We get better over time. Certainly our cognitive capacity declined a little bit over time,

and quite rapidly in old age, but as adults get more mature, they by definition, have more success.

That's Adam Alter, New York Times best-selling author and professor at NYU's Stern School Business.

If you look, there is a huge amount of luck, empirically so, in successful careers.

People do stumble on things.

There are important moments that happen to change the trajectory of their lives,

but also you make that happen.

I'm Michael Mogul, founder and CEO of Crisp, the nation's number one law from growth company.

I've built my business through practice, not theory.

Crisp started with just $500 to my name and has grown to over eight figures in revenue over the last few years,

earning a spot on the Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing private companies in America.

Our approach has been to take everything we've learned about generating massive growth within our own organization and help the country's most ambitious and committed welfare owners do the same for theirs.

In each episode of this podcast, I sit down with innovative market leaders from the legal industry and beyond

to learn from those who thrive in the face of adversity,

challenge the status quo, and define what it means to be a true game changer.

I sat down with Adam Alter to discuss why failures often pave the way for our successes,

why it's better to strive for excellence instead of perfection, and how to get unstuck when it matters most.

If you're moving, if you're making progress,

you demonstrate to yourself that you're not stuck,

and that's very important because the emotional consequences

of being stuck are quite damaging.

And the sense of progress, that sense of velocity

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