Another one of Shonda Rhimes’s TV shows with an IMDB rate of 8.3/10. This show is about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant criminal defense professor become involved in a twisted murder plot that promises to change the course of their lives. If you still have not watched it, make sure you start following it. This is a show you should not miss! Along this show, a few lessons have been picked and shared here.

1. Trust yourself

You must only trust your own self and give priority to look for what is in your best interests for your career advancement. Do not trust the wrong person who may misguide. Be on your toes at all times. You need to be on high alert so that you can spot any sabotages in your career goals.

Annalise Keating always tells her staff to trust no one but themselves and learn to survive by their own. Likewise, no one knows Annalise’s secrets although she is named a ruthless winner since she knows to handle every kind of situation trusting her gut, brains, power of manipulation and her trusted inner circle.

2. Work for the necessary

Annalise Keating is an intelligent attorney who knows how to win cases and do what is necessary to beat the odds. Sometimes you may have to tap the professional network or employers who are connected to friends of yours even if you have to go down the line to friends of friends of friends. It is necessary to do whatever you have in order to get connected to the big guns. 

When her attorney students murder Annalise’s husband in defence, she rescues them in a big way by doing the necessary to keep them off the police department.

3. Be singular minded.

Another important lesson to learn from this show is that in order to be successful, you need to be singular minded. You need to be very focused on every work you are doing and have the determination of never giving up on becoming better at your job. Singular minded individuals will catch the attention of managers just like how Wes caught Annalise’s attention. Wes kept fighting to prove Rebecca’s innocence. Wes’s assumptions were absolutely correct but he had insufficient evidence to prove, therefore he kept on digging which kept bringing him positive results.

4. Use your subordinates for ideas

Annalise asks questions from her students and gets them to focus on her current cases. She then manages to use their ideas to solve cases. In organisations, it is quite necessary to get inputs of your subordinates, this gives a better and clear understanding of moving forward in a situation or even making decisions. You tend to see the unseen and get ideas out of the box.