Most people get it wrong because their not to-do list needs to have a hundred times more things on it than their to-do list.

That's Craig Ballanty, entrepreneur, best-selling author, and often referred to as the world's most disciplined man.

If you're trying to do a million things and catch up with 100 podcasts and read a whole

bunch of books, you might lose everything because you're losing sight of what really matters.

I'm Michael Mogul, founder and CEO of Crisp, the nation's number one law from growth company.

I've built my business through practice, not theory.

Crisp started with just $500 to my name and has grown to over eight figures in revenue

over the last few years, 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 within our own organization and help the country's

most ambitious and committed law firm owners do the same for theirs. In each episode of this

podcast, I sit down with innovative market leaders from the legal industry and beyond to learn from

those who thrive in the face of adversity, challenge the status quo, and define what it means to be a true game changer.

I sat down with Craig to discuss why subtraction can be your greatest growth lever, how your identity dictates your success, and how to stay flexible while remaining disciplined.

The most important thing that you need to do is subtract the things that stop you from being disciplined around whatever it is. And then you have to have a specific definition for what you want to

accomplish. And then you need a custom plan for achieving it. Because just because you do a

cold plunge every morning doesn't mean you're disciplined. That's coming up on the Game Changing

attorney podcast. That's coming up on the Game Changing Attorney Podcasts.

Before we begin today's episode, I want to remind you that we aren't beholden to any sponsors or run any ads on this podcast.

This allows us to present all of our episodes raw and unfiltered. I'm not going to push any made-to-order meal services on you or try to save you any money on your car insurance. That being said, I have one small request. If you receive any value from this podcast, please give it a five-star review. Pay the fee so we can keep this podcast free. Craig, welcome to the podcast. Hey, this can be a lot of fun. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. So for anyone that's ever looked you up, the first thing they'll see is that you are known as the world's most disciplined man. There's like David Gagans and Craig Ballantyne, how did you get that moniker? And then I'm curious as to your thoughts briefly. I know you wrote a whole book on it on just what it means to be disciplined. Yeah, absolutely. And I and certainly when I let people call me that, I mean no disrespect to the, you know, people in the armed forces, the real, you know, the real disciplined people and even David Gagans. The reason why people call me that is because I was once like everybody else. I was a little bit unmotivated, a little bit undisciplined, didn't want to be that way. I wanted to achieve

great things. You know, part of me wanted to sit around and watch football and eat chocolate

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