After law school, choosing a legal specialization may feel like it’s putting you on a linear career path that you can follow all the way to retirement. You set up a practice, begin hiring a team, and it feels like you’re on your way to success. Then life happens, and your plans get thrown out the window.
In this episode of Wealthy Woman Lawyer®, trademark attorney and business growth consultant Joey Vitale joins Davina to discuss the panic attacks that changed his life and career. Initially, he began his career in business law, discovered he hated it, and moved on to trademark law. A battle with severe anxiety pushed him to change the direction of his business yet again, and he outlines the steps he took to create the thriving practice he runs today.
Show Highlights:
- What Joey learned about himself in law school and how a series of panic attacks changed the trajectory of his legal career
- The trust he had to place in his team to create a stress-free law firm and the mindset shift required to do that
- Why the hard phases you go through in your business are the good parts
- The systems Joey put in place to take care of his clients without requiring his involvement in every task
- Being really good at something in your business means that you should be able to train someone else to master it with systems and processes
- The five identities of a CEO and his advice for identifying and cultivating leaders in your business
- How to overcome the hesitance of working with contractors and overseas virtual assistants
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What if you could hang out with successful women lawyers, ask them about growing their firms, managing resources like time, team and systems, mastering money issues, and more; then take an insight or two to help you build a wealth-generating law firm? That’s what we do each week on the Wealthy Woman Lawyer podcast. Hosted by Davina Frederick, founder and CEO of Wealthy Woman Lawyer –– every episode is an in-depth look at how to think like a CEO, attract clients who you love to serve (and will pay you on time), and create a profitable, sustainable firm you love. The goal is to give you the information you need to scale your law firm business from 6 to 7 figures in gross annual revenue so you can fully fund, and still have time to enjoy, the lifestyle of your dreams.