022

“Grace Under Pressure” is the title of the 10th album, a 1984 release, by RUSH. The readers of these posts know that RUSH is my favorite band. Though there is no song on the album entitled “grace under pressure,” the album had many references to being under pressure, especially in terms of the Cold War […]

Have Something to Live for

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Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On November 8, 2022

Category: Business Frustrations, Business personalities, Careers, Employment, Entrepreneurship, Getting the Job Done, Getting Through Life and Work, Jury Consultants, Life Outside of Work, Litigation Consultants, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Mental Health, Small Business Success, Trial Consultants, Work-Life

Have something to live for. It doesn’t matter what it is; having a goal or an event to look forward to is enough to keep most people moving ahead, even in times of strife. For some people, the anticipation of their next golf game among friends brings happy thoughts until game day happens. For other […]

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David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On November 8, 2022

Having an interest in something or some things that challenge one, or are intrinsically rewarding, is not as difficult to do as perhaps, saving the world from polio or malaria (goals of the Gates Foundation). But, having interests, an outlet for mind and body, is a positive thing. I recently had someone, for whom English […]

Things Easy for You Are Real Hard for Me

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Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On November 1, 2022

Category: Business Partnerships, Business personalities, Careers, Common Courtesy, Getting the Job Done, Getting Through Life and Work, Jury Consultants, Life Outside of Work, Litigation Consultants, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Partnerships, Small Business Success, Trial Consulting

As anyone who knows me soon realizes, I am not a “normal person.” I never have been and I never will be. My mom used to marvel that, despite the many differences between people my age and me, I had the ability to make, and keep, friends. I have usually been accepted by people who […]

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David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On November 1, 2022

I think sometimes about how the life Melissa and I share personally and professionally is built on trade offs of strengths and weaknesses. Long ago, a client/friend remarked “David must be here to carry Melissa’s luggage.” We were attending a conference where she was speaking, and this client/friend had invited her to speak. He was […]

Business as Usual

A Point of View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On October 27, 2022

Category: Business Frustrations, Employment, Getting the Job Done, Getting Through Life and Work, Jury Consultants, Jury Research, Life Outside of Work, Litigation Research, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Small Business Success, Travel, Trial Consultants

Business as usual is a phrase that typically means “everything is normal.” Except that, sometimes, it is not. And sometimes, it is normal in one place, not another. Because our work happens in the trial venue, we have to adapt to what is happening there. It might be normal there, and not here. An example, […]

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Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On October 27, 2022

Although I have not lived full time in Fort Myers since soon after my high school graduation in 1976, it will always be “home” to me. My family came to Fort Myers from Wakulla County, Florida in the 1920s, almost 100 years ago. The images of many local landmarks and some of my favorite places […]

Things Hard for You Are Easy for Me

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Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On October 25, 2022

Category: Business Frustrations, Business Partnerships, Careers, Employment, Getting the Job Done, Getting Through Life and Work, Life Outside of Work, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Managing Employees, Small Business Success, Trial Consultants, Trial Consulting

Everyone is different from everyone else. Some people find it easy to do certain things, while other people have to work hard to accomplish a particular task, and others can’t do it at all. It just depends. I perform high level work, in a challenging occupation, that most people cannot do, while some people who […]

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David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On October 25, 2022

I remember my mother quoting an elderly neighbor, who became a good friend of hers, saying “Mrs. Beach says, isn’t it good we are not all alike, life would be so boring.” Everyone has strengths and weaknesses and it is the combination of peoples’ strengths that move society forward, if not as a whole, in […]

Letter from the Internal Revenue Service – Yikes!

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David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On October 20, 2022

Category: Business Frustrations, Entrepreneurship, Getting the Job Done, Litigation Consultants, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Small Business Success, Workplace Technology

No small business owner likes to receive a letter from the Internal Revenue Service – trust me. Such letters inspire dread. Though they occasionally include a good surprise, such as a refund of an over payment, more often they are “not good.” Melissa and I recently received such a letter informing us that, because we […]

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Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On October 20, 2022

Category: Business Frustrations, Entrepreneurship, Getting the Job Done, Litigation Consultants, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Small Business Success, Workplace Technology

There must be some nice, friendly, helpful people who are employed by the IRS. Statistically speaking, there has to be some percentage of IRS employees who are customer oriented. It just isn’t possible for everyone who works at the IRS, or even the majority, to be rude, condescending, and generally speaking, unhelpful to its clients, […]

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