{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Taking the Leap","title":"Redefining the Art of Law - Kevin Thompson","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4932,"description":"Kevin Thompson is the Co-Founder of the Thompson Burton Law Firm in Franklin and Nashville, Tennessee. Kevin graduated from the University of Tennessee with a BA in Political Science and then earned his Juris Doctorate from the Tennessee School of Law. While at UT, Kevin was a track athlete and earned All-American honors in the Decathlon, and participated on two SEC and NCAA National Championship Teams. Kevin is a serial entrepreneur and is passionate about redefining the art of law.   Show Notes:Kevin shares his family origin story and his grandfather coming to the United States from Italy and how it created a family legacy that impacts him to this day.Kevin's grandfather participated on three National Championship Football teams and the Notre Dame. ('44, '45, and '47)What did athletics teach Kevin? Failure is part of the success process. (11:00) \"I am trying to teach young lawyers that success compounds over time. Young people do not like the period of embarrassment where they are bad and they don't hang in there long enough for compounding to work for them.\"Our generation's greatest investor is Warren Buffett and 99% of the wealth he has today was generated after the age of 65. This is not an example of \"it is never too late to start\" but rather he started at age 14 and allowed compounding to work in his favor over time!(14:00) What are the dangers of helicopter parents? How can you stunt your children's success by being TOO involved? Give them space to grow and learn.(16:00) The origin story of Thompson Burton Law firm.Taking risk is critical for success.\"More is caught than taught. Everything changed for me when my son Luke was born. I knew I had to model the right behaviors.\"(26:00) How do you make a stand? Dive deep into an issue and get to understand every aspect of the issue and take a position on it.\"The cleaner the space and the more well-defined the rules the less opportunity there is. The messier the space that is less defined has great...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ulA9-gbIuCKH1J8xjNqoSs1ZHM7mfFGLEz8YkgPp7wg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ2OTQvMTY2Mzg0/MDc4OC1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}