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The 80/20 Principle — 326 episodes
326: Perplexity for Lawyers: AI Research With Sources
325: Copilot Doubt To Power
324: Why I switched from ChatGPT to Claude
323: Revolutionize Your Law Practice with AI and Flat Fees
322: Scaling Smarter: EOS Strategies for Law Firm Growth
321: Stealth Recording -a Smart Move or Dangerous Ethics Problem?
320: AI in Legal Decision-Making: The Dawn of a New Era
319: Gavel Exec: AI Copilot for Legal Drafting
318: AI is a consensus machine (and here's why that's good for some lawyers)
317: AI, ClioCon, and the Future of Law: What Lawyers Need to Know Now
316: Inside the Smartphone-Powered Law Firm (with Elise Buie)
315: Email is the Most Under-leveraged Marketing Channel for Lawyers (with Tyler Cook)
314: Why law firm SOP manuals are now obsolete (because of AI)
313: The New Rules of SEO for Lawyers in the Age of AI (with Megan Hargroder)
312: The Release of GPT-5 and How to Escape the Vortex of Bad Information
311: Protecting Client Data in the Age of AI
310: The Power of Direct Mail for Lawyers: Insights from Wilson Zehr
309: Tech-Driven Insights from Solo Lawyer Lee Rudin
308: Mastering AI: A Lawyer's Guide to ChatGPT
307: Wisper Flow: The AI Assistant You Didn't Know You Needed
306: Revamping Legal Research - The AI Advantage for Solo & Small Firms
305: Improve Your Memory using Proven Techniques (with Anthony Metivier)
304: Subscription Pricing for Transactional Lawyers (with Mathew Kerbis)
303: From Russia with Passion & Drive - Miami attorney Ilona Anderson
302: Photographic Memory: A Skill You Didn't Know You Had
301: Stop Losing Billable Hours: How AI Simplifies Time-Keeping & Billing for Lawyers
300: Leveraging AI by Balancing Critical & Creative Thinking
299: The Future of Legal Work: What Lawyers Need to Know in 2025
298: Thinking Like a Philosopher: Jonny Thomson on Truth, AI, and the Socratic Method
297: A Year of Remote Lawyering: How Jeff Austin Took His Practice to Patagonia
296: Mastering Your Zoom Presence: Tips for Looking Professional Online
295: Deb Feder, a Business Attorney Now Helps Professionals Grow Their Businesses
294: Google NotebookLM (plus AI in the Courtroom)
293: Want to Travel the World While Practicing Law? Here's How Brian Dixon Made It Happen
292: The Keys to AI-enhanced Legal Writing (with Ross Guberman)
291: Judge Scott Schlegel Explores the Use of AI in the Court System
290: 3 Keys to a Smooth Running Practice
289: The Best AI Note-Taking App for Lawyers
288: ABA Ethics Opinion on Lawyers use of AI
287: Social Media Marketing: 5 Pro Tips for Lawyers
286: Online Workspaces for Modern Law Work
285: 6 Key Systems for Lawyers (with Kristen David)
284: Get Better Clients Using Conversational Emails
283: Finding & Working with Overseas VAs (with Gabriel Marous)
282: Sensible & Satisfying Productivity (with David Sparks)
281: The 5 Biggest Mistakes in Using Technology (and How to Avoid Them)
280: Update on Generative AI Chatbots & How Lawyers Can Use Them Safely
279: LinkedIn Networking: How to "Work the Room"
278: How to Get More Out of Podcasts You Listen to (Snipd)
277: Traction Business Coaching for Law Firms (w/ Kellam Parks)
276: Privacy vs Security: Top Tips to Avoid Hackers
275: Frictionless Scheduling (with Calendly, etc.)
274: The Year of Ninja Lawyering
273: Digital Nomadism - Part 2 (with Megan Hargroder)
272: Legal Malpractice Insurance Made Easy
271: Automating Documents & Productizing Your Services (with Dorna Moini)
270: Build a Successful Law Firm and Run it While Living in Europe
269: Master of Tech, Deficient in Delegation (Interview with lawyer Brandon Siegal)
268: Modern Note-Taking for Lawyers with Obsidian
267: Getting The Most out of Microsoft 365 - Part 2
266: Getting The Most out of Microsoft 365 - Part 1
265: Digital Nomadism for Lawyers (with Megan Hargroder)
264: The Legal Singularity - How A.I. will Improve Our Profession (with Ben Alarie)
263: New Tech Effectiveness Assessment for Lawyers
262: Essential Tech Tools & Tips (with Adriana Linares)
261: Overture.law - An Innovative New Way of Getting & Making Referrals
260: Technology vs. Natural Growth
259: A Celebrity Actor Shares Law Practice Insights (Surprise Guest)
258: Streamlining Operations using Agile Methodology (John Grant)
257: Using Airtable Databases to Help Run a Small Law Firm (Jess Birken)
256: Get Staffed Up with Remote Workers in Latin America (Guest: Brett Trembly)
255: A Practicing Lawyer's Perspective on ChatGPT (Enrico Schaefer)
254: Gumbo, ChatGPT & Systems (with Matt Granda)
253: Hiring & Working with Overseas VAs (with Joey Vitale)
252: Building Accountability Charts & Tracking Portals (with Melissa Shanahan)
251: The Future of Lawyer Work is Here
250: Modern Systems for Virtual Law Practice - Part 2
249: Modern Systems for Virtual Law Practice - Part 1
248: GPT-4 is Here - Lawyers Beware
247: Productize Your Legal Services
246: Cybersecurity for Law Firms
245: How to run a new law practice without any prior business skills (with Chris Earley)
244: Interesting Questions about Law Practice Management
243: How the 80/20 Rule Helps Practicing Attorneys (with Patrick Slaughter)
242: Lawyer Burnout & How to Avoid or Resolve it
241: A Retrospective of Tech Adoption by Lawyers (Interview with Monty McIntyre)
240: Interview with Nashville solo lawyer Brian Payne
239: A.I. Powered Note-Taking for Lawyers (with Otter.ai)
238: Revenue & Expense Tracking Insights (with Melissa Shanahan)
237: Multi-Disciplinary Thinking for Lawyers
236: 80/20 Data Insights for Lawyers ("Moneyball")
235: Is the 80/20 rule too good to be true?
234: Marketing with Authenticity - Part 2
233: Marketing with Authenticity
232: Speed Learning (a 80/20 leverage tactic)
231: Using 80-20 Leverage in Your Law Practice
230: It's Not Just About Money
229: Crowdsourcing Lawyer Insights & Perspectives
228: Law Practice Management 101
227: Polishing Witness Testimony (with Elizabeth Larrick)
226: Clarity, Systems & Creativity
225: The Brilliant Tyrant
224: PDF Bookmarks for Lawyers
223: PDF e-Briefs for Lawyers
222: PDF Security for Lawyers
221: Digital Signatures for Lawyers (PDF Skills Pt. 2)
220: PDF Essential Skills for Lawyers
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218: How to Have An Amazing Social Media Profile
217: How to Sell Your Law Practice (with Patrick Slaughter)
216: A Better Way to Collect Documents from Clients & Other People
215: Cyber Security for Small Law Firms (with Tom Lambotte)
214: How to Build An Audience to Better Market Your Law Practice
213: Case Study: Effective Marketing for Small Law Firms (with attorney Radlyn Mendoza)
212: The South Indian Monkey Trap (also ensnares lawyers)
211: Performing Autopsies (useful advice for lawyers)
210: Contrived Enthusiasm (Bad Lawyer Marketing)
209: Build Trust More Effectively
208: My Cousin Vinny - a Practice Guide for Lawyers?
207: The Best Way To Systematize Your Practice
206: Exceptional Client Service (with John Strohmeyer)
205: Modern Legal Ethics (with Dane Ciolino)
204: Digital Workflow Fundamentals
203: Paperless Law Practice - Common Questions
202: Fundamental Questions (for the modern lawyer)
201: Toxic Clients - Part 2
200: Getting Rid of Bad Clients
199: The Ultimate KPI (the most important thing to measure in managing your practice)
198: How to Take a 1 Month Vacation (Interview with Andrew Legrand)
197: Say No to More Things So You Can Focus on What Matters Most
196: Best Practices for Adopting New Technology
195: The 2 Levels of Knowledge (Physicist & Chauffeur)
194 - Effective Information Processing for Lawyers
193 - The 3 Keys to Successful Delegation
192: Be Your Own Gatekeeper
191: Invisible Fences
190: Text Automation for Lawyers (with TextExpander)
189: How to Create and Effectively Market a Flat Fee Offer
188: The '5 Whys' is a Powerful Problem Solving Tool
187: Automated Scheduling
186: Everything is Figureoutable (including how to create your dream practice)
185: Don't Do This (The Secret to More Effective Marketing)
184: My Well-Kept Secret (with Megan Hargroder)
183: Your Best Marketing Focus for 2022 (with Megan Hargroder)
182: What to Focus on in 2022 to Transform Your Practice
181: Funny Online CLE programs (with Joel Oster)
180: Paperless Lawyering Questions from Attorney Joe O'Keefe
179: Mental Models - Part 2
178: Mental Models (Charlie Munger)
177: Building a Better Biography (with Megan Hargroder)
176: Make Knowledge Work More Visible
175: Make it Personal
174: Mental Trauma & Stress
173: Reading Jurors' Minds (with Elizabeth Larrick)
172: Review of The Law+Tech Evolution (with Denise Howell)
171: Virtual Executive Assistants (with Valerie Trapunsky)
170: Effective Decision-Making for Lawyers
169: Self Sufficiency
168: The New Law Business Model (with Ali Katz)
167: Crisis Management for Lawyers
166: Q&A: Advice to a New Lawyer
165: Flat Fee Billing & Other Alternatives (with Kristin Tyler)
164: Being a Mom While Creating Law Practice (with Kim Felton)
163: Visualizing Workflows using Kanban Boards (with John Grant)
162: Your Personal Brand (with Mike Kim)
161: Managing Clients
160: Kaizen for Lawyers
159: PKM for Lawyers
158: Persuasive writing for lawyers
157: Spotlight: Immigration Lawyer Bin Xia Zhang
156: Security for Lawyers - Part 2
155: Getting Buy In
154: Security for Lawyers
153: Creativity for Lawyers
152: Naked Emperors
151: Start a New Firm (with Joe Emmerth)
150: Easy is Hard
149: Crazy Talk
148: No Goals Heresy (with Melissa Shanahan)
147: 21 Essential Books
146: Invisible Threats - Optimal Action
145: Cobwebs to Cables
144: Turtle Steps - Velocity Work
143: Contrarian Insights
142: Legal Writing Powered by A.I. (with Ross Guberman)
141: Essential Software
140: Morning Pages
139: Information Sherpas
138: Megatrends for Lawyers
137: Reflections on Systematizing Your Law Firm (with Kerry Wallis)
136: Subscription Outsourcing of Legal Work (with Kristin Tyler)
135: Persuasion & Polarization
134: Be a Better Lawyer (wtih Dina Cataldo)
133: SWOT Analysis
132: Update: Paperless Lawyering
131: A Tool for Documenting Systems
130: Trust Your Intuition
129: Cranking The Gears of Your Business
128: Subscription pricing with Dan Lear
127: Accountability Drives Growth (with Melissa Shanahan)
126: Online reviews with Andy Stickel
125: Case Study - Attorney Pete Clancy
124: Low-Cost Outsourcing
123: E-Discovery Opportunities
122: The Tax Terminator
121: Mind Over Law
120: People Over Technology
119: How Small Things Make a Big Difference
118: How to Get Free Advertising Online
117: Frameworks, Tags & Two Important Books
116: Zooming out
115: Chatbots are helpful
114: Systems Building with Attorney Jeff Lewis
113: Evernote for Lawyers (with David Ward)
112: Digital Evidence
111: Amazing transcription tool (and more…)
110: Information Anxiety
109: Improving Your "Knowledge Factory"
108: Email can be fun (or at least productive)
107: Managing Information in an Age of Digital Disruption
106: The power of just six words
105: Work Smarter, Not Harder
104: Ruminations on Good Marketing
103: Practicing while blind
102: Get referrals without asking
101: Overcoming barriers to getting what you want
100: Getting help to get what you want
099: Get What You Truly Want
098: Essential Search Skills
097: Specialized search tools for lawyers
096: Envisioning your ideal life & practice
095: Let's work on your practice together, now!
094: Marketing in a Time of Pandemics with Conrad Saam
093: How Lawyers Can Future Proof Their Practices
092: Coping with Disaster By Having a Mobile Practice - Tips from Elise Buie
091: Disaster Response - Pandemic Edition
090: How a California business lawyer leverages tech with David Sparks
089: Financial Reporting in Your Law Firm with Amanda Aguillard
088: Effective Marketing with Mark Homer
087: Personal Branding with Mike Kim
086: Referrals by Email, Pt 2 with Erica Pero
085: Top Tech Recommendations for a Better Practice
084: Charming Scoundrels
083: Tradeoff Calculations
082: Trouble Creating Systems - Answering a lawyer's question
081: Referral Marketing by Email (with John Rafferty)
080: Smith.ai Virtual Receptionist's services are top-notch and low-cost
079: Working ON your business
078: The Twelve Automation Essentials
077: Forbidden Keys to Persuasion
076: Your MBA in Law Firm Management
075: Two Important Things
074: Solo attorney Todd Smith - Appellate Specialist
073: Improve your law practice in 2020
072: Attention to Automation
071: Simplify Your Practice (to make it run smoother, and be more enjoyable)
070: Transform your firm by working more ON your business
069: Outsourced Lawyer Work with Kristin Tyler
068: The Power of PDFs with Aaron Krigelski
067: Accounting Essentials for Your Law Firm with Amanda Aguillard
066: Speaking Authentically to Clients
065: What's your vision for success?
064: Backing up your law firm's data
063: Effective Task & Project Management
062: Improve Your Thinking, Improve Your Life
061: How having a podcast can help you market better
060: The Tech Whisperer Adriana Linares
059: Legal Tech Consultant Tom Lambotte
058: Learning How to Use Technology Better
057: Text Automation Insights with Brett Burney
056: Insights from savvy legal technology consultants with Chelsey Lambert
055: Secrets of Successful Virtual Assistance with Trivinia Barber
054: Business Coaching for Lawyers with Patrick Slaughter
053: Practice Management Challenges with Jared Correia
052: Website Chat Services
051: SEO voodoo for online marketing with Megan Hargroder
050: Why creating systems is hard and how to make it easier
049: Reduce Costs, Save Time and Increase Productivity by using Document Management Software with Craig Bayer
048: Patrick Slaughter's magic law practice
047: Practice Management Software (with Jared Correia)
046: Email Effectiveness
045: Breaking Norms for Radical Efficiency
044: Valuable Lessons from The Karate Kid
043: Gathering Client Feedback & Testimonials
Episode 42: Joining a Mastermind
Episode 41: How to Attract Great Clients
Episode 40: Overview of Strategic Marketing Principles
Episode 39: The 80/20 Principle
Episode 38: Story-Based Marketing & Communications
Episode 37: Visual Persuasion
Episode 36: New Orleans & Mardi Gras
Episode 35: The Easy Fast Action Way to Get New Clients
Episode 34: Interview with Diana Stepleton
Episode 33: Keys to Effective Outsourcing
Episode 32: The 5 Levels of Delegation
Episode 31: The Hidden Logic of Human Nature
Episode 30: Automation - Keeping It In Perspective
Episode 29: The Power of Systems
Episode 28: The Importance of Vision and Goals
Episode 27: Online Reputation & Review Services
Episode 26: Collecting Client Feedback
Episode 25: Effective Goal Setting
Episode 24: The Power of Meditation
Episode 23: Starting a New Law Firm
Episode 22: Sensible Social Media
Episode 21: How to Improve Your Reputation
Episode 20: Perhaps My Competitors Can Help Your Practice
Episode 19: Embrace Sensible Business Management, Not Artificial Intelligence
Episode 18: Achieving Success Deliberately
Episode 17: The Brutal Truth About Building Trust Online
Episode 16: Creating Systems in a Law Firm
Episode 15: Tech Advice You Should Avoid
Episode 14: Securing Your Law Firm Data
Episode 13: Digital File Organization
Episode 12: Paperless Lawyering: Equipment & Software
Episode 11: Paperless Practice
Episode 10 - Delegation
Episode 9 - Automation
Episode 8: Use Systems To Make Your Practice Run Smoothly
Episode 7: Direct Response Marketing
Episode 6: Referral Marketing is the Most Powerful Kind
Episode 5: How to Market Your Practice (Basic Principles of Trust-Building)
Episode 4: Finding Top-Notch Consultants
Episode 3: Your Unique Vision of Success
Episode 2: Your Law Firm "Success Plan"
Episode 1: Building Your Dream Practice