160: Kaizen for Lawyers

If you want to make steady, powerful improvements to your law business, in a way that's super effective and surprisingly easy, you should leverage the principle of "Kaizen." It's a Japanese business philosophy of continuously improving operations in small incremental steps. But it's also a powerful tool for solo and small law firm owners in the modern tech-driven world

Show Notes

Atomic Habits, book by James Clear Loom video comparing SweetProcess to Process St. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, book Steven Covey Evernote - digital dumping ground TextExpander - text automation tool Notion - online wiki/database tool Obsidian - new PKM tool (Mac or PC)

General Resources

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