When everyone seems to be talking about the generous salaries lawyers make, it seems like there should be many more rich lawyers out there. Let’s look at some of the reasons why not every lawyer is a millionaire like you’ve been told.
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What is Your Archimedes’ Lever?
Leverage is the single most powerful tool you have. To maximize our income, we need to make sure our energy and effort is focused on the 20% of actions that deliver 80% of the results. The rest is noise slowing you down and should be eliminated.
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