383. AMMA — Why Comfort Will Quietly Destroy Your Law Firm

The Game Changing Attorney Podcast with Michael Mogill

Michael Mogill

Business, Entrepreneurship, Management, Marketing

5.0 • 539 Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

If everything feels “fine” at your firm, you might already be in trouble. In this episode of The Game Changing Attorney Podcast, Michael and Jessica Mogill tackle the quiet killer of growth: comfort. As we hit the halfway point of the year, many law firm owners start to coast — but that’s exactly when progress stalls. If your firm feels like it’s plateauing, your goals are slipping, or your team’s feedback just isn’t landing, this conversation will help you reset, refocus, and move forward with intention. Here's what you'll learn: Why waiting for the perfect time to restart is keeping you stuck right where you are How comfort creates blind spots that slowly stall your law firm's growth What it takes to deliver feedback that inspires real change without sacrificing standards Comfort is the enemy of progress. This episode is your wake-up call to get back in the cold plunge and keep pushing forward. ---- 00:00 - Intro 02:52 - The halfway mark of the year and the trap of waiting until January 04:39 - What hitting 20,000 Peloton minutes teaches about consistency and momentum 06:29 - Why small wins today matter more than perfect starts tomorrow 10:02 - How to know when your "fine" firm actually needs outside perspective 11:32 - Why comfort is the most dangerous threat to your law firm's growth 14:05 - How to give direct feedback that actually drives change 17:06 - The difference between radical candor and harmful apathy 18:35 - Which feedback to apply — and what to ignore ---- Links & Resources: The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz Radical Candor by Kim Scott Peloton Annual Challenge ---- 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: 255. Joe De Sena — The Spartan Mindset: Embracing Discomfort and Unleashing Mental Toughness 360. The Hidden Formula for Unstoppable Motivation and Achievement 363. AMMA — How to Master Decision-Making Like a Pro

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0:00.0	Direct doesn't always necessarily need to mean abrasive or off-putting or anything like that.
0:07.5	Clarity is kindness.
0:08.6	And one of the kindest things that you can do for somebody and also in many ways,
0:14.3	this will actually help you get the most out of them, is to make somebody feel important.
0:29.9	I'm Michael Logel, founder and CEO of Crisp, the nation's number one law from growth company.
0:32.6	I've built my business through practice, not theory.
0:36.9	Crisp started with just $500 to my name and has grown to over eight figures in revenue over the last
0:37.5	few years, earning a spot on the Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing private companies in America.
0:42.7	Our approach has been to take everything we've learned about generating massive growth within
0:46.3	our own organization and help the country's most ambitious and committed law firm owners do the
0:50.6	same for theirs. In each episode of this podcast, I sit down with innovative market
0:54.7	leaders from the legal industry and beyond to learn from those who thrive in the face of adversity,
0:59.6	challenge the status quo, and define what it means to be a true game changer. This is Jessica,
1:05.3	head of coaching strategy at Crisp, and today we're flipping the script for another special edition
1:09.9	episode to get Michael's take on,
1:12.2	how success can create dangerous blind spots, why feedback truly is a gift and how to give it effectively,
1:18.2	and how to determine what advice is actually worth taking.
1:21.9	Feedback is great, but not all feedback is created equal.
1:24.6	And if you're trying to decide, well, what feedback do you actually apply?
1:27.4	I would generally gravitate towards high accountable individuals and then more specifically
1:30.7	in terms of those who have achieved the result that you're trying to achieve.
1:35.7	That's coming up on the Game Changing Attorney podcast. All right, here we are in July.
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