329. AMMA — Crush Goals, Not Excuses: Turn Empty Resolutions Into Results

The Game Changing Attorney Podcast with Michael Mogill

Michael Mogill

Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Management, Business

5.0 • 539 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

How can you shift from sitting back and letting things unfold to taking charge and guaranteeing success in your practice? In this episode of The Game Changing Attorney Podcast, Michael Mogill unpacks how law firm owners can stop relying on fleeting motivation and instead cultivate an unwavering commitment to their vision. Success doesn’t come by accident — it’s built through intentional long-term planning and execution. Here’s what you’ll take away: How adopting a “Make It Happen” mindset can motivate you by fostering accountability and proactive goal-setting The significance of commitment over motivation, emphasizing the need for consistent effort, clear goal-setting, and strategic planning Why planning ahead enables you to set achievable goals over an extended timescale, allowing for realistic growth and sustainable success By defining clear goals and prioritizing consistent progress, you can escape the chaos of daily demands and focus on sustainable growth strategies. Leaders who foster this mindset empower their teams to execute at a higher level, align their daily actions with their vision, and ultimately transform their firms into market leaders. ---- Show Notes: 00:00 – Introduction 02:16 – Making Things Happen vs. Letting Things Happen 05:34 – Why Lowering Your Goals Leads to Mediocrity 07:15 – How to Make Success Inevitable 09:43 – The Role of Accountability and Clear Metrics 13:47 – Pivoting vs. Staying the Course: How to Decide 18:32 – Balancing Ambition with Realistic Timelines 21:36 – The Power of Long-Term Thinking 22:11 – Final Thoughts and Takeaways ---- Links & Resources: Falcons Patriots Bill Perkins James Clear Atomic Habits by James Clear Jay Papasan The One Thing by Gary Keller and James Papasan Willpower Doesn't Work by Benjamin Hardy Ironman ---- 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: Episode 320 — John Morgan — Dream Big, Act Bold: Turning Visions into Reality Episode 278 — Adam Alter — From Stuck to Unstoppable: Gaining and Maintaining Momentum Episode 217 — AMMA — The Key to Clarity in Business | Crisp

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0:00.0	A lot of people like they get into the year and they say, let's lower the goal.
0:05.1	I actually think if you lower the goals, you're less likely to achieve them because you care less about those goals.
0:09.1	You're less excited by them.
0:10.1	They're less meaningful to you.
0:18.3	I'm Michael Logel, founder and CEO of Crisp, the nation's number one law from growth company.
0:22.6	I've built my business through practice, not theory.
0:24.6	Crisp started with just $500 to my name and has grown to over eight figures in revenue over the last few years,
0:30.6	earning a spot on the Inc 500 list of the fastest growing private companies in America.
0:34.6	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
0:41.8	and committed law firm owners do the same for theirs. In each episode of this podcast, I sit down
0:46.4	with innovative market leaders from the legal industry and beyond to learn from those who thrive
0:51.0	in the face of adversity, challenge the status quo, and define what it means
0:54.6	to be a true game changer.
0:56.7	This is Jessica, head of coaching strategy at Crisp, and today we're flipping the script
1:01.3	for another special edition episode to get Michael's take on, why most resolutions fail, and
1:07.0	how to turn empty promises into real results, how to push through challenges, pivot with confidence, and stay on track,
1:13.4	and how to set bold, ambitious targets without setting yourself up for failure.
1:17.6	You can achieve anything, anything that you set out to achieve.
1:22.1	It's just I think that the reason why some things can seem impossible or insurmountable
1:26.9	is you're trying to get it done in aable, is you're trying to get it done
1:29.0	in a year, or you're trying to get it done in a quarter or in a month. And if you gave yourself
1:33.7	a longer time scale, things become much more viable. That's coming up on the Game Changing
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