290. AMMA — The Realities of Starting a Law Firm

The Game Changing Attorney Podcast with Michael Mogill

Michael Mogill

Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Management, Business

5.0 • 538 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Are you ready to face the brutal realities of starting a law firm? In this no-holds-barred episode of The Game Changing Attorney Podcast, Michael Mogill delivers the unfiltered truth about what it really takes to build a successful law firm from the ground up. If you're struggling to balance your work and personal life, questioning the value of business coaching, or unsure how to work on your business rather than just in it, this episode will be a wake-up call. Michael leaves no room for excuses as he tackles the tough questions: Can you truly achieve work-life balance when starting a firm? How do you differentiate between working on your business versus in it? Is investing in a business coach worth it, and how do you choose the right one? Tune in for a dose of tough love, practical advice, and the blueprint to transform your law firm from a struggling startup to a market leader. If you're not ready to go all-in, this episode might just save you years of pain. But if you are, prepare to have your mindset shifted and your approach to business revolutionized. ---- Show Notes: 00:00 – Introduction 01:41 – Exciting Personal News and Business Tips 03:37 – AMMA: Answering Your Questions 04:03 – Balancing Working On vs. In Your Business 08:19 – The Value of Business Coaching 16:12 – Balancing Work and Personal Life 20:56 – Conclusion and Final Thoughts ---- Links & Resources Slack Microsoft Teams Tom Brady Crisp Coach ---- Listening to this episode but want to watch it? Check it out on Spotify. Do you love this podcast and want to see more game changing content? Subscribe to our YouTube channel. ---- Past guests on The Game Changing Attorney Podcast include David Goggins, John Morgan, Alex Hormozi, Randi McGinn, Kim Scott, Chris Voss, Kevin O’Leary, Laura Wasser, John Maxwell, Mark Lanier, Robert Greene, and many more. ---- If you enjoyed this episode, you may also like: #113 Kevin O’Leary – The Entrepreneurial Journey: Inside the Mind of Mr. Wonderful #158 Alex Hormozi – The Power of Humility in Achieving Entrepreneurial Success #243 AMMA – Success Without Safety Nets: The Entrepreneurial Journey

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0:00.0	When you start a business, you are not signing up for a regular, normal-ass life.
0:07.6	That's just the nature of it.
0:08.9	It's funny, like entrepreneurs listening to this that have done it, they're like, duh.
0:12.3	I mean, we've been to war and back.
0:13.5	It's like, yeah, that's what it is.
0:25.8	I'm Michael Mogul, founder and CEO of Crisp, the nation's number one law from growth company.
0:28.5	I've built my business through practice, not theory.
0:33.9	Crisp started with just $500 to my name and has grown to over eight figures in revenue over the last few years,
0:37.8	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
0:42.1	within our own organization and help the country's most ambitious and committed law firm
0:46.0	owners do the same for theirs. In each episode of this podcast, I sit down with innovative market
0:50.6	leaders from the legal industry and beyond to learn from those who thrive in
0:54.3	the face of adversity, challenge the status quo, and define what it means to be a true game
0:58.9	changer. This is Jessica, head of coaching strategy at Chris, and today we're flipping the script
1:04.5	for another special edition episode to get Michael's take on, while your choices reveal your
1:09.3	commitments, the importance of working on your
1:11.6	business when you're constantly stuck in it, and why coaching is the universal language of change
1:16.6	and learning.
1:18.0	Find the person who aligns with your values that has solved the type of challenges that you
1:21.7	are encountering for people like you, has done so at scale.
1:24.7	We've not had multiple coaches over the years.
1:26.5	It has been one of the single best investments we've ever made. That's coming up on the game-changing attorney
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