Podcasts about rubber stamp

"We do this because if everybody had to be part of every decision, we'd never get anything done." Karen & Paul talk about how to select a board for an organization, focusing on boards that represent members. 

The Supreme Court is Corrupt, Congress is a Rubber Stamp, & the President is Lawless—What Happens Next? Welcome to James Madison's nightmare: The very definition of Tyranny. ‘Our Democracy Is Under Siege' Former Treasury Secretaries Write Scathing NY Times Op-Ed Warning Against DOGE's ‘Threat to America' Emboldened racists are now impersonating ICE throughout America...Look out! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Hosts: Adam Gardiner and Leah Murray  In an interview with ABC’s “This Week,” Utah Senator-elect John Curtis said he wouldn’t be a rubber stamp for President-elect Trump’s agenda. Instead, Curtis says he’ll be a stamp for the state of Utah and its people. Corey Norman, Chief of Staff for Senator-elect Curtis’ Office joins the show to explain the Senator-elect's stance and what it could mean for Utah’s relationship with the incoming administration. 

In this week's Capitol Chats episode, Republican 8th CD candidate Tony Wied says his opponent, Dem Kristin Lyerly, is a "rubber stamp" for the Biden-Harris administration. Wied also declined to share his thoughts on a GOP proposal to ask voters to weigh in on a 14-week abortion ban.

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In January of 1927, a large crowd of onlookers was gathering in a secluded woods outside of Platteville in an area where a search party had recently ensued for a missing person.  Something had indeed been found, but just what was it that the crowd was hoping to see?  The story of how authorities were led to this place, and the macabre scene in the woods, would again put Wisconsin on the front page of newspapers throughout the nation for reasons of the bizarre and the unbelieveable.  Mickey and Scott discuss this case, which has since become known as the "Rubber Stamp Murder," and delve into the broader issues which became discussion points around the country at the time, due to this very situation. In our opening banter, we touch on the recent Ed Gein documentary, "Psycho: The Lost Tapes of Ed Gein," and talk about some of the most popular ghost walks throughout the state. So, join us as you head into your Christmas weekend with a little true crime holiday cheer, with a side of Badger Bizarre!   Facebook Twitter Website Email us:  badgerbizarre@outlook.com   Opening Trailer: Ed Gein Sound Byte : "Hard Copy" - Paramount Domestic/CBS Televsion Frank Lloyd Wright and Jeffery Dahmer Sound Byte - WISN 12 News - Milwaukee, WI Jeffery Dahmer Quotes: "Inside Edition"  - King World/CBS Television/CBS Media   Attribution for Music: Trailer: Composer: Adam Phillip Zwirchmayr https://www.pond5.com/ Intro: https://pixabay.com/ Outro: Composer: Viacheslav Sarancha  https://www.pond5.com/   Attribution for logo design: Red Claw Scratch Photo     Sources:  Baraboo News Republic - Archives Capitol Times - Archives Edward Coffey Project Eau Claire Leader-Telegram - Archives History and Politics Blog Kenosha News - Archives OnMilwaukee.com Platteville Witness - Archives Sheboygan Press - Archives Wisconsin State Journal - Archives   Media discussed: Eaton, Marc: Sensing Spirits: Paranormal Investigation and the Social Construction of Ghosts Psycho: The Lost Tapes of Ed Gein

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TODAY ON THE ROBERT SCOTT BELL SHOW: FDA rubber stamp, Questionable drug approvals, Dr. Johnathan Edwards, Suicide prevention, Ketamine treatment, Microgreens vs mature veggies, Reality of Human Greed, Scientific study flaws, CRISPR gene editing risks, Screen time bowel issues, Clean eating addiction recovery and MORE! http://www.robertscottbell.com/natural-remedies/fda-rubber-stamp-questionable-drug-approvals-dr-johnathan-edwards-suicide-prevention-ketamine-treatment-microgreens-vs-mature-veggies-reality-of-human-greed-scientific-study-flaws-crispr-gene/ FDA rubber stamp, Questionable drug approvals, Dr. Johnathan Edwards, Suicide prevention, Ketamine treatment, Microgreens vs mature veggies, Reality of Human Greed, Scientific study flaws, CRISPR g... http://www.robertscottbell.com

In hour 1, Chris talks about Hunter Biden's plea deal getting thrown out because someone asked the smallest question about the crooked slap-on-the-wrist sham. For more coverage on the issues that matter to you, download the WMAL app, visit WMAL.com or tune in love on WMAL-FM 105.9 from 9:00am-12:00pm Monday-Friday  To join the conversation, check us out on Twitter @WMAL and @ChrisPlanteShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More Perfect Union journalist Paul Blest joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about the debacle around the vote giving LLCs and other entities the right to vote in Seaford.Show Notes:More Perfect Union threadNews Journal Coverage of LLC voting

After months of political intrigue, behind-the-scenes maneuvers, and captivating drama, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has emerged victorious, nominating four outstanding candidates for leadership positions in the Senate and House of Representatives. The elections were a spectacle to behold as these candidates claimed their victories. The nation buzzes with anticipation and concern as Godswill Akpabio and Tajudeen Abbas take the helm as speakers of different chambers. Now the big question on everyone's mind: Can the 10th National Assembly break free from the shadow of its predecessor and shed the infamous "Rubber Stamp" title? Will they rise to the occasion, delivering results that will leave a lasting impact? Stay tuned, as Abigail Siman & Emeka Umesi have a conversation with Mr Ceasar Payi on the 10th National Assembly .  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jay-fm-podcast/message

The 9th National Assembly has been alleged to be a rubber stamp, and with emergence of new leadership of the 10th National Assembly, the question on many people's lips is, will the new leadersip take after it predecessor?In this episode of Nigeria Daily, we find out.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is set to approve another $9 million in damage claims filed by owners of hotels leased by the city as emergency shelters during the height of the Covid pandemic, a grim subtext for what will be a mostly routine meeting. Supervisors are also expected to pass a handful of resolutions that reflect the current state of some of the city's important communities, including the city's Asian American Pacific Islanders and the beleaguered Tenderloin neighborhood. As always, the wonks can digest all the details in this week's full agenda. Support the showSign Up For Exclusive Episodes At: https://reasonabletv.com/LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos every day. https://www.youtube.com/c/NewsForReasonablePeople

North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament, the Supreme People's Assembly, passed the legislation on Thursday as a replacement to a 2013 law that first outlined the country's nuclear status, according to the country's state news agency KCNA. "The utmost significance of legislating nuclear weapons policy is to draw an irretrievable line so that there can be no bargaining over our nuclear weapons," it quoted Kim as telling the assembly. He added that he would never surrender the weapons even if the country faced 100 years of sanctions. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/you-betterknow4/message

North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament, the Supreme People's Assembly, passed the legislation on Thursday as a replacement to a 2013 law that first outlined the country's nuclear status, according to the country's state news agency KCNA. "The utmost significance of legislating nuclear weapons policy is to draw an irretrievable line so that there can be no bargaining over our nuclear weapons," it quoted Kim as telling the assembly. He added that he would never surrender the weapons even if the country faced 100 years of sanctions. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/you-betterknow4/message

Sunday Replay: Herschel Walker On Why His Opponent His A Rubber Stamp For Biden  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many people from Murmu's village have neither heard of Raisina Hill nor are they aware of the limitations of constitutional powers of the President of India.----more----Read the article here: https://theprint.in/opinion/not-a-rubber-stamp-in-droupadi-murmus-backyard-the-hunger-for-development-has-a-got-a-boost/1043665/

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We set business goals at the beginning of the year with every intention of meeting them. But life can get messy and this year things got VERY messy. In today's episode I am going to teach you three strategies you can use to get your business back on track. These are concrete strategies that you can not only use right away but you can work on RIGHT NOW as I outline them for you. In this episode we discuss: What to do when you find yourself off course from making your goals due to unplanned challenges out of your control, such as covid. The importance of knowing your numbers when evaluating your business. How your reaction to unplanned challenges can impact business outcomes. Taking personal responsibility for your choices as they influence and contribute to outcomes going forward. Owning control over the things that you can control. Taking stock of your mental health and mindset. Asking yourself how you have maintained or changed your standards to adjust to a changed workplace. The impact PPP loans may have on your tax bill due to be paid next year. How there's still time for an amazing fourth quarter with the right course corrections.   Bio: Allison C. Williams, Esq., is Founder and Owner of the Williams Law Group, LLC, with offices in Short Hills and Wall Township, New Jersey.  She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, is Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney, and is the first attorney in New Jersey to become Board-Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in the field of Family Law. Ms. Williams is a member of the New Jersey Board on Attorney Certification (NJBAC) – Matrimonial Committee, a New Jersey Supreme Court committee that determines eligibility of candidates to be certified as a recognized practitioner in the field of matrimonial law. Ms. Williams has been named a Rising Star Attorney by the New Jersey Super Lawyers franchise continuously from 2008 – 2013, and has been named a Super Lawyer by that organization for 2014 – 2019. In 2016, she was featured in the Super Lawyers publication (Williams v. The Rubber Stamp), she has been named one of the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in New Jersey from 2017-2019 and in 2019, was voted in the Top 100 Super Lawyers in the State of New Jersey. Ms. Williams is an accomplished businesswoman. In 2017, the Williams Law Group won the LawFirm500 award, ranking 14th of the fastest growing law firms in the nation, as Ms. Williams grew the firm 581% in three years. Ms. Williams won the Silver Stevie Award for Female Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017.  In 2018, Ms. Williams was voted as NJBIZ's Top 50 Women in Business and was designated one of the Top 25 Leading Women Entrepreneurs and Business Owners. In 2019, Ms. Williams won the Seminole 100 Award for founding one of the fastest growing companies among graduates of Florida State University. In 2018, Ms. Williams created Law Firm Mentor, a business coaching service for lawyers.  She helps solo and small law firm attorneys grow their business revenues, crush chaos in business and make more money.  Through multi-day intensive business retreats, group and one-to-one coaching, and strategic planning sessions, Ms. Williams advises lawyers on all aspects of creating, sustaining and scaling a law firm business – and specifically, she teaches them the core foundational principles of marketing, sales, personnel management, communications and money management in law firms. She received her B.S., magna cum laude, and her M.S., summa cum laude, from Florida State University. She received her J.D., cum laude, from Syracuse University College of Law. Snip-Its: 00:17:21 (47 Seconds) Almost instinctually, we go to the mindset of if something is happening in the external world, we have no choice but to accept the ramifications of that in our law firm. And many times that is not true. Many times we are making choices that have adverse consequences for our business and if we were to make a different choice, the consequence would be different. And so you have to start thinking about what exactly is the cause of the current circumstance that you're experiencing in your business, whether it's an uptick or a downward slide in business. Where did that come from and what are all the pieces that contributed to that so that you can start making different choices to change the outcome that you're experiencing.   00:35:57 (43 Seconds) There are ways for you to keep the standard the same in terms of production, but allow for some modification of what will actually be produced, meaning if I don't have the work to give to a client, I could give the work into a marketing initiative or I could give the work into a system for the firm, or I could give the work into, you know, pouring into the cultural morale, depending on how high your standards are. Ultimately, that will dictate whether or not your standards should be modified. But if there's a modification, the modification should be a revamping of your structure and it ought to have very clearly defined parameters around it. It should not be simply a wholesale walking away from the standards that you created.   00:41:31 (19 Seconds) But your goal is to be fully educated and to make decisions that are best for your business based on your business metrics and separating your emotional connection to those decisions from the analysis. And this is where taking stock of yourself and why you are doing what you were doing is very important.

The Voice of a Nation with guest host Ilana Freedman - My guest today is State Senator Zach Nunn, Republican Candidate for Congress from Iowa's Third District, running against Democrat and Nancy Pelosi's rubber stamp. What do you do when the President of the United States and his administration are doing everything within their power to destroy the country you live in - the country you love?

The Voice of a Nation with guest host Ilana Freedman - My guest today is State Senator Zach Nunn, Republican Candidate for Congress from Iowa's Third District, running against Democrat and Nancy Pelosi's rubber stamp. What do you do when the President of the United States and his administration are doing everything within their power to destroy the country you live in - the country you love?

Craig Dellimore speaks with Dick Simpson, professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois Chicago, who says that the City Council is no longer a *rubber stamp* for Mayor Lori Lightfoot. Simpson and former political consultant, Tom Gradel, co-authored a report titled, "City Council Buries its Rubber Stamp." The report says the Council, which is now more diverse, is a better representation of the City.

Don't be one of these agents! Listen as Barry Hardman, real estate broker, instructor, and TRLP graduate joins host Marissa Benat to discuss the contract mistakes they keep seeing and offers they cannot accept. 

Center for International Policy's Mel Goodman: Preconditions Necessary to End Russia's War in UkraineNonviolence activist Kathy Kelly: U.S. Weapons Feed Yemen War and Humanitarian CrisisBeyond Extreme Energy's Ted Glick: Campaign Pushes Back Against Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Rubber Stamp of Fossil Fuel ProjectsBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Colombia presidential, legislative elections lean left• As the US focuses on Ukraine, Yemen starves• Due to redlining, 45 million Americans breathing dirtier air today

Center for International Policy's Mel Goodman: Preconditions Necessary to End Russia's War in UkraineNonviolence activist Kathy Kelly: U.S. Weapons Feed Yemen War and Humanitarian CrisisBeyond Extreme Energy's Ted Glick: Campaign Pushes Back Against Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Rubber Stamp of Fossil Fuel ProjectsBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Colombia presidential, legislative elections lean left• As the US focuses on Ukraine, Yemen starves• Due to redlining, 45 million Americans breathing dirtier air today

God answered Jonathan's 'MAYBE' with a 'DEFINITELY.' That's BECAUSE his CAUSE was JUST, his FAITH was STRONG, he had a HEART to do God's WILL, glorify His name and BLESS His people. To STEP out on a 'MAYBE' you MUST know that YOUR motive is RIGHT, that you have PRAYED and SEARCHED the Scriptures and that you HAVE been WILLING to listen to GODLY counsel. A 'MAYBE' doesn't GIVE you the RIGHT to be PRESUMPTUOUS or ask God to RUBBER-STAMP your personal AGENDA. Sometimes when WE want SOMETHING to happen, we PRESUME God DOES too. Up UNTIL this POINT lsrael WENT to war BASED on a PLAN, a PROPHECY or a well- thought-out STRATEGY. But SOMETIMES God-given OPPORTUNITIES come to you 'on the fly,' (while in motion or progress) and it TAKES faith and WISDOM to know HOW to respond to THEM. In those 'MAYBE MOMENTS' you CAN'T wait for GUARANTEES or sit STILL and do NOTHING because your ACTIONS involve RISK. You can't FEAR natural CIRCUMSTANCES, obstacles or FRIGHTENING situations. You must take the 'MAYBE' you have BEEN given and do SOMETHING with it, for that's WHEN you BEGIN to see God TURN your 'MAYBE' into a MIRACLE. Once you KNOW that your HEART is RIGHT before God you MUST be WILLING to face your FEAR and SEIZE the MOMENT. When you are in a MOMENT that has the POTENTIAL to ALTER your future, TRUST God, STEP out in FAITH and move FORWARD. Don't let your DREAM die INSIDE you BECAUSE of the RISK involved. With God, RISK is the BRIDGE that GETS you to WHERE He WANTS you to BE. God's servant Rev Alfred Acheampong. Prayer Point: Heavenly Father help me to boldly take steps of 'maybes' which are divinely directed to the fulfillment of your agenda for my life in all situations and circumstances in Jesus name. Anchor Scripture: '....IT MAY BE THAT THE LORD WILL WORK FOR US..' (1Samuel 14:6) Stay Blessed! YearOfSupernaturalProvision

Liberty Dispatch ~ February 24, 2022 [Story 1]  Trudeau Revokes the Emergencies Act: Senate Transcript of Debate over the Invocation of the Emergencies Act; Trudeau Revokes Emergencies Act; Trudeau Feared He Didn't Have the Senate's Rubber Stamp.   [Story 2] Russia Invades Ukraine: Russia Invades Ukraine in Largest European Conflict Since WWII; Russia Claims Separatist Regions Have Asked For Its Help Fighting Ukraine's Military | The Daily Wire   Sick of Mainstream Media Lies? Please Support us in bringing you real, truthful, reporting and analysis from a Christian perspective. Subscribe to our various shows: LIBERTY DISPATCH PODCAST: https://libertydispatch.podbean.com OPEN MIKE WITH MICHAEL THIESSEN: https://openmikewithmichaelthiessen.podbean.com Stay up-to-date on all things LCC: Gab: https://gab.com/libertycoalitioncanada  Telegram: https://t.me/libertycoalitioncanadanews Instagram: https://instagram.com/libertycoalitioncanada Facebook: https://facebook.com/LibertyCoalitionCanada Twitter: @LibertyCCanada - https://twitter.com/LibertyCCanada Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/LibertyCoalitionCanada  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLb1yNIeJ-2bSuHRW4oftRQ  You can also find us on Spotify & Apple Podcasts and just about every other podcast catcher! Please LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, RATE & REVIEW and SHARE it with others!

Biden promises to veto Senate bill that stops his unconstitutional mandates. Is math racist? Several states think so. Christmas family gun pics melt snowflakes coast to coast. Mandates and supply chain issues are crushing small business.

There has been a lot of talk recently about President Biden's domestic agenda. But Boyd breaks down the important role of Congress in crafting legislation.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Photo: Rubber stamps from Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham. A history and guide, arranged alphabetically, etc. .UN bio: For many years Mr. Guterres was active in the Socialist International, a worldwide organization of social democratic political parties. He was the group’s vice-president from 1992 to 1999, co-chairing the African Committee and later the Development Committee. He served as President from 1999 until mid-2005. In addition, he founded the Portuguese Refugee Council as well as the Portuguese Consumers Association DECO, and served as president of the Centro de Acção Social Universitário, an association carrying out social development projects in poor neighbourhoods of Lisbon, in the early 1970s.CBS Eye on the World with John BatchelorCBS Audio Network@BatchelorshowThe uncontested rubber stamp of the UN General Secretary. @JoshRogin @WashingtonPosthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/the-united-nations-doesnt-practice-the-democracy-it-preaches/2021/05/13/509f2aca-b424-11eb-ab43-bebddc5a0f65_story.html

Robert F Kennedy Jr. Drops Bombs on 'Farmer' Bill Gates' Scheme to Corner to Fake Meat & Food Markets and Impose His 'Twisted' Will on U.S. Citizens While Politicians Rubber Stamp Gates' Dark Dystopian Agenda. A Must-Listen interview with Paine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

KBP 010 - DON'T MAKE PLANS AND ASK HIM TO RUBBER STAMP IT "God can really turn your failures into success, only if you give your life to Him and listen to His plans. Don't make plans and ask Him to rubber stamp it. Give your life first, He wants you." These are just a few things that came out of my interview with my brother David on Episode #010 of the Keep Breathing Podcast that was recorded during my trip in India. I believe his story and these testimonies will be a blessing to you. February 14, 2018

KBP 010 - DON'T MAKE PLANS AND ASK HIM TO RUBBER STAMP IT "God can really turn your failures into success, only if you give your life to Him and listen to His plans. Don't make plans and ask Him to rubber stamp it. Give your life first, He wants you." These are just a few things that came out of my interview with my brother David on Episode #010 of the Keep Breathing Podcast that was recorded during my trip in India. I believe his story and these testimonies will be a blessing to you. February 14, 2018 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Anne Kritzmire, an independent closed-end fund trustee, explains how the role of directors differs in closed-end funds compared to traditional mutual funds, where boards are known for passing everything management's way. She explains the ways in which independent directors in closed-end funds have a more active hand in oversight on key factors like leverage, involvement in alternative and illiquid investments, dividend payout policies and interactions with activist shareholders, and how that involvement is crucial in protecting investors.

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When it comes to progress you can either get ahead of it, embrace it, or stand in its way and ultimately get run over by it. In today’s episode my guest Moshe Amsel and I  look at how you can embrace technology and the changes that occurred in 2020 to encourage growth in your law firm.  In this episode we discuss: The acceleration of change in the legal industry because of working virtual. Setting yourself up for success by embracing change. The potential of a new app called Clubhouse. Why lawyers tend to be risk averse when presented with new technologies. Managing blocks of work time in the home/work environment to become more efficient. The pros and cons of successful online conferences. The question of how our young people will be seeking legal services in the future. Bio: Moshe Amsel  Moshe Amsel is the host of the Profit with Law Podcast and the Law Firm Growth Summit. He helps law firm owners grow their practice with a focus on creating generational wealth. As a married loving husband and father of 5 children ranging from 21 to 3 years, he is very familiar with the struggles of running a successful business and still prioritizing his family. Moshe has 20 years experience in the IT industry as a business executive. He has extensive experience in Sales and Marketing, having closed over $30 million in sales in a single year. In addition to Profit with Law, Moshe also owns an accounting practice, DreamBuilder Financial, where he helps clients with business advisory and tax strategy services. Allison Williams Allison C. Williams, Esq., is Founder and Owner of the Williams Law Group, LLC, with offices in Short Hills and Wall Township, New Jersey.  She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, is Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney, and is the first attorney in New Jersey to become Board-Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in the field of Family Law. Ms. Williams is a member of the New Jersey Board on Attorney Certification (NJBAC) – Matrimonial Committee, a New Jersey Supreme Court committee that determines eligibility of candidates to be certified as a recognized practitioner in the field of matrimonial law. Ms. Williams has been named a Rising Star Attorney by the New Jersey Super Lawyers franchise continuously from 2008 – 2013, and has been named a Super Lawyer by that organization for 2014 – 2019. In 2016, she was featured in the Super Lawyers publication (Williams v. The Rubber Stamp), she has been named one of the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in New Jersey from 2017-2019 and in 2019, was voted in the Top 100 Super Lawyers in the State of New Jersey. Ms. Williams is an accomplished businesswoman. In 2017, the Williams Law Group won the LawFirm500 award, ranking 14th of the fastest growing law firms in the nation, as Ms. Williams grew the firm 581% in three years. Ms. Williams won the Silver Stevie Award for Female Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017.  In 2018, Ms. Williams was voted as NJBIZ’s Top 50 Women in Business and was designated one of the Top 25 Leading Women Entrepreneurs and Business Owners. In 2019, Ms. Williams won the Seminole 100 Award for founding one of the fastest growing companies among graduates of Florida State University. In 2018, Ms. Williams created Law Firm Mentor, a business coaching service for lawyers.  She helps solo and small law firm attorneys grow their business revenues, crush chaos in business and make more money.  Through multi-day intensive business retreats, group and one-to-one coaching, and strategic planning sessions, Ms. Williams advises lawyers on all aspects of creating, sustaining and scaling a law firm business – and specifically, she teaches them the core foundational principles of marketing, sales, personnel management, communications and money management in law firms.  She received her B.S., magna cum laude, and her M.S., summa cum laude, from Florida State University. She received her J.D., cum laude, from Syracuse University College of Law.  Contacts – Social Media Moshe Amsel’s Contacts https://www.lawfirmgrowthsummit.com/LFM    Name Moshe Amsel Law Firm Name Profit with Law Website https://www.profitwithlaw.com/ Email Address mamsel@dreambuilderfinancial.com Phone Number (845) 504-0910 Facebook url https://www.facebook.com/profitwithlaw Twitter Handle @moshe_amsel Instagram Handle moshe_amsel Snip-Its 00:10:35 – 34 Seconds - Moshe So how do you get your law firm to be the next Netflix of law and not the next Blockbuster of law? And that's where we need to focus the conversation. That's where we need to start looking as we grow our businesses, as we develop our systems, our processes, the technology we use. We should always be looking from a lens of what does the future look like and how do I set myself up for the future instead of thinking about what's available to me today and how is business done today? Always be future thinking. And when you do that, you're going to start seeing opportunities. 00:16:30 - 32 seconds - Allison one of the things that I love that you mentioned was the idea of you got the, you got the little tickle like somebody said, hey, there, there's this thing, then you float in the direction of that. You just said, let me try, test, see. And then opportunity sprung open. And we know that in the legal industry we tend to be laggards, right? We tend to be on the low end of the early adoption phase. We don't like to just jump without seeing. We like to test the waters. We like to make sure that there's a lot of people that are born into something before we do it.

If you want to grow your law firm and be able to step away from it when you want or only handle the cases you want to handle then you need to change the way you think about your law firm. In today’s episode we are going to look at how to change your mindset about what your law firm has to be in order to allow it to transform into what you need it to be.  In this episode we discuss: Adjusting your belief system about who is supposed to do what in your law firm. Clients hiring you as the lawyer versus hiring the law firm. How your marketing message can be shifted to direct a client to a better or different option. How ego can drive how you decide to create and structure your business. How hiring additional attorneys can enhance your law firm’s skill set and strengths. Letting go of the fear of having another person do some of the work. Contact Info: SOCIAL LINKS & Contact Info -  Scheduler:  https://meetme.so/LawFirmMentor  Bio: Allison C. Williams, Esq., is Founder and Owner of the Williams Law Group, LLC, with offices in Short Hills and Wall Township, New Jersey.  She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, is Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney, and is the first attorney in New Jersey to become Board-Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in the field of Family Law. Ms. Williams is a member of the New Jersey Board on Attorney Certification (NJBAC) – Matrimonial Committee, a New Jersey Supreme Court committee that determines eligibility of candidates to be certified as a recognized practitioner in the field of matrimonial law. Ms. Williams has been named a Rising Star Attorney by the New Jersey Super Lawyers franchise continuously from 2008 – 2013, and has been named a Super Lawyer by that organization for 2014 – 2019. In 2016, she was featured in the Super Lawyers publication (Williams v. The Rubber Stamp), she has been named one of the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in New Jersey from 2017-2019 and in 2019, was voted in the Top 100 Super Lawyers in the State of New Jersey. Ms. Williams is an accomplished businesswoman. In 2017, the Williams Law Group won the LawFirm500 award, ranking 14th of the fastest growing law firms in the nation, as Ms. Williams grew the firm 581% in three years. Ms. Williams won the Silver Stevie Award for Female Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017.  In 2018, Ms. Williams was voted as NJBIZ’s Top 50 Women in Business and was designated one of the Top 25 Leading Women Entrepreneurs and Business Owners. In 2019, Ms. Williams won the Seminole 100 Award for founding one of the fastest growing companies among graduates of Florida State University. In 2018, Ms. Williams created Law Firm Mentor, a business coaching service for lawyers.  She helps solo and small law firm attorneys grow their business revenues, crush chaos in business and make more money.  Through multi-day intensive business retreats, group and one-to-one coaching, and strategic planning sessions, Ms. Williams advises lawyers on all aspects of creating, sustaining and scaling a law firm business – and specifically, she teaches them the core foundational principles of marketing, sales, personnel management, communications and money management in law firms.  She received her B.S., magna cum laude, and her M.S., summa cum laude, from Florida State University. She received her J.D., cum laude, from Syracuse University College of Law.  Snip-Its: 00:15:42 - About 50 Seconds OK, what I said to her was this, I believe lawyer that you believe this, that people come for you, and I believe that many people do come to a law firm for you. But I also believe that because you believe this, that you structure your business in a certain way. You communicate about your law firm in a certain way. Your marketing messages are characterized in this certain way. You speak to your clients about their cases in a certain way. You hire people to facilitate work in your law firm with this certain way in mind. Listen, people want what they want, until you show them that there is something better for them to want. So here's an example of that. 00:15:45 – About 57 Seconds If you have a desire for something greater than yourself and you are driven toward that ego gratifying activity, that's what makes brilliant trial lawyers. Right? I don't know any of them that do it for their health or do it for... Some of them do it for the contribution, but right there, there's also a very real ego component that goes along with it. So you have that desire to create. And as you create in your business and as you create in your profession, your ego is stroked. Ok. The ego stroking that comes from being the lawyer is a certain amount. It is a much bigger ego stroke to have a large entity of other people who are also exceptional, doing things alongside you, and only have that opportunity because you created what you created.

Can your law firm run without you if you were to go on sabbatical or just take time off? In today’s episode we talk about what you need to do to make sure you can step away from your firm without everything falling apart.  In this episode we discuss:   Contemplating the possibility of being able to take time away from your law firm.   A list of specific things you absolutely need in place to be able to have your firm run without you and continue to generate income. Understanding your marketing approach and your client avatar. Having a successful intake process in place. The importance of having clearly defined roles for who does what. Managing money and reporting systems. Contact Info: SOCIAL LINKS & Contact Info -  Scheduler:  https://meetme.so/LawFirmMentor  Bio: Allison C. Williams, Esq., is Founder and Owner of the Williams Law Group, LLC, with offices in Short Hills and Wall Township, New Jersey.  She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, is Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney, and is the first attorney in New Jersey to become Board-Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in the field of Family Law. Ms. Williams is a member of the New Jersey Board on Attorney Certification (NJBAC) – Matrimonial Committee, a New Jersey Supreme Court committee that determines eligibility of candidates to be certified as a recognized practitioner in the field of matrimonial law. Ms. Williams has been named a Rising Star Attorney by the New Jersey Super Lawyers franchise continuously from 2008 – 2013, and has been named a Super Lawyer by that organization for 2014 – 2019. In 2016, she was featured in the Super Lawyers publication (Williams v. The Rubber Stamp), she has been named one of the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in New Jersey from 2017-2019 and in 2019, was voted in the Top 100 Super Lawyers in the State of New Jersey. Ms. Williams is an accomplished businesswoman. In 2017, the Williams Law Group won the LawFirm500 award, ranking 14th of the fastest growing law firms in the nation, as Ms. Williams grew the firm 581% in three years. Ms. Williams won the Silver Stevie Award for Female Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017.  In 2018, Ms. Williams was voted as NJBIZ’s Top 50 Women in Business and was designated one of the Top 25 Leading Women Entrepreneurs and Business Owners. In 2019, Ms. Williams won the Seminole 100 Award for founding one of the fastest growing companies among graduates of Florida State University. In 2018, Ms. Williams created Law Firm Mentor, a business coaching service for lawyers.  She helps solo and small law firm attorneys grow their business revenues, crush chaos in business and make more money.  Through multi-day intensive business retreats, group and one-to-one coaching, and strategic planning sessions, Ms. Williams advises lawyers on all aspects of creating, sustaining and scaling a law firm business – and specifically, she teaches them the core foundational principles of marketing, sales, personnel management, communications and money management in law firms.  She received her B.S., magna cum laude, and her M.S., summa cum laude, from Florida State University. She received her J.D., cum laude, from Syracuse University College of Law.  Snip-Its: 00:39:43 Now, if you personally are struggling with taking time away from your law firm and you really want to get to a place where you can even just take an extended vacation more than a week away, you have to get these things lined up. And there's a very specific way that you can do this that does not involve stress or agita. It involves directing your attention to different activity than those that you're currently doing. Because at the end of the day, we are the product of our choices. You don't like the result you have in your law firm, you can make a different choice and we can help you do that.

Many law firm owners think that they don’t have time to serve existing clients and perform marketing activities to generate new clients. In this episode not only are we going to talk about how to do both sustainably but also how to set up your marketing so that it generates recurring revenue.  In this episode we discuss:   How do you create a marketing plan and what is it?   The smoothing out of the marketing cycle to bring in consistent recurring revenue. Identifying your ideal client avatar and where to find them. Marketing funnels; from an impression to a closed sale. Determining marketing cost of each funnel vs. economic value. How knowing your numbers is vital in planning your marketing funnels. Creating your own opportunities to make an impression. Looking at marketing not as an expense, but as an investment. Contact Info: SOCIAL LINKS & Contact Info -  Scheduler:  https://meetme.so/LawFirmMentor  Avatar Worksheet:  https://lawfirmmentor.net/avatar/ Check Out My Latest Interview on SalesPop Podcast: https://salespop.net/sales-marketing-alignment/effective-intake-phone-sales-for-law-firms/?fbclid=IwAR1ZSeJx8bXjwCylB5b3wX3w6W5W1odEguhfIr5ev5ULtLIcj8SfvPabb8E Link to More Money, More Free Time Course:   https://law-firm-mentor.teachable.com/p/webinar-package/  Bio: Allison C. Williams, Esq., is Founder and Owner of the Williams Law Group, LLC, with offices in Short Hills and Wall Township, New Jersey.  She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, is Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney, and is the first attorney in New Jersey to become Board-Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in the field of Family Law. Ms. Williams is a member of the New Jersey Board on Attorney Certification (NJBAC) – Matrimonial Committee, a New Jersey Supreme Court committee that determines eligibility of candidates to be certified as a recognized practitioner in the field of matrimonial law. Ms. Williams has been named a Rising Star Attorney by the New Jersey Super Lawyers franchise continuously from 2008 – 2013, and has been named a Super Lawyer by that organization for 2014 – 2019. In 2016, she was featured in the Super Lawyers publication (Williams v. The Rubber Stamp), she has been named one of the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in New Jersey from 2017-2019 and in 2019, was voted in the Top 100 Super Lawyers in the State of New Jersey. Ms. Williams is an accomplished businesswoman. In 2017, the Williams Law Group won the LawFirm500 award, ranking 14th of the fastest growing law firms in the nation, as Ms. Williams grew the firm 581% in three years. Ms. Williams won the Silver Stevie Award for Female Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017.  In 2018, Ms. Williams was voted as NJBIZ’s Top 50 Women in Business and was designated one of the Top 25 Leading Women Entrepreneurs and Business Owners. In 2019, Ms. Williams won the Seminole 100 Award for founding one of the fastest growing companies among graduates of Florida State University. In 2018, Ms. Williams created Law Firm Mentor, a business coaching service for lawyers.  She helps solo and small law firm attorneys grow their business revenues, crush chaos in business and make more money.  Through multi-day intensive business retreats, group and one-to-one coaching, and strategic planning sessions, Ms. Williams advises lawyers on all aspects of creating, sustaining and scaling a law firm business – and specifically, she teaches them the core foundational principles of marketing, sales, personnel management, communications and money management in law firms.  She received her B.S., magna cum laude, and her M.S., summa cum laude, from Florida State University. She received her J.D., cum laude, from Syracuse University College of Law.  Snip-Its: 00:34:19  (50 Seconds) When you when you lump it all together, it becomes very, very challenging for you to target your message using that ideal client avatar. And it becomes very challenging for you to make accurate projections. Because what you can expect off of search engine optimization, very different than what you can expect off a person to person marketing or person to person networking. OK, so I want you to envision that series of funnels, right? This is what our marketing plan is. You're going to have that series of funnels for each marketing activity that you do, and then you're going to start applying some numbers. OK. So the first number that you have to apply to this is the number of clients that you project from each of those activities. Right? Top of the funnel, you're going to have a really big number. Bottom of the funnel, not so much. 00:42:07 (59 Seconds) Now, I would never recommend that you build your law firm on one funnel. You have to know again the impressions of a particular funnel leading down to the clients. And you're going to be hypothesizing, at least at the beginning, until you have done the marketing activity with regularity and consistency, enough to know that on the balance you can project reasonably. This particular funnel leads to a certain amount of clients and you need to know what types of cases are being generated from each funnel so that you can do that math as well. Right. So the example I gave you earlier, public speaking, one stage equals thirty thousand dollars. That thirty thousand dollars wasn't one thirty thousand dollar case. It might be on average six five thousand cases or it might be twelve twenty five hundred dollar cases. But if you don't know the difference, you don't know how to prepare for the work that's going to come in from your marketing.  

No one likes to be seen as a Scrooge, but with everything that’s happened this year how do law firm owners approach the idea of Holiday bonuses? In today’s episode we are going to look at how to answer this question not from an emotional perspective but from a financial management perspective.  In this episode we discuss:   The mindset of giving a holiday bonus. Basing your decision by the metrics of financial well management. The feelings of guilt and shame that can be associated with not giving a bonus.   Making it about them, not about you. Distinguishing between a holiday bonus, an incentive and a gift. The danger of prioritizing others to the detriment of your business. How your own feelings of self-worth can influence your business decisions. The importance of helping your team to understand how money works in your business culture. Contact Info: SOCIAL LINKS & Contact Info -  Scheduler:  https://meetme.so/LawFirmMentor  Bio: Allison C. Williams, Esq., is Founder and Owner of the Williams Law Group, LLC, with offices in Short Hills and Wall Township, New Jersey.  She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, is Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney, and is the first attorney in New Jersey to become Board-Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in the field of Family Law. Ms. Williams is a member of the New Jersey Board on Attorney Certification (NJBAC) – Matrimonial Committee, a New Jersey Supreme Court committee that determines eligibility of candidates to be certified as a recognized practitioner in the field of matrimonial law. Ms. Williams has been named a Rising Star Attorney by the New Jersey Super Lawyers franchise continuously from 2008 – 2013, and has been named a Super Lawyer by that organization for 2014 – 2019. In 2016, she was featured in the Super Lawyers publication (Williams v. The Rubber Stamp), she has been named one of the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in New Jersey from 2017-2019 and in 2019, was voted in the Top 100 Super Lawyers in the State of New Jersey. Ms. Williams is an accomplished businesswoman. In 2017, the Williams Law Group won the LawFirm500 award, ranking 14th of the fastest growing law firms in the nation, as Ms. Williams grew the firm 581% in three years. Ms. Williams won the Silver Stevie Award for Female Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017.  In 2018, Ms. Williams was voted as NJBIZ’s Top 50 Women in Business and was designated one of the Top 25 Leading Women Entrepreneurs and Business Owners. In 2019, Ms. Williams won the Seminole 100 Award for founding one of the fastest growing companies among graduates of Florida State University. In 2018, Ms. Williams created Law Firm Mentor, a business coaching service for lawyers.  She helps solo and small law firm attorneys grow their business revenues, crush chaos in business and make more money.  Through multi-day intensive business retreats, group and one-to-one coaching, and strategic planning sessions, Ms. Williams advises lawyers on all aspects of creating, sustaining and scaling a law firm business – and specifically, she teaches them the core foundational principles of marketing, sales, personnel management, communications and money management in law firms.  She received her B.S., magna cum laude, and her M.S., summa cum laude, from Florida State University. She received her J.D., cum laude, from Syracuse University College of Law.  Snip-Its: 00:30:05 And so when the owner realizes that they have set up this mismatch of expectations. Right. Employee expects to get it because they're employed and owner expects that you will get it only if the firm is producing a certain amount of money and only if you do certain things, then oftentimes there's a triggering of guilt and shame, particularly guilt, because the owner perceives that he or she did not lead the employee to a reasonable expectation. 00:34:06 If you are prioritizing others to the detriment of your business, meaning you don't have it, but you're going to pay it out by virtue of taking a loan or you're going to pay it out by virtue of not taking the salary, or you're going to pay it out by virtue of not making an investment in the future. What you are really doing is saying that my need as the business owner to feel good about myself supersedes your needs as the employees to have a fiscally sound employment, you know, experience.  

When it comes to hiring for your law firm there are three elements you need to consider: when to hire, who to hire and how to hire. Today we are going to be looking at all three elements and some ways you can take the chaos out of the hiring process.  In this episode we discuss:   Considering your business model before you hire. Knowing when it makes sense for your business to hire. Weighing monetizing versus convenience when making your hiring decision. How your mindset about money will dictate your level of comfort dealing with it. The importance of systems and having someone to run those systems. Removing yourself from the epicenter of your business. Optimizing the performance of key team members and empowering them. Knowing that bringing on a new hire takes an investment, an expense in training. Recognizing your zone of genius and spending your time there. Contact Info: SOCIAL LINKS & Contact Info -  Scheduler:  https://meetme.so/LawFirmMentor  Thrive Tribe Tactics January 2021: http://lawfirmmentor.net/thrive-tribe-tactics/ Bio: Allison Williams Bio Allison C. Williams, Esq., is Founder and Owner of the Williams Law Group, LLC, with offices in Short Hills and Wall Township, New Jersey.  She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, is Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney, and is the first attorney in New Jersey to become Board-Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in the field of Family Law. Ms. Williams is a member of the New Jersey Board on Attorney Certification (NJBAC) – Matrimonial Committee, a New Jersey Supreme Court committee that determines eligibility of candidates to be certified as a recognized practitioner in the field of matrimonial law. Ms. Williams has been named a Rising Star Attorney by the New Jersey Super Lawyers franchise continuously from 2008 – 2013, and has been named a Super Lawyer by that organization for 2014 – 2019. In 2016, she was featured in the Super Lawyers publication (Williams v. The Rubber Stamp), she has been named one of the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in New Jersey from 2017-2019 and in 2019, was voted in the Top 100 Super Lawyers in the State of New Jersey. Ms. Williams is an accomplished businesswoman. In 2017, the Williams Law Group won the LawFirm500 award, ranking 14th of the fastest growing law firms in the nation, as Ms. Williams grew the firm 581% in three years. Ms. Williams won the Silver Stevie Award for Female Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017.  In 2018, Ms. Williams was voted as NJBIZ’s Top 50 Women in Business and was designated one of the Top 25 Leading Women Entrepreneurs and Business Owners. In 2019, Ms. Williams won the Seminole 100 Award for founding one of the fastest growing companies among graduates of Florida State University. In 2018, Ms. Williams created Law Firm Mentor, a business coaching service for lawyers.  She helps solo and small law firm attorneys grow their business revenues, crush chaos in business and make more money.  Through multi-day intensive business retreats, group and one-to-one coaching, and strategic planning sessions, Ms. Williams advises lawyers on all aspects of creating, sustaining and scaling a law firm business – and specifically, she teaches them the core foundational principles of marketing, sales, personnel management, communications and money management in law firms.  She received her B.S., magna cum laude, and her M.S., summa cum laude, from Florida State University. She received her J.D., cum laude, from Syracuse University College of Law. Snip-Its: 00:11:36 How much do we expect this person to bring into the business based on the work that they do and then, of that stream of revenue, a certain portion goes to the lawyer. So if you think about it, there are three primary expenses that you're going to have in a law firm. You're going to have compensation to the person doing the work. You're going to have the overhead to do the work. And that's the stuff of the files, right. The the ink, the paper, the machines, the licenses, all of the stuff of running the business. And then you're going to have the profit. And you need to have profit, even if you're not planning to take that profit and stick it in your pocket. You need to have profit in order to reinvest in the business and also to weather the economic storms of unexpected expenses, downturns and market. 00:18:21 We either get convenience over money too soon, i.e. we're tired of working so hard. So we work harder to the point where we feel like we can't work any harder. And then we go out and get an employee, whether we have properly monetized that person or not or whether we can actually afford that person or not. And then we have added to our stress, because now we've taken away the stress of having too much do. But we've added the stress of hustling to pay somebody. That is not a wise choice. 00:31:10 But the goal is to look at how you can monetize work upward. OK. That means from the bottom up, you want every person that comes into the business to create more billing opportunity or more collecting opportunity or more monetizing opportunity or more selling opportunity for people that are higher up the food chain. So that may very well mean that when you hire someone that that person isn't going to be a biller. They're not going to be directly working with clients, that they're going to create economic space for others that are.

If you want your law firm to generate more revenue where do you start? Many lawyers try to work harder to generate more leads in the hopes that generating more leads will turn into more clients, which will turn into more money. In today’s episode we're going to talk about how that’s the worst approach to making more money and what the one approach you need to take to double your revenue in one year. In this episode we discuss:   Four things you need to stop doing and one thing you need to start doing in order to grow your revenue. Why working harder doesn’t necessarily produce more and better results. How more leads won’t help if you don’t know how to sell. That selling is not about you, but about the client.   How stepping and fetching for your client does not build respect. Billing more work to make more money and how the math doesn’t work. The importance of consistency in… Contact Info: Scheduler:  https://meetme.so/LawFirmMentor  Bio: Allison C. Williams, Esq., is Founder and Owner of the Williams Law Group, LLC, with offices in Short Hills and Wall Township, New Jersey.  She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, is Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney, and is the first attorney in New Jersey to become Board-Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in the field of Family Law. Ms. Williams is a member of the New Jersey Board on Attorney Certification (NJBAC) – Matrimonial Committee, a New Jersey Supreme Court committee that determines eligibility of candidates to be certified as a recognized practitioner in the field of matrimonial law. Ms. Williams has been named a Rising Star Attorney by the New Jersey Super Lawyers franchise continuously from 2008 – 2013, and has been named a Super Lawyer by that organization for 2014 – 2019. In 2016, she was featured in the Super Lawyers publication (Williams v. The Rubber Stamp), she has been named one of the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in New Jersey from 2017-2019 and in 2019, was voted in the Top 100 Super Lawyers in the State of New Jersey. Ms. Williams is an accomplished businesswoman. In 2017, the Williams Law Group won the LawFirm500 award, ranking 14th of the fastest growing law firms in the nation, as Ms. Williams grew the firm 581% in three years. Ms. Williams won the Silver Stevie Award for Female Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017.  In 2018, Ms. Williams was voted as NJBIZ’s Top 50 Women in Business and was designated one of the Top 25 Leading Women Entrepreneurs and Business Owners. In 2019, Ms. Williams won the Seminole 100 Award for founding one of the fastest growing companies among graduates of Florida State University. In 2018, Ms. Williams created Law Firm Mentor, a business coaching service for lawyers.  She helps solo and small law firm attorneys grow their business revenues, crush chaos in business and make more money.  Through multi-day intensive business retreats, group and one-to-one coaching, and strategic planning sessions, Ms. Williams advises lawyers on all aspects of creating, sustaining and scaling a law firm business – and specifically, she teaches them the core foundational principles of marketing, sales, personnel management, communications and money management in law firms.  She received her B.S., magna cum laude, and her M.S., summa cum laude, from Florida State University. She received her J.D., cum laude, from Syracuse University College of Law.  Snip-Its: 00:08:53 – 42 Seconds So working harder does have its limits, even for those of us that can put in 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 hours a week, there will be a cap to that. And the problem is we don't often know where that cap is. So when you create a strategy that says I'm going to work harder in order to get myself to that next place, you are always going to have a question mark as to how far you can go because your body and your mind require rest and rejuvenation to work at your best. And if you deprive either your mind or your body or likely both, of that rest, you are going to see not only diminishing returns, but you're going to hit a cap at some point. And let me tell you, the cap is not necessarily what we think it is, right. 00:18:07 – 40 Seconds So a lot of those people that you would refer to the marketing company as bad leads are really not bad leads. They're just the subject of bad selling because you don't know how to sell, OK? And if you don't know how to sell and if you think of yourself as just a professional and not a salesperson, I hate to break it to you. If you own a business, you are in the business of sales. If you don't sell anything in your business, you don't have a business, you have a hobby. You have to sell people on the idea of working with you. And that does not mean convincing them or tricking them or persuading them. That means getting in touch with what their problem is and offering them a solution and doing it in a way that it's all about the client.

Too many lawyers stand in their own way of making their law firm a success. In today’s episode, my guest Ken Hardison and I will talk about what you are doing to impede your firm’s success and what you can do about it starting today. In this episode we discuss:   The top 3 barriers to growing a law firm. The key to hiring and retaining your team. The cost of making a bad hiring decision.   The responsibility to train that comes with hiring a new employee. Key reasons people leave a law firm and the first reason isn’t money! The seven levers of cash flow needed to have a successful law business. How small changes to expenses and fees can make large increases to profit. Staying compliant and dealing with complaints. Differentiating your law business from all the others without competing on price. Contact Info: Ken@pilmma.org https://www.pilmma.org 800-497-1890 Bio: Ken Hardison From Website:  https://www.lawyernc.com After completing his undergraduate work at Campbell University, where he graduated with honors, Mr. Hardison enrolled in Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University. Upon receiving his Juris Doctorate in 1982, he quickly went into practice in Dunn, North Carolina. In 27 years of practice, Mr. Hardison has acquired many accolades, which he attributes to his focused attention to each and every client he represents. Mr. Hardison’s ethics, integrity and standards have set the path for which the Firm operates on a daily basis. He is described by attorneys and staff as someone who puts the client first, is very experienced and is always willing to help no matter the problem. Allison Williams Allison C. Williams, Esq., is Founder and Owner of the Williams Law Group, LLC, with offices in Short Hills and Wall Township, New Jersey.  She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, is Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney, and is the first attorney in New Jersey to become Board-Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in the field of Family Law. Ms. Williams is a member of the New Jersey Board on Attorney Certification (NJBAC) – Matrimonial Committee, a New Jersey Supreme Court committee that determines eligibility of candidates to be certified as a recognized practitioner in the field of matrimonial law. Ms. Williams has been named a Rising Star Attorney by the New Jersey Super Lawyers franchise continuously from 2008 – 2013, and has been named a Super Lawyer by that organization for 2014 – 2019. In 2016, she was featured in the Super Lawyers publication (Williams v. The Rubber Stamp), she has been named one of the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in New Jersey from 2017-2019 and in 2019, was voted in the Top 100 Super Lawyers in the State of New Jersey. Ms. Williams is an accomplished businesswoman. In 2017, the Williams Law Group won the LawFirm500 award, ranking 14th of the fastest growing law firms in the nation, as Ms. Williams grew the firm 581% in three years. Ms. Williams won the Silver Stevie Award for Female Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017.  In 2018, Ms. Williams was voted as NJBIZ’s Top 50 Women in Business and was designated one of the Top 25 Leading Women Entrepreneurs and Business Owners. In 2019, Ms. Williams won the Seminole 100 Award for founding one of the fastest growing companies among graduates of Florida State University. In 2018, Ms. Williams created Law Firm Mentor, a business coaching service for lawyers.  She helps solo and small law firm attorneys grow their business revenues, crush chaos in business and make more money.  Through multi-day intensive business retreats, group and one-to-one coaching, and strategic planning sessions, Ms. Williams advises lawyers on all aspects of creating, sustaining and scaling a law firm business – and specifically, she teaches them the core foundational principles of marketing, sales, personnel management, communications and money management in law firms.  She received her B.S., magna cum laude, and her M.S., summa cum laude, from Florida State University. She received her J.D., cum laude, from Syracuse University College of Law.  Snip-Its: 00:22:14 – (40 Seconds) Ken Hardison I just think that you've got to hire people that are stronger than you are, that complement your weaknesses. And what you need to do is take your strengths and leverage them. (Yeah.) And I think that's the way you're going to be happier. Because whatever you're good at but you've got a passion for, right, or you wouldn't be good at it. (Right.) And that's what makes you happy. So do the stuff that makes you happy and you've got a passion for, when you can afford to. I mean, I know sometimes when you're starting out, you gotta do, you gotta where, you gotta do some stuff you don't really like to do. And that's just part of life. You know. You got to crawl before you can walk, walk before you can run. You know, things like that. But the sooner you can get there, the more happy you're going to be. And I'll be honest with you. You'll make loads more money.

In 2021 law firm finances will be the new sexy, or at least they should be after everything that happened in 2020. In today’s episode I have invited my guest Shawnna Weber to talk about ways you can crush chaos in the areas of bookkeeping and billing. In this episode we discuss: How to know it’s time to outsource some of the billing and bookkeeping. Recognizing the value of your time and determining its best use. Determining when a bookkeeper should be brought in-house. Understanding your tax obligations and the different ways taxes are paid into the system along with identifying legitimate business expenses that can be deducted. The differences between your Accountant and Bookkeeper and why you need both.   The importance of reviewing your reports for correct expense categories and charges for items no longer used or needed.   Key financial reports to review on a regular basis. Using trend reports to anticipate income and determine marketing decisions. The importance of staying proactively involved in your finances. Tips for maximizing your funds as the year comes to a close. Contact Info: Contact Information for Shawna SOCIAL LINKS https://www.edgewoodbusinesssolutions.com/ https://www.edgewoodbusinesssolutions.com/faces-of-finance https://www.facebook.com/edgybusinesssolutions https://www.instagram.com/edgysolutions/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnnaweber/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/edgewood-business-solutions success@edgysolutions.com  OFFER  We are offering a Financial Deep Dive for $999 which includes reviewing your 2020 year to date bookkeeping and making recommendations for classification and any strategies you can implement now or discuss with your CPA.   To sign up for a complimentary 15 minute call about the offer go to edgewood business solutions.as.me/financialdeepdiveintrocall   or email us at success@edgysolutions.com Bio: Shawna Weber Bio:  Shawnna Weber is the host of the Faces of Finance podcast and the CEO of California based Edgeworth Business Solutions, a business consulting and bookkeeping firm that challenges the traditionally transactional model of financial management. Shawnna founded the company in 2011 with a goal of developing long lasting consultative relationships with clients that allow them to decrease their expenses while driving profitability. And in doing so, Shawnna and her team have managed over 60 million dollars in assets across their client base and have negotiated and implemented strategies saving companies over one million dollars over the past seven years. Allison Williams Bio:  Allison C. Williams, Esq., is Founder and Owner of the Williams Law Group, LLC, with offices in Short Hills and Wall Township, New Jersey.  She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, is Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney, and is the first attorney in New Jersey to become Board-Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in the field of Family Law. Ms. Williams is a member of the New Jersey Board on Attorney Certification (NJBAC) – Matrimonial Committee, a New Jersey Supreme Court committee that determines eligibility of candidates to be certified as a recognized practitioner in the field of matrimonial law. Ms. Williams has been named a Rising Star Attorney by the New Jersey Super Lawyers franchise continuously from 2008 – 2013, and has been named a Super Lawyer by that organization for 2014 – 2019. In 2016, she was featured in the Super Lawyers publication (Williams v. The Rubber Stamp), she has been named one of the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in New Jersey from 2017-2019 and in 2019, was voted in the Top 100 Super Lawyers in the State of New Jersey. Ms. Williams is an accomplished businesswoman. In 2017, the Williams Law Group won the LawFirm500 award, ranking 14th of the fastest growing law firms in the nation, as Ms. Williams grew the firm 581% in three years. Ms. Williams won the Silver Stevie Award for Female Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017.  In 2018, Ms. Williams was voted as NJBIZ’s Top 50 Women in Business and was designated one of the Top 25 Leading Women Entrepreneurs and Business Owners. In 2019, Ms. Williams won the Seminole 100 Award for founding one of the fastest growing companies among graduates of Florida State University. In 2018, Ms. Williams created Law Firm Mentor, a business coaching service for lawyers.  She helps solo and small law firm attorneys grow their business revenues, crush chaos in business and make more money.  Through multi-day intensive business retreats, group and one-to-one coaching, and strategic planning sessions, Ms. Williams advises lawyers on all aspects of creating, sustaining and scaling a law firm business – and specifically, she teaches them the core foundational principles of marketing, sales, personnel management, communications and money management in law firms.  She received her B.S., magna cum laude, and her M.S., summa cum laude, from Florida State University. She received her J.D., cum laude, from Syracuse University College of Law.  Snip-Its: 00:19:45 (33 Seconds) - Shawnna I would say meeting with your CPA is really equally as important and that can be less frequent. But I would say at least twice a year. And a lot of people think, oh, I just need it during tax time, but sometimes by tax time, it can be a little late to take advantage of any strategies. So we say please meet once towards the end of the year and then another at tax time. And, really you want to reach out when there's any changes in your business. I mean, maybe you're looking to purchase an office space or you're adding another partner. Any major changes should be communicated so you don't get to tax time, and your CPA is like, oh, if you told me that last year, I could have helped you with that. So. 00:21:12 (50 Seconds) – Allison My accountant, so my accountant can shoot me a message and say, hey, I know that you just added three new team members and I know that you've got bonuses coming up at the end of the year or I know you're going to be doing some some gifting through the company. Let's figure out the best way to do that so that we can maximize your tax benefit. And if you have those two different professionals that don't ever communicate, the bookkeeper is on one place, the accounting team is on another place, then you as the business owner have to really be intentional about bringing your financial team together to give you advice periodically. And it doesn't take a whole lot to do that. I mean, it literally is just schedule yourself a quarterly meeting and invite them both to come and have everybody have access to the reports so that you can have those strategy sessions. Don't be passive in trying to get advice for your business. You have to be intentional about seeking that.

Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, a Nexsen Pruet, LLC series, hosted by Sonal Patel, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM. Episode 8 provides Newsworthy highlights on the month's Fraud, Waste and Abuse - in Operation Rubber Stamp! and my curated resources for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Trusty Tip touches on Sonal's best practice recommendations for modifier -25, while Spark illuminates us all with the words of Mahatma Gandhi. Go ahead and listen, subscribe, rate and review! Now on: Anchor: http://anchor.fm/sonal-patel5 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6hcJAHHrqNLo9UmKtqRP3X Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/paint-the-medical-picture-podcast/id1530442177 Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/paint-the-medical-picture-podcast Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/tcwfkshx Radio Public: https://radiopublic.com/paint-the-medical-picture-podcast-WRZvAw If you would like to reach out for Sonal's consulting services, please contact her directly at: sonalpatel@nexsenpruet.com Find Sonal at Nexsen Pruet at: https://www.nexsenpruet.com/professionals/sonal-patel Find Sonal's Services at: https://www.nexsenpruet.com/about-us/npcoding360 Find Sonal on LinkedIn at: www.linkedin.com/in/sonapate Find Nexsen Pruet Healthcare on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/nexsen-pruet-health-care/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sonal-patel5/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sonal-patel5/support

One area that many lawyers struggle in is hiring the right person for the right position for your firm. Often this struggle stems from focusing solely on aptitude and not considering key characteristics you need to look at for every position you fill in your firm. Today we are going to explore these three characteristics and what you can do to hire rock stars for your firm. In this episode we discuss: The three characteristics important for every hire no matter for what position. The importance of asking for examples and an impromptu demonstration of aptitude. Being aware of what aptitudes and attitudes fit best into your company culture. The different meanings of ‘team player’ and how that can impact a hiring outcome. How a hiring decision can impact company culture or even be used to change and/or advance your current company culture. Bio: Allison C. Williams, Esq., is Founder and Owner of the Williams Law Group, LLC, with offices in Short Hills and Wall Township, New Jersey.  She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, is Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney, and is the first attorney in New Jersey to become Board-Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in the field of Family Law. Ms. Williams is a member of the New Jersey Board on Attorney Certification (NJBAC) – Matrimonial Committee, a New Jersey Supreme Court committee that determines eligibility of candidates to be certified as a recognized practitioner in the field of matrimonial law. Ms. Williams has been named a Rising Star Attorney by the New Jersey Super Lawyers franchise continuously from 2008 – 2013, and has been named a Super Lawyer by that organization for 2014 – 2019. In 2016, she was featured in the Super Lawyers publication (Williams v. The Rubber Stamp), she has been named one of the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in New Jersey from 2017-2019 and in 2019, was voted in the Top 100 Super Lawyers in the State of New Jersey. Ms. Williams is an accomplished businesswoman. In 2017, the Williams Law Group won the LawFirm500 award, ranking 14th of the fastest growing law firms in the nation, as Ms. Williams grew the firm 581% in three years. Ms. Williams won the Silver Stevie Award for Female Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017.  In 2018, Ms. Williams was voted as NJBIZ’s Top 50 Women in Business and was designated one of the Top 25 Leading Women Entrepreneurs and Business Owners. In 2019, Ms. Williams won the Seminole 100 Award for founding one of the fastest growing companies among graduates of Florida State University. In 2018, Ms. Williams created Law Firm Mentor, a business coaching service for lawyers.  She helps solo and small law firm attorneys grow their business revenues, crush chaos in business and make more money.  Through multi-day intensive business retreats, group and one-to-one coaching, and strategic planning sessions, Ms. Williams advises lawyers on all aspects of creating, sustaining and scaling a law firm business – and specifically, she teaches them the core foundational principles of marketing, sales, personnel management, communications and money management in law firms.  She received her B.S., magna cum laude, and her M.S., summa cum laude, from Florida State University. She received her J.D., cum laude, from Syracuse University College of Law. Snip-Its: 00:15:54 (35 Seconds) And what I have found since we have started implementing a practical skills component of our interview process is that people oftentimes will report that they have the ability to do something. And then when they are asked to show it, when they're asked to demonstrate it, when they're asked even just to give you a concrete example, they oftentimes cannot do that. And when they can't do that, you know that they either are not confident in their ability or if they are, that they just simply don't have the skill that they allege that they did. 00:34:45 (45 Seconds) When you hire a misfit, you are also creating an opportunity for yourself. So in every lost opportunity, in every struggle, in every strife and every discord, there is the opportunity for greatness that comes with that. And if you bring somebody into your business who does not fit the culture that's here, is that an opportunity to reform your culture? Positive and negative. Right. So sometimes you may be looking to keep exactly what you have, in which case you want to hire somebody who's exactly like the people that are already here. And other times you might want to step out of your existing culture because you want to reform your culture. You want your culture to advance.

One of the questions I’m asked frequently is how do you create an efficient and effective client intake system? And how do you hire someone who can handle this so that you can convert more of your client intake calls? Today we’re going to talk about client intake and what you need to do to improve your sales process.  In this episode we discuss: The three components of the ideal person to do your intake. Acknowledging the importance of the intake person’s effectiveness for the success of your business. Training the right intake person through demonstration to optimize their performance. Setting goals based on metrics to continually increase production. Using recordings (if you are allowed in your state) to provide feedback for both praise and improvement. Overcoming the discomfort of knowing you are being recorded. The influence that pace, volume, tone and the ability to listen have on your intake conversations. Balancing the conversation of scheduling a consultation with the sincere expression of empathy. Bio: Allison C. Williams, Esq., is Founder and Owner of the Williams Law Group, LLC, with offices in Short Hills and Wall Township, New Jersey.  She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, is Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney, and is the first attorney in New Jersey to become Board-Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in the field of Family Law. Ms. Williams is a member of the New Jersey Board on Attorney Certification (NJBAC) – Matrimonial Committee, a New Jersey Supreme Court committee that determines eligibility of candidates to be certified as a recognized practitioner in the field of matrimonial law. Ms. Williams has been named a Rising Star Attorney by the New Jersey Super Lawyers franchise continuously from 2008 – 2013, and has been named a Super Lawyer by that organization for 2014 – 2019. In 2016, she was featured in the Super Lawyers publication (Williams v. The Rubber Stamp), she has been named one of the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in New Jersey from 2017-2019 and in 2019, was voted in the Top 100 Super Lawyers in the State of New Jersey. Ms. Williams is an accomplished businesswoman. In 2017, the Williams Law Group won the LawFirm500 award, ranking 14th of the fastest growing law firms in the nation, as Ms. Williams grew the firm 581% in three years. Ms. Williams won the Silver Stevie Award for Female Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017.  In 2018, Ms. Williams was voted as NJBIZ’s Top 50 Women in Business and was designated one of the Top 25 Leading Women Entrepreneurs and Business Owners. In 2019, Ms. Williams won the Seminole 100 Award for founding one of the fastest growing companies among graduates of Florida State University. In 2018, Ms. Williams created Law Firm Mentor, a business coaching service for lawyers.  She helps solo and small law firm attorneys grow their business revenues, crush chaos in business and make more money.  Through multi-day intensive business retreats, group and one-to-one coaching, and strategic planning sessions, Ms. Williams advises lawyers on all aspects of creating, sustaining and scaling a law firm business – and specifically, she teaches them the core foundational principles of marketing, sales, personnel management, communications and money management in law firms.  She received her B.S., magna cum laude, and her M.S., summa cum laude, from Florida State University. She received her J.D., cum laude, from Syracuse University College of Law.  Snip-Its: 00:03:52 (35 Seconds) It is not sufficient that you get a really likable person who's kind of just going through the motions of doing whatever it is that you ask them to do. Not saying that this person has to be someone who's going to set the world on fire. But you have to expect that a person who is in this role, who's going to be front facing forward, client facing most of their time, they have to be the kind of person that enjoys talking to people. They need to have the type of personality that engages through the phone because most of our sensory information comes in through our eyes.   00:07:31 (40 Seconds) But before you even get to the point of getting them to selling, you have to have the right mindset for what they're doing on the phone. And one of the things that we found in the industry of looking at people that are successful with intake is they are naturally inquisitive people. That means they are going to naturally be oriented toward asking questions and figuring out what's going on and digging deeper beyond the surface of what they're told, because if they take at face value everything that a person says on the phone before that person gets into your office, you will oftentimes have a glut of people to meet with who are just not appropriate prospects for your office whatsoever.

We set business goals at the beginning of the year with every intention of meeting them. But life can get messy and this year things got VERY messy. In today's episode I am going to teach you 3 strategies you can use to get your business back on track. These are concrete strategies that you can not only use right away but that you can work on RIGHT NOW as I outline them for you.  In this episode we discuss: What to do when you find yourself off course from making your goals due to unplanned challenges out of your control, such as covid. The importance of knowing your numbers when evaluating your business. How your reaction to unplanned challenges can impact business outcomes. Taking personal responsibility for your choices as they influence and contribute to outcomes going forward. Owning control over the things that you can control. Taking stock of your mental health and mindset. Asking yourself how you have maintained or changed your standards to adjust to a changed workplace. The impact PPP loans may have on your tax bill due to be paid next year. How there’s still time for an amazing fourth quarter with the right course corrections. Bio: Allison C. Williams, Esq., is Founder and Owner of the Williams Law Group, LLC, with offices in Short Hills and Wall Township, New Jersey.  She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, is Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney, and is the first attorney in New Jersey to become Board-Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in the field of Family Law. Ms. Williams is a member of the New Jersey Board on Attorney Certification (NJBAC) – Matrimonial Committee, a New Jersey Supreme Court committee that determines eligibility of candidates to be certified as a recognized practitioner in the field of matrimonial law. Ms. Williams has been named a Rising Star Attorney by the New Jersey Super Lawyers franchise continuously from 2008 – 2013, and has been named a Super Lawyer by that organization for 2014 – 2019. In 2016, she was featured in the Super Lawyers publication (Williams v. The Rubber Stamp), she has been named one of the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in New Jersey from 2017-2019 and in 2019, was voted in the Top 100 Super Lawyers in the State of New Jersey. Ms. Williams is an accomplished businesswoman. In 2017, the Williams Law Group won the LawFirm500 award, ranking 14th of the fastest growing law firms in the nation, as Ms. Williams grew the firm 581% in three years. Ms. Williams won the Silver Stevie Award for Female Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017.  In 2018, Ms. Williams was voted as NJBIZ’s Top 50 Women in Business and was designated one of the Top 25 Leading Women Entrepreneurs and Business Owners. In 2019, Ms. Williams won the Seminole 100 Award for founding one of the fastest growing companies among graduates of Florida State University. In 2018, Ms. Williams created Law Firm Mentor, a business coaching service for lawyers.  She helps solo and small law firm attorneys grow their business revenues, crush chaos in business and make more money.  Through multi-day intensive business retreats, group and one-to-one coaching, and strategic planning sessions, Ms. Williams advises lawyers on all aspects of creating, sustaining and scaling a law firm business – and specifically, she teaches them the core foundational principles of marketing, sales, personnel management, communications and money management in law firms.  She received her B.S., magna cum laude, and her M.S., summa cum laude, from Florida State University. She received her J.D., cum laude, from Syracuse University College of Law.  Snip-Its: 00:17:21 (47 Seconds) Almost instinctually, we go to the mindset of if something is happening in the external world, we have no choice but to accept the ramifications of that in our law firm. And many times that is not true. Many times we are making choices that have adverse consequences for our business and if we were to make a different choice, the consequence would be different. And so you have to start thinking about what exactly is the cause of the current circumstance that you're experiencing in your business, whether it's an uptick or a downward slide in business. Where did that come from and what are all the pieces that contributed to that so that you can start making different choices to change the outcome that you're experiencing. 00:35:57 (43 Seconds) There are ways for you to keep the standard the same in terms of production, but allow for some modification of what will actually be produced, meaning if I don't have the work to give to a client, I could give the work into a marketing initiative or I could give the work into a system for the firm, or I could give the work into, you know, pouring into the cultural morale, depending on how high your standards are. Ultimately, that will dictate whether or not your standards should be modified. But if there's a modification, the modification should be a revamping of your structure and it ought to have very clearly defined parameters around it. It should not be simply a wholesale walking away from the standards that you created. 00:41:31 (19 Seconds) But your goal is to be fully educated and to make decisions that are best for your business based on your business metrics and separating your emotional connection to those decisions from the analysis. And this is where taking stock of yourself and why you are doing what you were doing is very important.

What could you accomplish if there were no limits? As lawyers we tend to be grounded in reality, which can actually limit what we can achieve in our practice and in our lives. Today I want to show you how a different thought framework will allow you to make decisions which can help you achieve growth in any economic climate.  In this episode we discuss: Having a fixed mindset versus a growth mindset. What is the scarcity mindset and why is it toxic? Changing the power of a feeling through thought work. A framework for using your desire to materialize what you want: What is it that you want? Do you believe you can have it now? Do you believe that you can have it more than you believe you may fail? Do you believe that if you fail, you’ll recover better off than if you had not tried? How failures can set you free and make you better off. Contact Info: To contact Allison: Website – https://lawfirmmentor.net/ Facebook – https://facebook.com/LawFirmMentor Instagram – https://instagram.com/Law_Firm_Mentor  Twitter – https://twitter.com/Law_Firm_Mentor  Email – law.firm.mentor@gmail.com  Bio: About Allison: Allison C. Williams, Esq., is The Law Firm Mentor.  Law Firm Mentor is a Business Coaching service for solo and small law firm attorneys.  It helps lawyers to grow their revenues, crush chaos in business and make more money.  Law Firm Mentor was born out of Allison’s experience starting a law firm and scaling its revenues into a multi-million dollar business in only three years.  She shares her extensive knowledge of business, mindset coaching and entrepreneurship alongside her team in Law Firm Mentor. Allison is also Founder and Owner of the Williams Law Group, LLC, with offices in Short Hills and Freehold, New Jersey.  She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, is Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney, and is the first attorney in New Jersey to become Board-Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in the field of Family Law. Allison is a member of the New Jersey Board on Attorney Certification (NJBAC) – Matrimonial Committee, a New Jersey Supreme Court committee that determines eligibility of candidates to be certified as a recognized practitioner in the field of matrimonial law. Allison has been named a Rising Star Attorney by the New Jersey Super Lawyers franchise continuously from 2008 – 2013, and has been named a Super Lawyer by that organization for 2014 – present. In 2016, she was featured in the Super Lawyers publication (Williams v. The Rubber Stamp), she has been named one of the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in New Jersey from 2017-2020 and in 2019-2020, was voted in the Top 100 Super Lawyers and Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in the State of New Jersey. Allison is an accomplished businesswoman. In 2017, the Williams Law Group won the LawFirm500 award, ranking 14th of the fastest growing law firms in the nation, as Ms. Williams grew the firm 581% in three years. She won the Silver Stevie Award for Female Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017.  In 2018, Allison was voted as NJBIZ’s Top 50 Women in Business and was designated one of the Top 25 Leading Women Entrepreneurs and Business Owners. In 2019, Allison won the Seminole 100 Award for founding one of the fastest growing companies among graduates of Florida State University. In 2018, Allison created Law Firm Mentor, a business coaching service for lawyers. Through multi-day intensive business retreats, group and one-to-one coaching, and strategic planning sessions, Ms. Williams advises lawyers on all aspects of creating, sustaining and scaling a law firm business – and specifically, she teaches them the core foundational principles of marketing, sales, personnel management, communications and money management in law firms.  She received her B.S., magna cum laude, and her M.S., summa cum laude, from Florida State University. She received her J.D., cum laude, from Syracuse University College of Law. Snip-Its 00:03:11 So a lot of people will believe that they are restricted by their race, their gender, their region of the world, their economic circumstances, their parentage, ancestry, their political beliefs. They'll believe that there is only so much that can be done and they will only achieve up to the height of that possibility. And when you start to hear someone talk about what is not possible, oftentimes it is because they are focusing on the how and not focusing on a framework that we're going to talk about today that's actually going to give you the ability to start to see possibilities where you don't currently see them. 00:12:07 And thought work is a framework for how to look at problem solving, that does not start with the tactic or the strategy. It starts with understanding that your circumstance is what it is. So we have to accept the circumstance. And if we cannot immediately change the circumstance, we have to then think about how we are thinking about our circumstances. Because our thoughts about a circumstance are going to cause us to have a certain feeling. And the power of that feeling is going to dictate what action or inaction we take that will lead to a result. 00:27:00 And thought work is a framework for how to look at problem solving, that does not start with the tactic or the strategy. It starts with understanding that your circumstance is what it is. So we have to accept the circumstance. And if we cannot immediately change the circumstance, we have to then think about how we are thinking about our circumstances. Because our thoughts about a circumstance are going to cause us to have a certain feeling. And the power of that feeling is going to dictate what action or inaction we take that will lead to a result. 00:44:59 But if you don't want to wait 10, 15, 20 years to get to a place where you are happy with the life that you are living after, you are too old to enjoy it. Or frankly, don't have the stage of life where you're able to physically or emotionally or financially enjoy it because you have other priorities, and you want your success today, then it's time to get out of the scarcity mindset so that you can ultimately get yourself to the place that you want.

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Google "B Corp" and you'll find: "Certified B Corporations are a new kind of business that balances purpose and profit." But what does that really entail? We're diving deep on B Corp certification with B Corp business owner Emily Lonigro of LimeRed. What is a B Corp? How does it work? And are there flaws in the B Corp system?

Google “B Corp” and you’ll find: “Certified B Corporations are a new kind of business that balances purpose and profit.” But what does that really entail? We’re diving deep on B Corp certification with B Corp business owner Emily Lonigro of LimeRed. What is a B Corp? How does it work? And are there flaws in the B Corp system? Our Guest Today: Emily... Read More The post 8. The Anatomy of a B Corp – More Than Just a Patagonia Rubber Stamp appeared first on Table Stakes Podcast.

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Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, congratulated President Trump on his success in remaking the federal appeals court.

We learn that Brady is the true comedic genius of this podcast and during the buzz around town Brady and Eric discuss the sock pop up store, over and over again (It's deja vu all over again). The guys talk about Violet Press, Crystal Joys and all things rocks (apologies to the rock collectors in our audience), Ice Box Knitting, the Mountain Fountain in Hygiene and the new Benny's Tacos in Berthoud. In the Deep Dive, Brady discusses bike shops in Longmont. Events include the Puppy Supply Drive at the Starbucks on Ken Pratt Parkway (to support Longmont Humane), the Rubber Stamp workshop, Date Night at Crackpots, and live music at The Roost.Business mentions In this episode:Sock pop up https://www.violetpressandpaper.com/https://crystaljoys.com/pages/longmonthttp://iceboxknitting.com/https://themountainfountain.com/Benny's http://places.singleplatform.com/bennys-tacos-4/menu?ref=googleBike shopshttps://www.longmontvelo.com/https://www.smallplanetebikes.com/https://longmontbikes.com/MusicThanks to Andy Eppler for Nothing but the Rain as our intro Music for your week "Bouncin" provided by Michael Bellmont

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Email the word "Rubber Stamp" to sschiffman@steveschiffman.com for a chance to win one of Steve's published sales books.For more information about Steve, visit:https://www.steveschiffman.com/https://www.amazon.com/Stephan-Schiffman/e/B001H9PRO2?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_3&qid=1560270693&sr=8-3

Email the word "Rubber Stamp" to sschiffman@steveschiffman.com for a chance to win one of Steve's published sales books.For more information about Steve, visit:https://www.steveschiffman.com/https://www.amazon.com/Stephan-Schiffman/e/B001H9PRO2?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_3&qid=1560270693&sr=8-3

Email the word "Rubber Stamp" to sschiffman@steveschiffman.com for a chance to win one of Steve's published sales books.For more information about Steve, visit:https://www.steveschiffman.com/https://www.amazon.com/Stephan-Schiffman/e/B001H9PRO2?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_3&qid=1560270693&sr=8-3

Email the word "Rubber Stamp" to sschiffman@steveschiffman.com for a chance to win one of Steve's published sales books.For more information about Steve, visit:https://www.steveschiffman.com/https://www.amazon.com/Stephan-Schiffman/e/B001H9PRO2?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_3&qid=1560270693&sr=8-3

Email the word "Rubber Stamp" to sschiffman@steveschiffman.com for a chance to win one of Steve's published sales books.For more information about Steve, visit:https://www.steveschiffman.com/https://www.amazon.com/Stephan-Schiffman/e/B001H9PRO2?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_3&qid=1560270693&sr=8-3

Email the word "Rubber Stamp" to sschiffman@steveschiffman.com for a chance to win one of Steve's published sales books.For more information about Steve, visit:https://www.steveschiffman.com/https://www.amazon.com/Stephan-Schiffman/e/B001H9PRO2?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_3&qid=1560270693&sr=8-3

In this episode of Power of Attorney, LeTonya Moore welcomes, Allison Williams, the Law Firm Mentor. Allison shares tips to grow revenues, crush chaos, and make more money with your law firm. Her targets are small to medium sized established practices ready to grow and become the "go to" legal authority in their respective practice areas. ABOUT OUR GUEST: Allison C. Williams, Esq., is Founder and Owner of the Williams Law Group, LLC, with offices in Short Hills and Wall Township, New Jersey. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, is Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney, and is the first attorney in New Jersey to become Board-Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in the field of Family Law. Ms. Williams is a member of the New Jersey Board on Attorney Certification (NJBAC) – Matrimonial Committee, a New Jersey Supreme Court committee that determines eligibility of candidates to be certified as a recognized practitioner in the field of matrimonial law. Ms. Williams has been named a Rising Star Attorney by the New Jersey Super Lawyers franchise continuously from 2008 – 2013, and has been named a Super Lawyer by that organization for 2014 – 2019. In 2016, she was featured in the Super Lawyers publication (Williams v. The Rubber Stamp), she has been named one of the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in New Jersey from 2017-2019 and in 2019, was voted in the Top 100 Super Lawyers in the State of New Jersey. Ms. Williams is an accomplished businesswoman. In 2017, the Williams Law Group won the LawFirm500 award, ranking 14th of the fastest growing law firms in the nation, as Ms. Williams grew the firm 581% in three years. Ms. Williams won the Silver Stevie Award for Female Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017. In 2018, Ms. Williams was voted as NJBIZ’s Top 50 Women in Business and was designated one of the Top 25 Leading Women Entrepreneurs and Business Owners. In 2019, Ms. Williams won the Seminole 100 Award for founding one of the fastest growing companies among graduates of Florida State University. In 2018, Ms. Williams created Law Firm Mentor, a business coaching service for lawyers. She helps solo and small law firm attorneys grow their business revenues, crush chaos in business and make more money. Through multi-day intensive business retreats, group and one-to-one coaching, and strategic planning sessions, Ms. Williams advises lawyers on all aspects of creating, sustaining and scaling a law firm business – and specifically, she teaches them the core foundational principles of marketing, sales, personnel management, communications and money management in law firms. She received her B.S., magna cum laude, and her M.S., summa cum laude, from Florida State University. She received her J.D., cum laude, from Syracuse University College of Law. She can be reached at www.lawfirnmentor.net --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/power-of-attorney/support

Allison C. Williams https://familylawyersnewjersey.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheWilliamsLawGroup/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wmslawgroup YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEKChCLqO8szpwjv9ehWQGQ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allisoncwilliams/ Allison C. Williams, Esq., is Founder and Owner of the Williams Law Group, LLC, with offices in Short Hills and Wall Township, New Jersey. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, is Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney, and is the first attorney in New Jersey to become Board-Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in the field of Family Law. Ms. Williams is a member of the New Jersey Board on Attorney Certification (NJBAC) – Matrimonial Committee, a  New Jersey Supreme Court committee that determines eligibility of candidates to be certified as a recognized practitioner in the field of matrimonial law. Ms. Williams has been named a Rising Star Attorney by the New Jersey Super Lawyers franchise continuously from 2008 - 2013, and has been named a Super Lawyer by that organization for 2014 -2019. In 2016, she was featured in the Super Lawyers publication (Williams v. The Rubber Stamp), she has been named one of the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in New Jersey from 2017-2019 and in 2019, was voted in the Top 100 Super Lawyers in the State of New Jersey. Ms. Williams is an accomplished businesswoman. In 2017, the Williams Law Group won the LawFirm500 award, ranking 14th of the fastest growing law firms in the nation, as Ms. Williams grew the firm 581% in three years. Ms. Williams won the Silver Stevie Award for Female Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017.  In 2018, Ms. Williams was voted as NJBIZ’s Top 50 Women in Business and was designated one of the Top 25 Leading Women Entrepreneurs and Business Owners. In 2019, Ms. Williams won the Seminole 100 Award for founding one of the fastest growing companies among graduates of Florida State University. In 2018, Ms. Williams created Law Firm Mentor, a business coaching service for lawyers.  She helps solo and small law firm attorneys grow their business revenues, crush chaos in business and make more money.  Through multi-day intensive business retreats, group and one-to-one coaching, and strategic planning sessions, Ms. Williams advises lawyers on all aspects of creating, sustaining and scaling a law firm business. She received her B.S., magna cum laude, and her M.S., summa cum laude, from Florida State University. She received her J.D., cum laude, from Syracuse University College of Law. In this episode, we discuss: -Acting out the trial of Christopher Columbus in high school and how it impacted her -Why she began her own law firm and challenges she faced getting started -Finding the right people to work for you, especially in a growing business -The first time she had to fire someone -Putting in too many hours, almost crashing her car and what happened after -Letting go of the work and delegating duties without losing self-esteem -Figuring out how different people work and how to create a workplace to accommodate all of those types -Motivating employees to reach their full potential and eventually how she became a mentor and coach

Concerns are growing that the Government’s proposed abortion legislation will not pass through the Oireachtas in time for its planned introduction date in January. Was Minister Simon Harris naive in setting the deadline? Irish Times politics team new recruit Jennifer Bray joins old timers Hugh, Pat and Harry to talk about this and other matters including Brexit, Leo's tax cuts promise, and the national broadband scheme.

This episode features The Rubber Stamp, originally released in 1985 by XLEnt Software. It was written by Len Dorfman, Dennis Young, and Randy Dellinger. Podcast: Download Box and Supplement Scans The Rubber Stamp front cover:   Rear cover:   Picture of the disk:   Ad from Analog Magazine in August 1985:   Ad from Analog … … Continue reading →

The Rubber Stamp was released in 1985, by XLEnt Software. It was written by Len Dorfman, Dennis Young, and Randy Dellinger. … Continue reading →

Most aldermen almost always vote with the mayor, but that's starting to change.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker is joined by Juan Jose Gutierrez, executive director of the Full Rights for Immigrants Coalition, and Jane Cutter, editor of LiberationNews.org. After a first month in office marked by mass protests, fierce infighting, and heightened diplomatic tension, President Donald Trump has delivered a wide-ranging speech to Congress.Yang Jiechi, China’s top diplomat, wrapped up a two-day visit to the United States yesterday and met with Rex Tillerson to discuss the strained U.S.-China relationship and prepare the ground for a summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. Brian is joined by David Ewing, the chair of the San Francisco branch of the U.S.-China People’s Friendship Association. Residents near the site of the proposed THAAD missile system the United States plans to deploy in South Korea have filed a lawsuit as a global movement against the deployment grows. Hyun Lee, a member of the Solidarity Committee for Democracy and Peace in Korea and the Task Force to Stop THAAD in Korea and Militarism in Asia and the Pacific, joins the show.

During this lesson, students receive brief instruction on image enhancement techniques to retouch images. Concepts such as how to lighten and darken areas of a photograph using the Burn and Dodge tools as well use of the Blur, Sharpen, Smudge, and Rubber Stamp tools are discussed.

In this lesson, students learn to use the Rubber Stamp tool to clone pixels in one area of a bitmap image and then paint pixels back into another part of a bitmap image

okay, sports fans, monday - dec. 19th is the "big day". yes, all of those electoral college electors (all 538 of them) --- will be gathering at their various respective state capitols to cast their votes for EITHER Hillary Clinton Or Donald Trump. Now, ostensibly, The Drumpf walked away with 306 electoral votes on November 8th and Hillary Clinton came away with 232. Normally, the 306 Drumpf electors, being nominally pledged to Drumpf, would simply cast their ballots for him and at the end of the day he'd have 306 electoral votes and proceed on to the Inauguration on Jan. 20, 2017 and thence to the White House.  Simply enough, right? Well, there's a "teeny-weeny" problem this election cycle.  It seems that this nation's archnemesis, RUSSIA, deliberately acted to insert itself into our 2016 U.S. presidential election by hacking into the email systems of the RNC - (Republican National Committee), The DNC - (The Democratic National Committee) - AND - the Clinton Campaign. Well, Guess What, it seems that good ol' boy, Vlad, Vladimir Putin personally directed the overall dissemination of all of the electronically "purloined" digital information (emails).  The info found its way to Wiki-Leaks for public distribution as well as any and all journalists who --- alerted of this available info --- merely had to but request said info and it was provided to them, lock, stock + barrell. Now, here's the "rub".  The only "dirt" thrown around by the Russian Hack Operation was information on EITHER the Democratic National Committee or on Hillary Clinton or her campaign. The Russians did not go after the RNC. To take it one step further, BOTH the CIA + the FBI have now concluded that Vladimir Putin directed these efforts with the explicit purpose of helping Donald Trump become the next U.S. president and NOT Hillary Clinton.

This week, two superfan muggles waltz into a world of magical stage effects, thin character motivation and gaping plot holes! Put on the Sorting Hat and join House Bubblegum Cult as we discuss whether Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a cheap cash-in or JK Rowling Lucas-ing it.

This week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, we speak with two cofounders of Beyond Extreme Energy, Melinda Tuhus and Ted Glick, about the nonviolent direct action campaigns aimed at getting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to stop rubber-stamping fossil fuel infrastructure permits. Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.riverasun.com/love-and-revolution-radio/ About Our Guests: Melinda Tuhus is a founding member of Beyond Extreme Energy, an independent journalist, activist, and blogger. You can read her writings at Leaves and Fishes, a monthly column. Ted Glick is also a founding member of Beyond Extreme Energy, and has been a climate activist since 2004, and a progressive activist since 1968. He writes a bi-weekly column entitled Future Hope. Related Links: Beyond Extreme Energy https://beyondextremeenergy.org/ BXE Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BeyondExtremeEnergy/ BXE Twitter @BXEAction Future Hope Columns by Ted Glick https://tedglick.com/future-hope-columns/ Leaves and Fishes by Melinda Tuhus http://www.melindatuhus.net/blog Deep Ecology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_ecology Quebec Strategy Against Frackers http://www.riverasun.com/il-resistance-as-deterrent-to-fracking-part-one-they-shale-not-0 Music by: "Love and Revolution" by Diane Patterson and Spirit Radio www.dianepatterson.org This week's featured musician is Chad Wilkins. The song is "Be A Friend" on his album, "Show Us the Way of the Heart". You can find his music at www.chadwilkinsmusic.com About Your Co-hosts: Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot) is an Indigenous rights attorney, writer and activist who melds traditional life-way teachings into spirit-based movements. Follow her at Sherri Mitchell – Wena’gamu’gwasit:https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/timeline Rivera Sun is a novelist and nonviolent mischief-maker. She is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, Billionaire Buddha, and Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars. She is also the social media coordinator and nonviolence trainer for Campaign Nonviolence and Pace e Bene. Her essays on social justice movements are syndicated on by PeaceVoice, and appear in Truthout and Popular Resistance.

An article by John Hawkins at Townhall.com that I COMPLETELY agree with.

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King Rehoboam of Israel made a critical mistake when faced with his first task as king. He chose to ignore the advice of his elders, and instead to pay heed to the advice of his peers. This decision precipitated the division of the nation of Israel in 931 BC.

King Rehoboam of Israel made a critical mistake when faced with his first task as king. He chose to ignore the advice of his elders, and instead to pay heed to the advice of his peers. This decision precipitated the division of the nation of Israel in 931 BC.

King Rehoboam of Israel made a critical mistake when faced with his first task as king. He chose to ignore the advice of his elders, and instead to pay heed to the advice of his peers. This decision precipitated the division of the nation of Israel in 931 BC.

King Rehoboam of Israel made a critical mistake when faced with his first task as king. He chose to ignore the advice of his elders, and instead to pay heed to the advice of his peers. This decision precipitated the division of the nation of Israel in 931 BC.

[col. writ. 5/15/08] (c) '08 Mumia Abu-Jamal As America limps toward the November elections, fatigued by the exertions of war, numb to the lofty promises of politicians, in dread of the economic dragons growling on the horizon, the role of Congress could not be more irrelevant. That's one of the reasons that GOP presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain (R. Ariz.) has called for a change in congressional tradition, to one which allows the President to answer questions before the body. It reminded me of the March 25, 2008 vote in the British House of Commons, where members of Parliament debated whether to open an official inquiry into the reasons for starting the war. Not surprisingly, the vote lost, largely along Party lines, as the ruling Labour members voted to protect their party, which sponsored and spearheaded the Iraq War, and avoided a formal inquiry. Most, but not all. A dozen Labour backbenchers bolted party ranks to express their support for an inquiry, in terms rarely heard on this side of the Atlantic. And even though the inquiry vote failed by some 50 votes, it marked a period of questioning of the sort that should actually precede wars, not follow them. Robert Marshall-Andrews, a Labour member of parliament (MP) from Medway, brought up the infamous Downing Street memo, which told uncomfortable truths about the then coming war. Marshall-Andrews announced: "The first is what was revealed in the Downing street memo of July 2002, reported by The Sunday (London) Times in an unusual contribution to the debate. It was recorded that at that meeting in Downing street in July 2002 Sir Richard Dearlove, the head of secret intelligence or 'C', as he was known, had reported from America to the War Cabinet,....that: 'There was a perceptible shift in attitude. Military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy.'" According to the then Foreign Secretary, "Bush has made up his mind to take military action.... But the case was thin." Ultimately, of course, it didn't matter. Who needs evidence, when you can make it up? M. P. Marshall-Andrews then spoke words that will never be heard in the U.S. Congress: "The real point of the debate, and of any inquiry that may be held, is not to learn lessons so that we do not make mistakes again. That is one reason, but I want an inquiry to be held into the Iraq war because I want those responsible to be brought to the book and to justice. If necessary, they should be brought to international justice, but I want us to be the ones who bring them to it." At this point, Conservative Party member, Humphrey Malins, of Woking, joined in: "I support the honorable and learned gentleman's argument with all the strength that I can muster, but may I remind him gently that some Opposition Members at the time took the view that he is expressing? I was one of those who resigned as a shadow Minister because of the illegal war. Does he agree that, when we look back at our parliamentary lives, we may well regard the decision to go to war with Iraq as the worst and most horrible decision that this Parliament has made?" Labourite Marshall-Andrews would heartily agree, and he would add: "Indeed, beside that decision, all our other achievements and deficiencies -- and there have been many of both--pale into insignificance. The circumstances and repercussions of what we did then have swept well past Iraq. As Tacitus noted, one victory can create a thousand enemies, and that is precisely what happened." These are some of just a few voices in the Parliament of the junior partner in the Iraq debacle. When should we expect such voices in the U.S. Congress? 2025? --(c) '08 maj {Source: Labour & Trade Union Review, (No. 187: May 2008), pp.4-5. [www.ltireview.com].]

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