Am I Taking Your Success More Seriously Than YOU Are?
I received a funny response to a recent email I sent out to readers of my e-zine. The subject line was "Would You Give Me $1 If I Gave You Back $10?" The response was clever and pretty funny, but it also gave me cause for some concern that I may be taking the careers and well-being of some of my readers more seriously than they do.
As is my policy, I’ve deleted any identifying information but otherwise the exchange is unchanged.
—–Original Message—–
From: Jamie Sxxxxxx [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 1:57 PM
To: How To Make It Rain
Subject: Re: Would You Give Me $1 If I Gave You Back $10?
No, but I’ll make you a deal… just send me $8 to start
off with…that way you save a buck. Then take that one dollar, and instead of giving me back ten, send me
another $8.
Again, you make a dollar. Because you didn’t give me back the whole ten. Rinse and repeat.
My Reply
Very cute, but are you making as much money from your law
firm business as you’d hoped back when you decided to open your own
office? Are you spending as many hours as
you’d like with your friends & family instead of in the office? Have you found a way to develop a practice that
has you looking forward to going to work because the work feeds your soul?
my free & for-sale e-books, or participated in any of my seminars, or
hoisted a beer with me out on the boat can tell you, I REALLY like to have fun. And I love to joke around. But treating your career like a joke is no
laughing
matter in my book. I take the financial and professional success
of my clients very seriously.
think your response was very clever. I
just worry sometimes that there are tens of thousands of lawyers out there who
find it easier to make a dismissive joke, rather than to take action to improve
their practices and their lives.
The
POINT of that e-mail was that there is a great business opportunity available
to readers of my e-zine. Specifically,
the opportunity to make a very small investment that hundreds of lawyers credit
for helping them generate tens of thousands of dollars of new business. And as any small business owner can tell you,
investing a few dollars to get back a lot is a smart move.
Helping Lawyers In Small Firms Make Alot More Money