373. AMMA — Your Firm's Biggest Threat: Too Many Good Ideas

The Game Changing Attorney Podcast with Michael Mogill

Michael Mogill

Business, Management, Entrepreneurship, Marketing

5.0 • 539 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

What if your biggest leadership challenge isn’t deciding what to do, but when to do it? In this episode of The Game Changing Attorney Podcast, Michael Mogill shares personal stories and answers listener questions about tough decisions, team feedback, and betting big on your vision. From a solo weekend with his kids to making high-stakes calls at work, Michael pulls back the curtain on how he thinks through pressure, risk, and long-term impact. Here’s what you’ll learn: Why speed and decisiveness are only advantages when paired with execution How to weigh input from others — and still make the final call yourself What it takes to scale sustainably without losing your mind You make the decision. Don’t let someone else make it for you. ---- Show Notes: 01:58 – Michael’s Core Memory Weekend with the Kids 06:24 – The CEO’s Dilemma: No Clear Right Answers 06:55 – Why Focus Beats Multiple Revenue Streams 10:53 – The Risk of Moving Too Fast — and Too Big 13:04 – Behind the Scenes of Crisp’s Busiest Year 14:18 – Why Execution Matters More Than Ideas 17:16 – Acquisition Anxiety: Growth vs. Culture Clash 21:03 – You Make the Decision — Not Your Team ---- Links & Resources: Die With Zero by Bill Perkins ---- 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: 349. AMMA. The Leadership Shift: Building a Firm That Doesn’t Depend on You 339. AMMA — The Growth Blueprint: What It Takes to Build a 7, 8, and 9-Figure Law Firm 258. AMMA — The Power of No: Setting Boundaries for Focused Growth

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0:00.0	Ideas on their own aren't inherently that valuable.
0:04.9	Just because you had the idea to do it and you set it in motion, I mean, that's great.
0:08.2	That's step one.
0:09.1	But to be able to actually follow through on it and to get it done, that is very, very unique.
0:20.5	I'm Michael Mogul, founder and CEO of Crisp, the nation's number one law from growth company.
0:25.2	I've built my business through practice, not theory.
0:28.0	Crisp started with just $500 to my name and has grown to over eight figures in revenue over the last few years,
0:33.3	earning a spot on the Inc 500 list of the fastest growing private companies in America.
0:37.7	Our approach has been to take everything we've learned about generating massive growth
0:41.1	within our own organization and help the country's most ambitious and committed in law
0:44.9	from owners do the same for theirs. In each episode of this podcast, I sit down with innovative
0:49.3	market leaders from the legal industry and beyond to learn from those who thrive in the face
0:53.6	of adversity,
0:58.2	challenge the status quo, and define what it means to be a true game changer.
1:03.9	This is Jessica, head of coaching strategy at Chris, and today we're flipping the script for another special edition episode to get Michael's take on, how to make high stakes decisions
1:08.6	when there's no clear right answer, the crucial difference between moving fast and moving impulsively,
1:14.0	and how to make a tough call even when your team isn't on board.
1:17.7	You've got to be able to make the final call.
1:19.3	At the end of the day, you can get the information.
1:21.5	They provide you with their perspective.
1:22.9	They can make a compelling argument, but then you've got to decide.
1:26.6	That's coming up on the Game Changing Attorney podcast.
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