The Catherine O’Connell blog
Keep up with the latest news about doing business in Japan on the Catherine O’Connell Blog!

Love Your Lawyer Day - yes this is a thing!
🗣November 6 is "Love Your Lawyer Day" - If I had a dollar for everytime I have heard a lawyer joke, I’d be well on my way to millionaire status. It’s precisely for this reason that “Lo❤️e Your Lawyer Day” was created.
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What Does My Business Contract Branding Say About Me? [updated 2020]
A smart-looking agreement refects what your client will experience working with you. Your contracts are an extension of your brand in the marketplace.

BCCJ British Business Awards 2020 Nominee - Entrepreneur of the Year 2020 Category
We are excited to be one of the five nominees in this year’s @BCCJ British Business Awards 2020 Entrepreneur of the Year Award

3️⃣ Actions that Sucessful People Do to Thrive in Business
My special sauce for sucess. Interested? Read more here …

Global Excellence Award to Catherine O'Connell
You could have knocked me over with a feather when I was told I was the winner of the Global Chamber Global Excellence Award 2020 for the Tokyo Chapter.

I'm co-hosting an In House Legal Counsel Round Table on Privacy Law
Privacy Law In House Legal Counsel Roundtable (October 26 2020)


Lawyer Learnings Log #6 - Smooth Seas Don't Make Skillful Sailors ⚓️
2020 has been a tough year. but as they say “Rough seas reveal the true character of a person.” Read more here…

I'm doing the Unbreakable 90-day Focus Challenge 💥
Gaining back control for the rest of 2020 - one small but essential business to do item a day for 90 days.

Gold Medal 🥇Legal Checklist for Startups - FEW Career Strategies Seminar 2020 presentation
I’m presenting at FEW Japan’s signature event of the year "Bold is Gold Careers Strategy Seminar. I’ll be presenting my 10 Step Gold Medal Legal Checklist for Startups …

Lawyer Learnings Log #5 - Doubt whom you will, but never yourself!
Running my own business has its ups & downs. Part of being a #lawpreneur(legal entrepreneur) is riding through the turbulence. But it’s easy to let a negative emotion creep in & take over real estate in my head if things are not going well…. Read more here …

Thinking Outside the Lawyer Box 🎁 - Olga V Mack
“I am grateful for the first law firm employer to hire me after my first career in tourism. They could see that would leverage client intake, even though at the time I didn't make that link in my brain myself. I'm also indebted to my second corporate in-house job as a legal department leader, who hired me in Sydney for a job in Tokyo when I had no in-house experience. He saw more potential in me beyond my Japanese language skills….” Read more here…
“Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.”