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Why Planning is Not Enough for Transformation · Wealthy Woman Lawyer Podcast, Helping you create a profitable, sustainable law firm you love

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  …Hi everyone And
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  welcome back to the wealthy woman lawyer podcast I'm so glad you're here.
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  I'm your host Divina Fredrick And today since it is the last podcast for 2022 and we are all
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  facing down the barrel of 2023, I thought I'd discussed everyone's favorite topic for the new year.
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  Planning. But first I just want to say happy new year to you and yours.
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  I hope you're happy You had a wonderful 20, 22 and you met all your business growth goals, and
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  you're now enjoying a life of prosperity and ease.
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  If 2022 did not turn out to be your best year That's okay.
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  We can't win them all. But what we can do is celebrate our past year successes.
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  Because we all have them and we can take a moment to evaluate.
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  What we would like to change in the coming year. For me I'm celebrating the fact that I got to
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  work with some amazing women law firm owner clients This year who've
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  gotten some remarkable results from our work together.
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  Some have crossed the seven figure revenue mark others having
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  greaser revenue over a million, several years in a row now.
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  And some are climbing the six-figure ladder at a rapid pace.
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  All of them are learning to trust themselves as leaders and managers
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  to develop new skills and to continue making their dreams reality.
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  Despite hiring and retention issues.
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  Uh or personal challenges like running for political office weathering hurricanes.
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  Or combating some very serious illnesses.
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  Many of them also are doing a lot of traveling Uh, Hawaii can Coon Germany Iceland
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  Paris, Rome and Machu Picchu or just a few of the vacation destinations.
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  Of my clients this year. I'm also celebrating the two year anniversary of the wealthy woman lawyerly.
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  Can you believe it has been two years already?
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  Since I Bert. Birth this brain child uh
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  idea that I had, I created the league in October.
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  because I knew I could never achieve my mission for helping more than a thousand women lawyers.
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  Achieve time and money freedom and live their best lives.
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  If I tried to get there one lawyer at a time.
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  I knew I needed to dream bigger. And the league is a manifestation of that dream.
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  I'm super excited about all the new ideas we're taking Action on.
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  Now to help even more women lawyers than ever in 2023.
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  Which leads me back to my topic for today Planning.
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  It was Winston Churchill Churchill who famously said plans
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  are of little importance but planning is essential.
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  And I cannot agree more I personally love the planning process.
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  I do planning at the beginning of the year.
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  Uh I do it throughout the year and I do a daily.
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  So whether I'm engaging in it for my own business or with my clients, I love a good plan.
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  And I love the planning process In fact this last week is a year I've worked with.
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  about 15 women law firm owners to map out their
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  2023 So it's been a very busy week for me this last week of the year.
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  Planning is about taking all that excitement that we feel about the new year.
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  A new day new possibilities that we haven't even considered.
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  And putting it down on paper or electronic paper, if you will.
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  Taking our first baby steps toward turning thoughts into things.
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  I found that many law firm owners like me love love love to plan.
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  However the biggest challenge I've discovered.
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  In my almost 10 years of coaching women business owners.
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  And women law firm owners in particular. Is the failure to make those plans a priority by
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  making room for them on your calendar.
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  Failed plans rarely are the result of a bad idea, but
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  rather the result of a failure to timely execute.
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  And execute well. Think back over the ideas
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  that you've had this last year that you did not execute.
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  And ask yourself why. For instance, did you want to lose 20 pounds but you didn't stick with your eating plan.
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  Or perhaps you quit going to meet your personal trainer after a couple of months because you got too busy.
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  Maybe you wanted to learn a new language or take more time off for yourself or read more but you did.
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  Perhaps you had a big a big audacious business or financial goals but those didn't manifest
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  either…There are three reasons High-achieving women fail
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  to achieve certain goals and none of them are lack of planning.
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  Here are three reasons One is they don't do a good job of executing on their plans because they
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  forget they need to prioritize their time.
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  And put daily action toward their goals. Onto their calendars.
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  So they have to transfer it and make room on their calendar for it
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  And then stick with those commitments they've made to themselves.
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  The only way you're going to stick with commitments If you is if you put them on the calendar.
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  And do it. Number two is they don't prioritize their own needs first instead of trying to do
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  and be everything to everyone by themselves.
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  Instead they try No sorry Instead they try to do and be everything to everyone but themselves.
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  Number three is they don't ask for. Invest
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  in or allow themselves to receive help.
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  That last one receiving is huge. You may feel like you're asking but if you're not.
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  Opening yourself up opening your mind up and allowing other people to help without you jumping into fix.
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  Then you are resisting help. What does it look like for you to put yourself first?
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  Well, not being the last one in your family to get dressed before you go out.
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  Not eating last, not following through on your commitment to yourself to go to the gym a few
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  times a week for a good workout Uh, eating scraps off your kids' plates instead of eating food That's good for you.
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  In your business it can look and sound like. I'll just close this file myself instead of giving
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  it to the legal assistant to do it because it will be quicker.
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  I can't take a long vacation only long weekends for me, because everything will fall apart If
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  I'm gone…I have great ideas for my business, but
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  no time to implement them because I have way too much client work to do.
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  I know I need to hire but I worried about doing it wrong.
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  So I just keep putting it off. I know I need to meet with my coach
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  or than ever because I need accountability support and guidance.
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  But since it's from me and not a client. I really can't prioritize the meeting…I know I
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  probably should raise my fees because I'm not making enough money to pay myself what
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  I need, but my clients might get upset.
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  The long and short of it is if you want long-term success in your business
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  and your life, you've got to start being a little more selfish.
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  You've got to make yourself. A priority because when you don't.
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  You are actually not only letting yourself down but you're not bringing your best self forward
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  for others either…If it keeps getting the excuse of.
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  I don't have time. Or whatever it is that you're telling yourself to stop you from putting
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  yourself your own damn self on your calendar.
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  All the planning in the world is not going to save you…If you want.
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  A new you in the new year, or even just a better version of yourself in 2023.
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  Uh Divina 2.0. The do this.
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  Number one, make a list of what you truly want, not what you think you should want.
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  Make a plan to go after that.
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  In 2023. Then schedule. One baby step at a time on
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  your calendar and stick to your commitment to get it demo.
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  And then number four is just rinse and repeat, but the next baby step on your calendar and get.
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  it done And then the next baby step toward your goal and get it Uh…if what you want is more
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  prosperity or resources more time off to travel or do something fun.
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  And you want a wealth generating law firm to create all of that for you.
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  Then I invite you to either schedule a call with me about private one-on-one coaching.
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  If you're at a half million dollars or more and you want to scale over that elusive seven figure mark.
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  Or if you're still scaling the six figures and try to get up to that half a million, then I
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  invite you to join us in the wealthy woman lawyer league right now.
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  In both of my coaching programs, we provide not just planning for your success, but
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  accountability to help you Remember you are your number one priority.
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  Always. I hope you've enjoyed today's podcast episode It is the last one of 2022.
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  We are at 177 episodes We're going to get over 200 this year I'm super excited about it
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  …Look for some exciting changes in the wealthy woman layer podcast As we've hired a new podcast
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  producer to help us improve our sound quality presentation and much more in 2023.
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  I look forward to see you next year…