363. AMMA — How to Master Decision-Making Like a Pro

The Game Changing Attorney Podcast with Michael Mogill

Michael Mogill

Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Management, Business

5.0 • 539 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

What separates elite leaders from those who never break through? It’s not motivation or even talent — it’s the discipline to stay focused, make decisions when it’s uncomfortable, and build habits that align with who you want to become. In this episode of The Game Changing Attorney Podcast, Michael Mogill tackles questions from law firm owners about decision-making, long-term planning, and how to maintain consistent performance when things get chaotic. You’ll learn how to shift your mindset from reacting to leading, and how to engineer habits and environments that make success inevitable. Here’s what you’ll learn: What it takes to stay disciplined when motivation fails How elite leaders create leverage through “Future Time” Why identity — not willpower — is the key to lasting habits If you're ready to lead your firm at a higher level, this episode will show you how to build the internal foundation that drives consistent external results. ---- Show Notes: 00:00 – Introduction: Gadgets, Cold Plunges & Energy Boosts 06:24 – Why This Podcast Has No Sponsors (and Why That Matters) 08:03 – Navigating Hard Decisions: Choose, Own, and Move Forward 13:49 – Future Time: The Most Important Meeting You’ll Ever Take 17:06 – Strategic Thinking: Identifying the One Problem That Unlocks Growth 18:40 – Habit Stacking for Busy Law Firm Owners 21:18 – Designing an Environment That Makes Good Habits Easy 24:16 – From Cold Plunges to Consistency: The Power of Identity 28:11 – Final Thoughts: Lead Like the CEO You Want to Become ---- Links & Resources: Streaks App Atomic Habits by James Clear Savannah Bananas Tony Robbins Tim Cook Rory McIlroy ---- 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 291 — Tim Grover — The Dark Side of Achievement Episode 229 — David Goggins — Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within Episode 258 — AMMA — The Power of No: Setting Boundaries for Focused Growth

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0:00.0	The question that I'm always looking to answer with think time is what is the one thing that if solved makes everything else easier?
0:08.5	I think you can solve any problem, almost any problem, in a 20 or 30 minute meditation session.
0:20.1	I'm Michael Logel, founder and CEO of Crisp, the nation's number one law from growth company.
0:24.6	I've built my business through practice, not theory.
0:27.6	Crisp started with just $500 to my name and has grown to over eight figures in revenue over the last few years,
0:32.6	earning a spot on the Inc 500 list of the fastest growing private companies in America.
0:36.6	Our approach has been to take everything we've learned about generating massive growth within our own organization, a spot on the Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing private companies in America.
0:40.9	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 law firm
0:44.8	owners do the same for theirs. In each episode of this podcast, I sit down with innovative market
0:49.4	leaders from the legal industry and beyond to learn from those who thrive in the face of adversity,
0:54.6	challenge the status quo, and define what it means to be a true game changer.
0:58.7	This is Jessica, head of coaching strategy at Chris, and today we're flipping the script for
1:03.7	another special edition episode to get Michael's take on, why indecision is one of the most
1:08.2	expensive mistakes you can make, how to get the most out of your strategic thinking time, and the personal discipline required to stay consistent, especially when things get hard.
1:16.9	We're all committed to habits. Habits are things that you do and you practice repeatedly, and after you do them enough times, they become second nature where they don't require willpower discipline.
1:24.3	So the other thing that I think is important when it comes to habits is eliminating any aspect of willpower, potentially that's necessary or anything that could
1:31.2	make it more difficult. That's coming up on the Game Changing Attorney podcast.
1:46.7	Michael, welcome back.
1:49.5	Excited to be back.
1:53.4	Yeah, we were just talking about every day a new gadget.
1:54.3	New gadget?
1:57.0	Michael is the king of gadgets.
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