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Bar News - November 19, 2004 The Price of Success Adapted from a speech by William H. Rehnquist, Chief Jusice of the United States, at Valparaiso University School of Law. ...Those lawyers who are putting in those last few hours at the job, tell themselves they don’t have time now for family or friends. But after they have made partner, or saved another so-many thousands of dollars, then at last they will have the time. Unfortunately, this is a very slippery slope to tread. Some things can only be done during a certain parts of one’s life. You can only be a father or a mother to a young child while the child is young. Soon enough, children grow away from their parents, and you can’t really tell an 18-year-old that at long last Daddy is ready to play with him. We all have to schedule our lives to some extent if we are going to perform useful functions in the world. But the totally scheduled person has ruled out the possibility of any spontaneous responses to very deserving calls for help, for friendship, or for services. These people may tell themselves that they are only postponing the opportunity to do these things, but in fact they are sacrificing that opportunity. "There are some very important things in life...that have nothing to do with the way you earn your living. To the extent that your commitment to your job prevents you from finding out about these things, or exploring them more fully, you are making a decision that has very important consequences for your life.
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