Does Your Mother Think You Are Too Busy

Developing the Next Generation of Rainmakers Does Your Mother Think You Are Too Busy? This Sunday is Mother’s Day and it caused me to think about my mom. The picture is from Jill’s wedding in 2005, the second to last trip my mom made to Dallas. On December 30, 2008 she passed away in a hospital room. I spent the night with her. It was one of the most emotional experiences in my life. She was blind and not doing well, but she knew I was there. Some of you might recall I wrote about her in a blog Success and Fulfillment. That night, I thought about the times she called me at my office. Each time she said: “Cordell, I hope I am not troubling you…” Each time I replied: “Mom, you are never troubling me when you call.” Even though I was sincere, she never really believed me. She obviously thought a busy lawyer like me could not possibly have time to talk to his mom. Her opening line told me I was not conveying very well that her place in my life was as important as any client for whom I was working. I practiced law for 37 years developing a national construction law practice representing some of the top highway and transportation construction contractors in the US.