The Law Firm Owner Podcast

When you know that you need to get something done, but there are numerous steps involved, where should your focus be? Tune in this week as we work to simplify your projects, making the path forward easier for you to see and walk. Understanding project deconstruction inside-out will drastically improve your productivity and you'll experience more ease and flow if you can follow the simple steps Mel...

Use your calendar as a tool to elevate what you believe about yourself.  This week Melissa shares a tactical way to set yourself up so that it is easy to believe what you want to believe about yourself and the growth of your law firm.  Velocity Work Podcast episode 142: Is Your Self-Image a Match for the Firm You're Building, spoke to evolving your self-image. And in this episode, #144 Use Your Ca...

Where can you plug back in and actively appreciate the things that matter in your world and at your law firm? Is it possible you are missing something remarkable right in front of you? There is likely something worthy of your focused appreciation right now that you are totally forgetting about. In this episode of The Velocity Work Podcast #143: Active Appreciation, Melissa offers advice on using a...

In light of recent world events, business-as-usual seems a bit tone-deaf. We're taking a pause for space.

How do you see yourself as the owner of this firm?  Self Image is not what you want others to believe about you. It is not what you want to believe about you, but what you actually and honestly think about yourself when it is just you and the mirror.  What comes up?  In Velocity Work Podcast episode #142: Is Your Self-Image a Match for the Firm You're Building, Melissa shares a common thread she i...

You can train your brain to look at things more objectively, and in this episode, Melissa gives you ample reasons why exercising this muscle makes you a better firm owner.   Last week in episode#140: High or Low Results Cycles - It's Your Choice, she defined high and low results cycles and a firm owner's leverage points to navigate towards one or the other. This week, she shares where the numbers...

If you feel busy or overwhelmed but you are still producing adequate results, you may believe this is just the way it feels to grow your law firm.  It does not have to feel this way.  On this special Velocity Work Podcast episode, Melissa introduces the concepts behind her newest masterclass: How to Trade Being Busy for Actual Results.  This episode offers a high level overview of: - What a High R...

Can you imagine 100% growth? Springs Law Group nearly doubled their business last year. This type of growth takes aim, follow-through, consistent evaluation, and the right team. In episode #139: A Candid Conversation About Remarkable Growth with Chris Nicolaysen and Jake Kimball of Springs Law Group, Melissa speaks to the two firm owners about holding the entire team accountable to the firms' valu...

Why are you still doing the things that you don't need to be doing? It is worth asking yourself this question because your firm can not grow if you will not let go. For many firm owners, the feeling of acceleration that comes with growth and delegation can be a little scary. When there are more people to do the work, more work gets done in a shorter amount of time. That is growth, but the feeling...

Michael Urbina of Urbina Immigration Law is "just one person trying to learn how to get better at this particular field - all day, every day." As one of Velocity Work's Private Clients, Urbina Law Firm knows how to aim, plan, and honor their plan. Consistently meeting their quarterly and annual goals, the team is thoughtfully put together based on individual strengths and motivations. Listen as Mi...

There is a predictable cycle where firm and business owners set ambitious goals at the start of a new year, and then find it difficult to follow through. Velocity Work Podcast episode #136: Don't Flake Out On Yourself reminds firm owners the real impact of thinking big and the importance of showing up to fulfill that vision. This week Melissa identifies common reasons why follow-through can feel s...

Guest Molly Sonsteng, Cofounder of Caveday, joins Melissa to emphasize the important skill of monotasking.   We live in world constantly vying for our attention and from the pings, dings and buzzes, everything feels urgent.   In this episode, Molly and Melissa get to the heart of taking control where you have control and using that to fuel your productivity.   The two emphasize how protecting smal...

On this special episode, Melissa and her husband Derek take a look back at the origin story of Velocity Work and how it intertwined with major events in their personal lives. Melissa reflects on what it looked like to leave the security of a job with benefits in order to move Velocity Work forward and how the questions, what can I do, and how I provide value now changed the trajectory of the compa...

We're back for part 2 of Velocity Work LIVE with Jay Ruane! In this episode Jay and Melissa continue their conversation about how to approach your firm or business when you've reached the vision you aimed for. As the owner of multiple business and a law firm, Jay has insight to share. The two touch on the importance of authenticity, building ethical systems in your office, and how to filter all of...

It is time to rethink your idea of a personal or executive assistant. Valerie Trapunky, founder and CEO of Chatterboss, talks with Melissa about her business and why it works for so many entrepreneurs. After working as a personal assistant to A-list celebrities and high net worth individuals, Valerie took a new approach to personal assisting. Chatterboss uses a network of on-demand professionals t...

Guest Jay Ruane followed in his father's professional footsteps, but carved his own path. In this episode, he reveals how he took a different approach to building his firm by recognizing how he wanted lifestyle to play a role in the businesses he built. Owner of Ruane Attorneys at Law and FirmFlex, a social media marketing company for law firms, Jay holds nothing back. He and Melissa discuss the h...

In this episode, Melissa answers a relatable question posed in Velocity Work's private Mastery Group and her response serves up some lessons that will change your firm. They start with you. We all hit barriers or obstacles on the path to our goals. And at some point, most of us react with our brain's default mode; we get tired, we don't want to deal with it, we don't see a path forward and we crea...

Do the activities you spend time on create value for your business? Delegation can feel uncomfortable when you're used to running your firm, but growing requires transferring responsibility to a team and getting out of the way. In the second installment of Fall Sprint Lessons Learned, Melissa reads the insights of law firm owners who used daily accountability and reflection to achieve big goals. T...

Are you committed to the goals and plans you make for your firm? Your commitment means everything. This episode is packed with insight! Melissa reads word-for-word insights from this fall's Velocity Work Sprint participants. Dedicated firm owners reveal lessons learned from their month of daily accountability specifically highlighting the impact of planning and honoring the plan in order to reach...

Melissa welcomes Mastery Group member and Sprint participant Neeli Shah to the podcast this week. Neeli is an Atlanta-based estate planning attorney who works with high-net-worth individuals. Neeli shares her tips on how to finally "take the leap" to grow your business or firm to the next level. Maybe "taking the leap" for you is signing up for Mastery Group! For more information, check it out at:...

Are you thinking about growing your practice? Of course, you are! On this episode of Velocity Work Live, Melissa is joined by Attorney Seth Price. Seth, the founding partner of Price Benowitz LLP and the founder and CEO of BluShark Digital, discusses how he grew a two-person law practice into a 40 person practice in less than a decade and how you can do the same.

Melissa builds upon episode 123 about honing in on specific goals and feeling discomfort when trying to reach goals. Are you a virtuous procrastinator? It might be time to stop escaping and get in the trenches to embrace the discomfort during the journey to reach your goal. It's almost 2022; start the new year by investing in your firm's growth. Sign up for mastery group today at: https://www.velo...

Velocity Work Live is back! And what a guest to have on our show after our brief hiatus. Melissa welcomes Sam Mollaei, founder of Legal Funnel. Sam, an attorney, based in Los Angeles, discusses how he went from knowing zero about marketing less than a decade ago to heading seven law firms, all using automated systems and teaching other attorneys how to automate their practice. Sam discusses why wo...

Are you striving for $200K or $25MIL? It doesn't matter! Episode 123 is for everyone. Melissa uses episode 122 as a jumping-off point to discuss opening yourself up to the discomfort required to reach the next pin on your map. And in this episode, she reminds us that barreling your way through to reach a goal is unsustainable. We get it; who wants to feel discomfort? But guess what? That discomfor...

Everyone says they have goals, but how specific are they? Wherever you are in your journey, episode 122 is for you! Melissa compares goal setting to putting a pin on a particular destination on a map and creating an efficient route to get there. If you're questioning if your goals aren't specific enough, you might reach them, but you're going to be meandering to get there. If you're looking to joi...