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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

The Unseen Opportunities Right In Front of You

"As soon as I could think clearly, I was suddenly able to see all of these amazing opportunities, which were around me the whole time." – RJon Robins

Welcome inside the vault. This is a collection of previously unreleased lessons from eight-figure entrepreneurial mastermind RJon Robins. And in case you didn't see the warning label, this content can be explicit and is for serious entrepreneurs only.

In this revealing lesson from 2018, RJon shares how he discovered a multimillion-dollar opportunity that had been invisible to him for years. Using his own personal story of building his business, RJon demonstrates why successful entrepreneurs often miss the most obvious opportunities right in front of them. He shares how one vulnerable conversation changed his thinking and allowed him to suddenly see what had been there all along.

Key Takeaways:

1. Why successful entrepreneurs often can't see their most obvious opportunities

2. How no matter how successful you are, your subconscious can still sabotage you

3. What is really preventing you from recognizing opportunities (it's not what you think)

This episode is an example of the need to be vigilant about your mindset to avoid subconscious sabotage.

Let's go to the vault!

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Turn the lessons in this episode into an actionable growth plan for your business with the FREE 5-Week Business Plan Bootcamp. https://htm.live/bootcamp

September 22, 2025
2 min read
Profit First For Lawyers

It’s Never Too Late for Profit First

In this episode we hear about a common challenge among law firm owners: feast or famine finances. If this feels all too familiar then this episode is exactly what you need to hear because it is never too late to begin your Profit First journey. But don’t just take our word for it. Law firm owner, Sarah Phillips from Phillips Law in New Orleans, Louisiana joins us to talk about the transformational journey she and fellow law firm owner Bradley Phillips have been on since beginning to take their profits first. This husband-and-wife legal team’s transformation story proves that taking profits isn’t about greed, it’s about stability and treating your business like the asset it should be.
September 18, 2025
Profit First For Lawyers

The 2 Choices That Sabotage Law Firm Profits

When law firm owners make these two critical choices, they wind up sabotaging their profitability: Nitpicking irrelevant bookkeeping details. Avoiding their bookkeeper altogether. Both choices are a strong indicator that you may be afraid of profit. Avoiding the bigger questions about your firm’s financial reality results in poor strategic decisions. As we’ve heard in previous episodes, numbers tell a story and your bookkeeper is specifically qualified to help you understand what the story means for your business. The solution is engaging maturely with the financial information needed to make profitable decisions.
September 16, 2025
From The Vault

The Illusion of Control

"You are settling for the illusion of control. You don't have real control... Real control is the ability to cause things to happen." - RJon Robins

Welcome inside the vault. This is a collection of previously unreleased lessons from eight-figure entrepreneurial mastermind RJon Robins. And in case you didn't see the warning label, this content can be explicit and is for serious entrepreneurs only.

In this mindset lesson with How To Manage A Small Law Firm members, RJon delivers a fundamental truth about success: you can pretty much have what you want in business as long as you're willing to do what it takes to get it. He challenges law firm owners to stop settling for the illusion of control and start building real control in their business.

Key Takeaways:

1. Commitment must come before confidence - you can't wait to feel ready before taking action

2. Business goals will shift much like gears in a car based on current needs

3. Making more money comes from helping more people, not from extracting more profits from existing clients

This episode is jam packed with solutions to mindset pitfalls.

Let's go to the vault!

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Turn the lessons in this episode into an actionable growth plan for your business with the FREE 5-Week Business Plan Bootcamp. https://htm.live/bootcamp

September 15, 2025
2 min read
Profit First For Lawyers

Move Your Feet to Move Your Mind

In this episode we are joined by Charlee Spilker, Profit First certified controller at How To Manage A Small Law Firm. She shares wisdom pulled from over 30 years in finance and accounting as well as her horse training experience and applies it to law firm profitability. RJon’s powerful clip reveals why many lawyers struggle with business management, while Charlee’s horse story provides a good example of how unconventional methods offer a solution for law firm owners (and horses) who are stuck. If this has been your struggle, then this episode is for you.
September 11, 2025
Profit First For Lawyers

What Do You Really Want?

This episode will challenge you to think bigger as RJon exposes the “doctrine of sacrifice” which is the perverse pride lawyers take in suffering, working excessive hours, and bragging about how unprofitable their firms are. Through a powerful live-streamed early version of what eventually became the Profit First for Lawyers book, RJon explains why building what you want is actually easier than slogging through what you’ll merely tolerate.
September 9, 2025
From The Vault

Take Action, See Results

"Every time you do something that's consistent with what the owner of a million dollar law firm would do, it brings you closer to being the owner of a million dollar law firm.  Every time you do something that's inconsistent with what the owner of a million dollar law firm would do, it pushes that million dollar law firm a little bit further away from you." - RJon Robins

Welcome inside the vault. This is a collection of previously unreleased lessons from eight-figure entrepreneurial mastermind RJon Robins. And in case you didn't see the warning label, this content can be explicit and is for serious entrepreneurs only.

In this comprehensive lesson with members of How To Manage A Small Law Firm, RJon breaks down the Dunning-Kruger effect. Specifically as it relates to how law firm owners approach their business growth. He explains the three common approaches people take:

  1. Be - Do - Have
  2. Have - Be - Do
  3. Do - Be - Have

He describes the difference between them and why one in particular is the right approach for entrepreneurial business owners.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Dunning-Kruger effect causes inexperienced people to overestimate their abilities and experts to underestimate the value of their expertise
  • The importance of being around law firm owners with much larger practices to  realistically assess your own skills and experience
  • Life's everyday challenges do not disappear when you reach revenue goals, you just get better at handling them

Throughout this episode, RJon offers candid insights about the reality of being a million-dollar law firm owner. He addresses unrealistic expectations while providing guidance for achieving business goals.

Resource mentioned: The 4 C's Formula by Dan Sullivan

Let's go to the vault!

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Turn the lessons in this episode into an actionable growth plan for your business with the FREE 5-Week Business Plan Bootcamp. https://htm.live/bootcamp

September 8, 2025
2 min read
Profit First For Lawyers

A Case for Profit First

In this episode’s clip taken from Chapter 3, page 18, RJon highlights the mindset barriers that make lawyers resistant to business principles – barriers that estate planning attorney Morgen Bowers had to overcome herself. As a How To Manage A Small Law Firm member, she shares her unique Profit First journey spanning 9 years and two different practice fields.
September 4, 2025
Profit First For Lawyers

Profit Is a Function of Efficiency

If you’ve ever caught yourself saying, “It’ll be faster if I just do it myself,” this episode is for you. That is a trap many lawyers and business professionals fall into without even knowing it. The reality is that every hour spent on tasks beneath your role, whether it’s admin, paralegal work, or chasing invoices, impacts your law firms profits.
September 2, 2025
From The Vault

Create Real Change: It's Okay To Polarize Your Audience

"You've got to sacrifice something of lower value to get something of higher value. That's called profit. In this case, what you sacrifice is everyone liking you... and what you're gaining are some people really liking you because you speak some real truth that they resonate with." –RJon Robins

Welcome inside the vault. This is a collection of previously unreleased lessons from eight-figure entrepreneurial mastermind RJon Robins. And in case you didn't see the warning label, this content can be explicit and is for serious entrepreneurs only.

In this lesson from a Practical Profitable Mindset session, RJon explains why meaningful transformation requires discomfort and why some people will not like you for helping them see the truth about their situation.

Key Takeaways:

  • People love coaches who enable them and make it okay to not do what needs to be done
  • You cannot make someone uncomfortable about something they are not already uncomfortable with; you can only shine a light on existing discomfort
  • As your business grows, be prepared for people to project their issues onto you
  • The people who get you "here" are not necessarily the people who will get you "there"
  • Polarization isn't just inevitable but necessary when you're in the business of helping people make meaningful change

This episode challenges the conventional wisdom about being likable and reveals why effective leadership often requires making difficult choices about who you serve.

Let's go to the vault!

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Turn the lessons in this episode into an actionable growth plan for your business with the FREE 5-Week Business Plan Bootcamp. https://htm.live/bootcamp

September 1, 2025
2 min read
Profit First For Lawyers

Your Invitation To Live A Profitable Life

Have you been spinning on the hamster wheel working countless hours while profitability eludes you? Nequosha Anderson, founder of Anderson Law Firm, knows that feeling intimately. Despite her data science background, she found herself trapped in the cycle of working harder instead of smarter. Her journey from struggling law firm owner to profitable practice reveals why education about the business side of law is critical, and why redefining “profit” beyond just money changes everything.
August 28, 2025
Profit First For Lawyers

It’s Time To Take Your A/R Seriously

RJon breaks down the hidden mathematics of accounts receivables with a step-by-step demonstration that reveals how one non-paying client can force you to work two additional cases just to break even. But understanding the problem is only half the battle. RJon also lists the specific reports your bookkeeper should be providing you every month to stay on top of your firm’s A/R.
August 26, 2025