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311: Demanding v Expanding Energy

Be a Better Lawyer with Dina Cataldo - April 18, 2024 07:30 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
If you want to grow your law practice (or even simply survive it!), demanding energy has to go. In this episode of Be a Better Lawyer, I'm sharing the concepts of Demanding and Expanding Energies. One contracts you and your practice, and the other -- you guessed it -- helps you expand into t...

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310: Ending Chaos in Your Law Practice

Be a Better Lawyer with Dina Cataldo - April 11, 2024 07:30 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
If you feel like your law practice is in chaos, listen into this episode. I'm sharing with you two of the most common mistakes I see my clients make, that I see other lawyers making, and I even make them myself from time-to-time. I'm sharing: why so many lawyers feel like their practice is ch...

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309: How to Handle Difficult Opposing Counsel

Be a Better Lawyer with Dina Cataldo - April 04, 2024 07:30 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
WORK WITH ME I help lawyers take control of their practice, find fulfillment and create a life they love. Work with me to start implementing what you're learning in this podcast. Book a Strategy Session with me, and we'll elevate how you practice the law and how you build your business. ...

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308: Solving Next Level Problems in Your Law Practice [Essentials]

Be a Better Lawyer with Dina Cataldo - March 28, 2024 07:30 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
Diagnosing and solving next level problems in your law practice is the difference between feeling overwhelmed and calm. It's the difference between feeling like you're drowning and enjoying your practice. But our brains don't automatically see these next level problems and instead diagnose s...

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307: My Best Time and Money Investments This Year

Be a Better Lawyer with Dina Cataldo - March 21, 2024 07:30 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
This episode is for the lawyer who wants to continuously improve their life. I'm sharing with you the top ten time and money investments I've made this year, and there's definitely several in here that are easy tweaks to improve your life a bit. And some that can be transformative. As I revi...

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306: How to Be a More Confident Lawyer

Be a Better Lawyer with Dina Cataldo - March 14, 2024 07:30 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
Almost every lawyer wants to know how to be more confident whether it's in the courtroom, on the phone with a client or in negotiations with opposing counsel. But true confidence isn't what you think. And to build confidence, it takes understanding your brain and its current habits of thinki...

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305: Success and Conscious Well-Being

Be a Better Lawyer with Dina Cataldo - March 07, 2024 08:30 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
What does success mean to you? Are you relying on what others think success is to define success for yourself? And does your vision for success have one essential component: Conscious well-being. In this episode of Be a Better Lawyer, you'll learn: Why success hinges on you incorporatin...

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Success and Conscious Well-Being

Be a Better Lawyer with Dina Cataldo - March 07, 2024 08:30 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
What does success mean to you? Are you relying on what others think success is to define success for yourself? And does your vision for success have one essential component: Conscious well-being. In this episode of Be a Better Lawyer, you'll learn: Why success hinges on you incorporatin...

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304: Designing Your Vision for a Life and Law Practice You Love

Be a Better Lawyer with Dina Cataldo - February 29, 2024 08:30 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
Do you have a clear vision for the future of your life and law practice? Many lawyers find themselves without a defined vision, making it challenging to navigate their personal and professional life.  In this podcast episode, we'll explore the transformative power of having a vision and h...

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303: 9 Must-Do Action Items to Fast-Track Growth

Be a Better Lawyer with Dina Cataldo - February 22, 2024 08:30 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
You want to grow — personally and in your law practice. You’re working your buns off, but it feels like you’ve hit a block. You’re not sure how much harder you can work and ask yourself, “Shouldn’t it be easier?” Yes, it should be easier, and it can be easier. In today’s episode you’ll f...

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302: Your Money Relationship

Be a Better Lawyer with Dina Cataldo - February 15, 2024 08:30 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
Your money relationship determines the pace at which you can grow. Our relationship with money is only as strong as our relationship with ourselves and our ability to handle uncomfortable emotions. After listening to this episode of Be a Better Lawyer, you'll know: 👉 why changing our relat...

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301: Your Mindset Makeover for Law Firm Growth

Be a Better Lawyer with Dina Cataldo - February 08, 2024 08:30 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
It's impossible to overstate the importance of intentional mindset when growing your law firm. The state of our emotions determines our capabilities. And our mindset determines the state of our emotions. So when I help lawyers make decisions about their plan to grow their law firm growths,...

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300: 6 High-Performance Strategies for Law's Busiest Weeks

Be a Better Lawyer with Dina Cataldo - February 01, 2024 08:30 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
You know how to plan and follow through. But do you know how to create a container for yourself where you can be focused and secure that you will stay focused throughout your week? In today's Be a Better Lawyer, you'll learn 6 strategies that will uplevel your ability to perform even when yo...

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299: Streamline Your Law Practice

Be a Better Lawyer with Dina Cataldo - January 25, 2024 08:30 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
Today we’re going to smooth some rough edges causing you to waste time and money in your practice. It's hard to see these areas on our own for four reasons: Ignorance. You just don’t know what you don’t know. There’s no way to change something you haven’t even thought about changing. Inert...

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298: Level-Up by Releasing Past History

Be a Better Lawyer with Dina Cataldo - January 18, 2024 08:30 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
Releasing past history is a requirement for leveling up our lives. All of us have old decisions and old ways of being that follow us around and weigh us down like rocks in a backpack. But did you know you can learn to release the rocks, so you can go to the next level in your life? It’s al...

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297: What Clients Think About You

Be a Better Lawyer with Dina Cataldo - January 11, 2024 08:30 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
Do you worry about what your clients think of you? Even if you think, “Not really,” what you’ll learn today about what your brain thinks about them may surprise you. In this episode of Be a Better Lawyer, you’ll learn how your brain’s thoughts about your clients could be negatively impacting...

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296: The Truth About Positivity

Be a Better Lawyer with Dina Cataldo - January 04, 2024 08:30 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
"Think happy thoughts." "Eliminate the negative and accentuate the positive." "Have a stiff upper lip." Society has told us that to feel bad is to be bad. That we need to be "more positive." What if that wasn't the way at all? What if we just need better tools to navigate negative em...

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295: How to Use this Podcast

Be a Better Lawyer with Dina Cataldo - December 28, 2023 08:30 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
Do you consume or do you apply?  Our school system taught us to consume and regurgitate. It didn't teach us to integrate. So if you've growth up with this "in one ear and out the other" habit, you may be spending lots of time consuming and very little applying material you learn here or on...

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294: Setting Client Boundaries

Be a Better Lawyer with Dina Cataldo - December 21, 2023 08:30 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
Feel resentful of client work? Think your clients aren't respecting you? It may be because you need to set a boundary. But boundaries can be confusing. Not everything we think needs a boundary actually needs one. In this episode of Be a Better Lawyer Podcast, you'll learn: 👉 what a b...

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293: Stop Second-Guessing Yourself

Be a Better Lawyer with Dina Cataldo - December 14, 2023 08:30 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
It's time to stop second-guessing yourself and start having your own back. How much time do you spend second-guessing your decisions? More than an hour? A day? A week? More? In this episode of Be a Better Lawyer Podcast you'll learn: 👉 how I address self-doubt and uncertainty to keep mov...

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292: The Systems of Successful Attorneys

Be a Better Lawyer with Dina Cataldo - December 07, 2023 08:30 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
Whether you own your own practice or work for someone else, you'll want to listen in to today's episode. The systems for successful attorneys is more than using your case management software effectively. It's about problem-solving the frustrations in your practice. Most lawyers stay stuck ...

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291: 3 Challenges to Hitting Goals (and Their Fixes!)

Be a Better Lawyer with Dina Cataldo - November 30, 2023 08:30 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
This episode is for the dreamers. The lawyers who want to go after big goals. I've seen three challenges that lawyers face when trying to achieve goals, and today you're going to learn how to overcome each of them. You'll learn exactly what each of these challenges are and how to apply the ...

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290: How to Increase Billable Hours (and Have a Life) with Special Guest Jaqueline Figueroa

Be a Better Lawyer with Dina Cataldo - November 23, 2023 08:30 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
Today we're talking to Jacqueline Figueroa who will tell you how to increase billable hours AND have a life. Jackie's not just an accomplished insurance defense attorney at a national firm billing 2400 hours a year. She's also a dedicated parent, a marathon runner, and was promoted to partne...

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289: How to Hire an Amazing Team with Special Guest Alison Carr

Be a Better Lawyer with Dina Cataldo - November 16, 2023 08:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
Join us today as we sit down with the Alison Carr, a seasoned expert ready to spill the beans on unlocking the secrets to hiring an exceptional legal team for your law firm. No more recruitment headaches – tune in and discover Alison's invaluable insights that will transform your hiring proces...

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288: Conscious Consistency with Cathy Council

Be a Better Lawyer with Dina Cataldo - November 09, 2023 08:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
Ever think consistency is hard? That you can't seem to follow through? Today, my friend and Master Life and Weight Loss Coach Cathy Council will change everything for you. Cathy is about having it all. Her business's tagline is, "Work out. Eat Cookies. Feel great. Look good naked." She...

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287: Enjoying the View

Be a Better Lawyer with Dina Cataldo - November 07, 2023 08:30 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
If you feel in a rush to achieve your next goal, pause for a moment.  Are you enjoying the view from where you are right now? Probably not. And it's costing you your future and your peace of mind. In this episode, you'll learn: 👉 What it takes to make achieving goals easier 👉 Questio...

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286: Own Your Year: Craft a Purposeful and Prosperous 2024

Be a Better Lawyer with Dina Cataldo - November 02, 2023 07:30 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
Today, you'll learn how to to craft your 2024 plan purposefully, so you can own your year in 2024 and create a life and law firm you love. You’re going to want to grab a pen and paper, so you can take notes as you’re listening because this episode will help you prepare for 2024 — yes, the new ...

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285: Refining Output

Be a Better Lawyer with Dina Cataldo - October 28, 2023 16:24 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
If you feel frustrated, overwhelmed or hopeless to change any aspect of your law practice, listen to this episode. I'm sharing what you need to make the change that feels so hard right now. First, let me tell you something: you're not a bad lawyer or business owner. You simply haven't learne...

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284: Whose Job Are You Taking On?

Be a Better Lawyer with Dina Cataldo - October 26, 2023 07:30 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
A common challenge humans face is the tendency to take on other people's roles and responsibilities. Whether it's in the workplace or at home, it's easy to find yourself overwhelmed, frustrated, and even angry when you internalize the roles of others. In this episode of Be a Better Lawyer P...

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283: 5 Problems Stunting Your Firm's Growth

Be a Better Lawyer with Dina Cataldo - October 19, 2023 07:30 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
Sometimes growing your firm may feel like an uphill battle. It doesn't have to feel that way. In today's episode of Be a Better Lawyer Podcast, you'll discover: 👉 5 of the most common problems I see stunting the growth of law firms 👉 how to know if your firm is experiencing them 👉 solu...

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