What biases exist for women in law today? How can they stand out? What is something that men need to understand about women in law? What about senior leadership? What’s the balance look like for being authentic vs. putting on a facade and is that even the right gradient?

In this episode, we speak with Robin Arnold. She’s a partner at Blue Williams, mom of 6 kids, and wife of Nick Arnold (our podcast guest from the previous week’s episode).

We get into Robin’s story of how she ended up in her practice and what’s helped her grow it. We get downright candid and honest about topics like:

• How clients and peers often perceive women in law…
• What young women in law can do to build a tribe of mentors…
• What it takes to raise 6 kids with a husband who’s also a law firm partner…
• The silent biases that clouds judgement and decisions in law…
• and more!

You can find Robin on LinkedIn and at Blue Williams.

We know this is going to be a controversial episode. She’s here to give her personal and candid perspective on what it takes to succeed as a woman in law. Undoubtedly, there may appear to be things in there which you might not agree with. We know that. The purpose of this podcast is to share many different stories, and we think this story too deserves to be shared. We’d like to invite you to listen to it with an open mind. And if it at the end of it, you disagree and feel strongly about it, we’d love to hear your take on it.

Send us a note on [email protected] with your comments or if you’d like to join as a guest.

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Nick Arnold has 15,000+ followers on LinkedIn. He’s a partner at Blue Williams. He’s a father of 6 kids. He’s married to his high school sweetheart who’s also a partner at the firm. He has an ever-growing book of business. How does Nick Arnold do it all?

In this episode of the podcast, we’re getting into a great discussion with Nick Arnold about what it takes to succeed, maintain balance & time and grow in this profession.We talk about:

• Where to get great content ideas from.
• How to organize your time in a family of busy professionals.
• How to lead with generosity.
• The sorts of opportunities that come from doing marketing actively.
• How to get over the fear of judgement & rejection.
• And much more!

And in case you missed our mini-episodes from this summer on 1. managing your time effectively and 2. using systems vs. being authentic, give them a listen!

Resources from this episode:

• Find Nick on LinkedIn and at Blue Williams.
• Angela Duckworth on Grit and the Character Lab.
• Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life.
• Christopher Lochhead on Marketing Podcast.

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You have great ideas to grow your practice, but it just doesn’t feel authentic enough. Has that ever happened to you?

You want to be authentic, but you also feel this pull to use systems, plans, templates and everything else that feels “fake”.

You end up subtly sabotaging your own efforts.

What do you do? How do you deal with the dichotomy of being authentic and being deliberate?

In this summer mini-episode, we talk about just this topic!

Let us know what you think.

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Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts!  It takes less than 30 seconds, and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we  really appreciate it!

Resources:

• Join the next cohort of our Build Your Book Academy.
• Get the LinkedIn for Lawyers Course.

If you have any comments or would to join as a guest on our podcast, send us an email at [email protected].

Help Us Out!

Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts!  It takes less than 30 seconds, and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we  really appreciate it!

Resources:

• Join the next cohort of our Build Your Book Academy.
• Get the LinkedIn for Lawyers Course.

If you have any comments or would to join as a guest on our podcast, send us an email at [email protected].

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Your time is short and you’ve got more to do than ever before. You know business development is important, but you just can’t make yourself do it given all the fires you’re fighting.

Time is the cause of stress, anxiety, distraction fueled addictions, and sleepless nights. 

Right now, time is how you get compensated. It’s all about the input. This way of thinking about time limits you from freeing yourself from your work. It prevents you from building your business. It stops you from being creative about how to automate/delegate/eliminate tasks.

In this episode, we start re-framing time. We look at the almighty to-do list and calendar and explore why they are some of the worst tools to think about how you look and manage time.

Most importantly, we find a better metaphor and analogy that will free you from the stress and anxiety of time.

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Why do your business development initiatives fail? Why do you feel burned out from these efforts? Why is branding a lot like starting a workout plan? What’s the common link between a day at the spa and selling?

These are some of the questions we examine on this episode.We go over the key lessons we have learned from a year of coaching lawyers and accountants from across the world to get better at business development.

The surprising lesson: teaching and working through strategies and tactics alone just doesn’t work. Something else has to come way before that. Are you missing this yourself?

Plus, we talk about bringing our coaching to more of you at your own convenience on-demand with our on-demand Build Your Book Academy! You can learn more about it at BuildYourBook.org/academy.

If you’d like more personalized 1-1 coaching in the meantime, reach out to use at buildyourbook.org/contact.

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