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  1. Esquire

    When Having Less (Time) is More

    MINDSET 
    From time to time I see posters encouraging folks to quit their jobs as soon as possible and go all in. And to some extent ... there is certainly an undeniable logic to the reasoning. Sink or swim. Perhaps they are right. On the flip side ... I've experienced an unexpected phenomena...
  2. Esquire

    When to quit....

    When I earn more money as an entrepreneur than I do practicing law ... that is when I think I will either throw in the towel "on my day job" ... or, at the very least, hire a couple associate attorneys to show up at my court hearings (so I don't have to). I enjoy what I do (divorce attorney)...
  3. Esquire

    Have an idea for a Dating website

    IDEA 
    This market is insanely difficult. If you jump in ... be prepared to invest years ... several years ... just to break your first dollar. Assuming that is ... you ever turn a profit. The failure rate for new sites is off the charts. Designing the site ... is just the beginning. Tip of the...
  4. Esquire

    Idea: Limited Time Only Threads

    IDEA 
    Amen. Just because you buy a woman dinner ... doesn't mean you get to go to bed with her. So when I hear someone ... who hasn't contributed ... whine and complain ... "but I paid to get Inside access" ... "I don't like the speedway idea" ... well ... to that I say: You paid M.J. But ya...
  5. Esquire

    Progress Thread: Losing Weight

    HEALTH 
    P.S. When I put on weight ... I felt like shit. I was totally disgusted with myself. Just like you. And I realized it was a constant source of unhappiness. Every day I looked in the mirror. And I did not like what I saw. So I made a decision. Just like you. I was going to lose the...
  6. Esquire

    Progress Thread: Losing Weight

    HEALTH 
    If you cant master food and exercise ... Two things that are completely within your control ... How can you be expected to master other things that are beyond your control ...? Odds are ... You can't. I think diet and exercise are a great way to start your Fastlane journey. Dissatisfaction is...
  7. Esquire

    Idea: Limited Time Only Threads

    IDEA 
    I don't pretend to know the answer on this. To please one audience ... you often end up doing something that displeases another. Lord knows I've wrestled with the dilemma in my own little universe. Which audience to please ... At the end of the day ... it's your site. So do whatever you...
  8. Esquire

    Idea: Limited Time Only Threads

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    How are you going to get "rep" spamming ...? That doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I like the 30-day thread idea. But then again ... I like @jon.a 's idea of an Insider speedway too. I like both ideas. As far as the "selfish" part goes ... I could give two shits about someone thinking I'm...
  9. Esquire

    Idea: Limited Time Only Threads

    IDEA 
    btw ... I think your "5000" point suggestion was right on target. Takes a while to accumulate 5000 points ... and as I see it ... if you have offered up that much value ... odds are you could care less what other people are working on ... because you are too busy working on your own projects...
  10. Esquire

    Idea: Limited Time Only Threads

    IDEA 
    I like that idea. Kinda like an "Insiders Speedway" ...
  11. Esquire

    Idea: Limited Time Only Threads

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    What you just mentioned @jon.a is part of the problem. When I was at the Scottsdale Summit in February ... I had no problem talking about my business with other attendees ... because I knew who I was talking to ... who was listening to my conversation ... and it was a fleeting oral conversation...
  12. Esquire

    Idea: Limited Time Only Threads

    IDEA 
    Tell me what you think: Part of me is tempted to do a progress thread. Share some of my observations ... frustrations ... areas of success ... and challenges moving forward. On the flip side ... making a permanent record of it ... even here on the Inside ... makes me a little uneasy. Not...
  13. Esquire

    Legal considerations re:Logos

    Here's my (million-dollar) advice of the day: Design the logos ... and stay out of the legal compliance business. These are two completely different industries. If I were you I would simply include a very plain conspicuous and clear disclaimer stating that you make no representations express...
  14. Esquire

    Is it true that doctors who own practices have the potential to get rich?

    Sure. No less so than lawyers. It's possible. Not probable. But possible. And certainly not something I would bet the farm on. Like any other business ... you have to compete ... and coming straight out of medical school ... with no experience ... no reputation ... limited resources ...
  15. Esquire

    Favorite Life Hacks ~ What Are They?

    HEALTH 
    Think about baseball ...
  16. Esquire

    Farewell ... to the (Great) Washington Generals

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    P.S. How do you make money betting on the Generals? You take a 17000 x 1 payout. Or take the spread! Go Generals!
  17. Esquire

    Farewell ... to the (Great) Washington Generals

    OFF-TOPIC 
    For those of you who missed the news recently: The Washington Generals have lost their last game. The Generals, who lost to the Harlem Globetrotters over 16,000 times, have just been cut loose as the Globetrotters travelling foil. And they never got the respect they deserved. Let us remember...
  18. Esquire

    What book are you reading? Right now. Post up!

    NOTABLE! HOT! BOOKS CHAT 
    Qualified Domestic Relations Order Handbook. I know ... gives me a rock hard woody too. :p
  19. Esquire

    Afraid to lose money? Or afraid to start making it?

    MINDSET 
    That makes sense. With an automated and outsourced business like yours you are trading cash for cash. With a law practice you are trading TIME and cash for cash. And it's the "time" part that gets real "expensive." Not willing to trade "unlimited" amount of THAT all day for no (or barely...
  20. Esquire

    Afraid to lose money? Or afraid to start making it?

    MINDSET 
    I second this opinion. I recall 10 years ago I was spending a boatload on advertising. Took the Walmart approach. Low price. High volume. And sure enough ... in short time I had the second largest bankruptcy practice (by volume) in the state. Afterwards (however) I realized that most of...

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