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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

You Don't Want It Bad Enough

"What I wanted more than the financial freedom that I claimed to want...is I wanted to be right about my stories." – 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 the July 2024 Live Quarterly Meeting, RJon shares the brutal and transformative truth a mindset coach told him in 2011 that changed everything. A moment so powerful it forced him to face the reality behind the elaborate stories and perfectly crafted excuses that were keeping him stuck. This episode exposes the psychological trap that keeps smart, capable people broke despite what they think are their best efforts.

Key Takeaways:

  • Why you might be struggling to accomplish your business goals despite your best efforts
  • The mindset barrier that creates more business problems than people realize
  • Breakthrough requires facing uncomfortable truths about yourself

RJon's story reveals what it actually takes to break through when you're tired of your own excuses.

Let's go to the vault!

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August 25, 2025
2 min read
Profit First For Lawyers

The Right Time For Profit First…Is Now

In this episode, we hear from Marie Drake who went from struggling solo practitioner to a profitable multi-attorney law firm owner following Profit First Accounting Principles. She reveals the subconscious sabotage that almost derailed her Profit First journey, a challenge many entrepreneurs face when building wealth.
August 21, 2025
Profit First For Lawyers

An Uncomfortable Truth: Cash Flow Is Not Profit

In a conversational clip from the audiobook recording session, RJon breaks down the four key financial metrics every law firm owner needs to track. Karli joins in with questions to get clarity on why cash flow projections matter. RJon further illustrates the importance of knowing the difference between cash flow and profits with a cautionary tale about a multimillion dollar law firm that was secretly bleeding money. When RJon revealed the truth about what the financial reports actually showed, the owner’s response was…surprising. You’ll want to hear this conversation to understand why some business owners prefer comfortable lies over uncomfortable truths.
August 19, 2025
From The Vault

Healthy and Unhealthy Confrontation

"One of the things that you have to do to build a successful business that stays successful is you have to learn healthy confrontation." - 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 the July 2024 Live Quarterly Meeting, RJon takes law firm owners through an unexpected but necessary mindset journey about communication and confrontation. He explains the three ways people communicate and navigate confrontation in business and life:

  1. Healthy confrontation: Requires emotional maturity, creativity, and the ability to tolerate dissonance while finding common ground.
  2. Unhealthy confrontation: Creates cycles of conflict between explosive communication that damages relationships followed by passive retreat.
  3. Avoiding confrontation: Passive "driftwood" behavior means never speaking up, never asking for what you want, and going with the flow to avoid confrontation.

RJon challenges law firm owners to examine their own communication and confrontation patterns to understand how it may be sabotaging their business and personal lives. He encourages them to embrace healthy confrontation and shares how even at the highest levels of success, the mindset work never stops.

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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

August 18, 2025
2 min read
From The Vault

Mindset: Victim vs. Creator

"A victim does not see their agency. A victim does not see their ability to change the world. To change their world, a creator says, every morning I wake up and I create a new me, and I can create a new me with these ideas, or I can create a new me with those ideas, or I can create a new me with some other ideas." - 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 2022 Practical Profitable Mindset session, RJon guides How To Manage a Small Law Firm members through a powerful visualization exercise about mindset orientation. Using the metaphor of a bird in an open cage, he explains the fundamental differences between victim and creator mindsets. Through the exploration of the Karpman Drama Triangle of victim-persecutor-rescuer relationships, RJon explains how true creators, challengers, and coaches operate from a place of equality and empowerment.

Key Takeaways

1. Victims see the world as acting upon them, while creators see themselves as acting upon the world

2. Victims secretly feel relief from their victim status because it absolves them of scary responsibility

3. The Karpman Drama Triangle consists of victims (who need persecutors), persecutors (who need victims), and rescuers (who need victims to avoid their own issues)

4. True coaches and challengers see people as creators and equals, not as inferior beings who need rescuing

5. Creators reinvent themselves daily with new information and aren't prisoners to past beliefs or statements

RJon clearly lays out the difference between victims and creators. Real creators want to set others free, help them become equals, and are happy when students surpass them. Through raw honesty about his own evolution, RJon demonstrates the freedom that comes from embracing a creator mindset.

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

August 11, 2025
2 min read
From The Vault

3 Financial Fundamentals

"When you invest the time and energy to think through and test and refine and install and improve and maintain your policies and your procedures and your systems, it's not necessarily going to show up in your profit and loss statement right away. But clearly you've created something of value, haven't 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 interactive lesson from January 2018, RJon addresses what many lawyers run from...their business finances. He simplifies three financial fundamentals through a practical exercise for law firm owners to understand:

  1. The critical difference between passive/static overhead and dynamic overhead and its impact on business growth.
  2. How profit and loss statements differ from balance sheets and how to analyze ROI on every team member.
  3. The fair and very real market value of business systems, processes, and procedures.

RJon demonstrates how these financial distinctions can transform your approach to business financials and help build real equity in your law firm.

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

August 4, 2025
2 min read
From The Vault

The Hard Truth About A/R

" Accounts receivables are very, very unhealthy for your business. Every dollar of accounts receivable that you have out there is basically $3 that you've got to earn." - 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 January 2018, RJon dismantles the dangerous myths surrounding accounts receivables with members of How To MANAGE a Small Law Firm. He explains why so many law firm owners feel "safe" holding onto unpaid invoices. RJon shares the personal mindset shift that helped him stop treating A/R like a backup plan, and breaks down the serious financial and ethical consequences of allowing receivables to stack up.

Key Takeaways:

• Why accounts receivables are a financial illusion and a threat to your margins

• The simple math that shows how much you're really losing

• How trust accounts and evergreen retainers protect your firm

• The connection between A/R and bar complaints

• Why lawyers must stop using fear as a justification for inaction

This episode is a wake-up call for law firm owners still tolerating unpaid invoices. RJon shows how cleaning up your receivables isn't just good for business, it's essential for your family as well.

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

July 28, 2025
2 min read
From The Vault

Flip The Script: Read Your Numbers Like A Story First

"You're either going to make decisions based on truth, reality and facts, or you will be making your decisions based on ignorance." – 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 October 2020, RJon encouraged How To MANAGE a Small Law Firm members to liberate themselves from how they think about their financial statements. He shares how understanding the story behind the numbers has been key to his business success. It could be yours too.

Your financial statements tell a story that reveals the truth about your business, even when it's uncomfortable. However, embracing financial reality empowers you to make better, faster, more confident decisions. The choice is yours: make decisions based on truth and facts, or remain willfully ignorant of what your numbers are trying to tell you.

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

July 21, 2025
1 min read
From The Vault

G.A.S. Calls Q&A

"The main objective of the call, and you got to stay true to the spirit of the call, we are genuinely and sincerely checking in on the person... to see if they're okay, to see how we can be of service."

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, RJon addresses real questions from How To MANAGE a Small Law Firm members about conducting G.A.S. Calls effectively. Get ready for a lively Q&A session filled with best practices law firm owners can put into action today.

Key Takeaways:

  • Problems you discover through client outreach are opportunities to improve your business
  • G.A.S. Calls are genuine check-ins, not social calls - stay focused
  • Batch calls (former clients, referral sources, not engaged) to improve quickly through repetition
  • Get your self-esteem out of the conversation
  • Value isn't about your credentials or how great you are, it's about the client's specific situation and needs

Through practical coaching and real-world examples, RJon illustrates how effective G.A.S. Calls are about understanding the client's situation deeply enough to demonstrate relevant value.

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

July 14, 2025
2 min read
Profit First For Lawyers

Plan Like You Won’t Be Here Tomorrow

In this episode of the Profit First for Lawyers podcast, we look at what happens to your business and family if you get hit by a bus tomorrow. It sounds dramatic, but this sobering question matters more than almost anything else we’ve talked about so far. For a topic this important, RJon delivers some real talk about the difference between having a business versus having a job where you work for yourself. Here’s a hint: If your business cannot run without you, you don’t really have a business.
July 8, 2025
From The Vault

The Secret of G.A.S. Calls

"There are hundreds of thousands of lawyers right now all over the country whining and complaining about, "I don't have enough business and I don't have any clients and I don't have any money." But the fact of the matter is that is all a bunch of bullshit because if you've got no business, what that means is you've got plenty of time. And with time and creativity, you can get all the money you want or need in life." – 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 workshop lesson for How To MANAGE a Small Law Firm members, RJon introduces the concept of G.A.S. Calls. This is a proven method which obliterates the common excuse that lawyers use about not having enough business or money. He challenges law firm owners to use their time and creativity to generate all the revenue they need through genuine care and structured conversations. RJon demonstrates how to create value while building lasting professional relationships with clients, prospects, and referral sources.

Key Takeaways:

  • Why G.A.S. Calls are profitable
  • A deeper exploration about where clients are now versus where they want to be in the future
  • How referrals are like a GPS for your future business profitability
  • The importance of a simple system to track referrals

Throughout the episode, RJon emphasizes that G.A.S. Calls focus on relationship-building through meaningful conversations that create value for everyone involved.

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

July 7, 2025
2 min read
Profit First For Lawyers

Speak The Language of Financial Fluency

In this episode, hear how law firm owner Xavier Martine has transformed his law mindset around his firm’s finances, from financial fear to full command of the numbers. As a member of How To Manage A Small Law Firm, he didn’t just grow his revenue, he rewired how he thinks about profitability, systems, and what it truly means to run a law firm like a business. After adopting Profit First Accounting principles, he began treating profitability like a new language, one he could study, speak, and eventually master.
July 3, 2025