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Discover how some of the most successful and entrepreneurial real-life solo lawyers and law firm owners—like you—are overcoming the same real-world challenges you may be experiencing in your own law firm. Listen and learn from real-life interviews conducted by your host, RJon Robins. RJon is the founder and CEO of How to Manage, which has helped over 9,000 business owners find and fix the problems that keep them stuck and transform their law practices into thriving, profitable law businesses.
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From The Vault

Scaling Up vs. EOS

This week, RJon compares and contrasts his experiences using two of the most popular frameworks for scaling a business: “Scaling Up” by Verne Harnish and Geno Wickman’s Entrepreneurial Operating System, or EOS.

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October 9, 2023
1 min read
From The Vault

Quality Over Quantity

This month we circle back to an episode from The Lawyer’s MBA series with RJon and Draye Redfern of Daniels-Head Insurance Agency. This lesson is all about understanding what it means to scale your business rather than grow it, and the impact scaling can have on the time you spend with your loved ones.

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October 2, 2023
1 min read
From The Vault

Quiet Courage

This week, RJon helps you understand the type of courage required to create your first business plan, and it’s not the type of courage you might imagine. This lesson comes from RJon’s Live Quarterly Meeting in Miami in 2015.

September 25, 2023
1 min read
From The Vault

Why Lone Wolves Die of Starvation

This week, we’re going back to RJon’s quarterly members-only meeting from Las Vegas in 2019. This lesson is all about leadership, the value of a reliable team, and what happens to the wolves who decide to go it alone.

September 18, 2023
1 min read
From The Vault

Drama versus Empowerment

Today, RJon teaches the difference between living a problem-oriented and solution-oriented life. As you listen, be honest: which category do you think you fall into most of the time? And which one do you think is more fulfilling?

September 11, 2023
1 min read
From The Vault

Feast or Famine

Taken from RJon’s members-only meeting in 2016 in Miami, this week’s episode is for any entrepreneur who hates selling—but especially lawyers. RJon describes the “feast or famine” cycle that most business owners can identify with, and explains how to break free.

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September 4, 2023
1 min read
From The Vault

Lessons Learned The Hard Way

This is a super-sized lesson because we couldn’t bring ourselves to cut any of it. In this episode from the vault, RJon and Draye have an unscripted conversation about RJon’s journey, beginning with his failed law practice nearly two decades ago - a failure which set the stage for the massive success RJon has since created as the founder of How to Manage a Small Law Firm.

August 28, 2023
1 min read
From The Vault

Don’t Waste Your Time on Things You Suck At

This week, we’ll wrap up our series from the 7 Main Parts of a Business episode in RJon’s “The Lawyer’s MBA” webinar—a collaboration with Daniels-Head Insurance. In today’s episode, RJon teaches you to focus on becoming spectacular at things you’re already great at, instead of wasting your time trying to become mediocre at things you’re bad at.

August 21, 2023
1 min read
From The Vault

Clients Want Predictability

In this episode, RJon and Draye Redfern from Daniels-Head Insurance turn their focus toward your SOPs and your staff. RJon explains how to diagnose the current state of your systems, create predictability in your production, and how to tell the difference between employees, staff, and a team.

August 14, 2023
1 min read
From The Vault

Plant The Wrong Seed, Get The Wrong Crop

This week’s episode comes from RJon’s 7 Main Parts of a Business episode of “The Lawyer’s MBA” webinar series. In this collaboration with Draye Redfern from Daniels-Head Insurance, RJon teaches the value of empathy in law firm marketing and explains why getting clear on client avatars affects every aspect of your business.

August 7, 2023
1 min read
From The Vault

The Secret to Escaping the $250K Plateau

Today, we’re going back to RJon’s ‘Financial Controls’ episode from his “Lawyer’s MBA” webinar series with Daniels-Head Insurance Agency. He explains why so many businesses plateau at around $250K in revenue and exactly what it takes to push past that benchmark.

July 31, 2023
1 min read
From The Vault

The Ethical Responsibility to Run a Profitable Law Firm

In today’s episode, RJon teaches you to embrace Financial Controls in your business, and makes an ethical argument for lawyers to build a profitable firm for their clients. This lesson comes from the Financial Controls episode of RJon’s webinar series with Daniels-Head Insurance Agency.

July 24, 2023
1 min read