REFLECTING ON GRATITUDE THOUGHTS FOR THE NEW YEAR
The new year allows for a moment for self-reflection. Most of us will come up with resolutions that we promise to keep or achieve in 2020. Regardless of whether those resolutions become reality, sometimes it’s more about the process. What can we do better? How can we achieve it? What are our goals and why? These questions are important to ask in both our personal lives and professional lives. For me, the new year provides an opportunity to remember why I am thankful to be an attorney at the Shannon Law Group. First, working at SLG has connected me to so many wonderful people. For our clients, it starts with mutual respect. Our relationships with our clients are very important to us. We want to build lifelong relationships. With each new case, I am reminded of our responsibility: to treat our clients the way we would like to be treated. It goes beyond clients too. I’ve met
countless attorneys and other professionals who we’ve helped and who’ve helped us, and I value those relationships, as well.
Second, we are zealous advocates at SLG. We believe in our clients and our cases. We are relentless in getting the results our clients deserve. Being an attorney here gives me an outlet to use that determination in order to achieve our goals. Finally, I am grateful that I get to work with such an intelligent and driven team of people. Everyone at SLG cares about what we do and how we do it. I feel blessed to work with people who are invested in each other and the work we do. I look forward to seeing how we can continue to grow and get better.
As I look at the year ahead, I am reminded of why I personally appreciate what my job allows me to do and that I am able to do it with a team of great people. I am reminded of what we promise to our clients, and I look forward to helping our clients and meeting new people in 2020. – Jon Svitak
JANUARY 2020 DATES OF CONSEQUENCE
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St. Francis girls basketball @ Resurrection High Feast of the Epiphany St. Joan of Arc classes resume Marquette University classes resume Johnny SJA vs. All Saints @ SJA Catholic Schools Week Mass 9:30 a.m. @ SJA Feast Day of St. Thomas Aquinas
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Every Saturday morning throughout the year, St. Joan of Arc Men’s Group meets from 7–8 a.m. in the St. Joan of Arc Parish Center. Please join us.
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