May 25, 2021
In my Systems Workshop, we begin by delving into the role of creativity in creating systems for improving a law practice. There are some common myths about creativity that need to be debunked, and that's where we start in this episode.
Show Notes
- Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide, by John Cleese
- The HBR Guide to...
May 18, 2021
You know your situation better than anyone else. Sometimes you should trust what your gut instincts tell you is best for you, and not what a supposed expert says. We'll talk about some things that experts say that need to be questioned, and we'll also talk about places where your intuition can be wrong. Interestingly,...
May 11, 2021
Joe Emmerth is a family law practitioner in the Chicago area who left the firm he joined out of law school to start his own firm. After 15 years of practice, he knew a lot about being a lawyer, but suddenly he had to make sure he knew enough about running his own law business.
In this episode, he explains how he...
May 4, 2021
Warren Buffet nails it when he observes: "The interesting thing
about business is that it's not like the Olympics. You don't get
any extra points for the fact that something's very hard to do.
So you might as well just step over one-foot bars, instead of
trying to jump over seven-foot bars."
In other words, find the...