How To Strategically Outsmart Your Competition

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A big city London lawyer went duck hunting in rural Scotland. He immediately shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a farmer's field on the other side of a fence. As the lawyer went to climb over the fence, an elderly farmer drove up on his tractor and asked the lawyer what he was doing? The lawyer responded, "I shot a duck and it fell into this field and now I'm going to retrieve it." The old farmer replied. "The hell you are. This is my property, and you're not coming over here." The indignant lawyer replied. "I'm one of the best trial lawyers in the UK and if you don't let me get that duck, I'll sue you and take everything that you own!” The old farmer smiled then said, "Apparently, you don't know how we do things here in Scotland? We settle small disagreements, with the Scottish Three Kick Rule." "What is the Scottish Three Kick Rule?" the lawyer asked. The farmer replied, "Well, first I kick you three times and then you kick me three times and so on, back and forth, until someone gives up." The attorney quickly thought about the proposed contest and decided that he could easily take the old codger. So, he agreed to abide by the local custom. The old farmer slowly got down from the tractor and walked up to the city fellow. His first kick planted the toe of his heavy work boot right into the lawyer's leg, which dropped him to his knees. His second kick nearly smashed the nose on his face. Now, the lawyer was flat on his belly, when the farmer's third kick to a kidney nearly caused him to give up … but he didn't. The lawyer summoned every bit of his will and managed to get to his feet and said, "Okay, you old codger, now it's my turn." The old farmer smiled and said, "Naw, I give up, You can keep the duck!” Now oviously one take away from this could be, don't get in a Three Kick Rule contest with a Scottsman, right? Ha ha... But theirs also some other lessons learned from this story, like knowing whether your client is worth the effort. Be creative, go first, make your kicks count you may only get three, stay on your own property, don't judge a book by its cover and just because someone has a title, education and experience does not mean they are smarter than you. Thats all for now, go make it a great day.