The Game Changing Attorney Podcast with Michael Mogill

If your team has stopped challenging you, that’s not alignment, it’s a warning sign.

In this episode of The Game Changing Attorney Podcast, Michael and Jessica Mogill unpack what really happens when decisiveness turns into dismissiveness. From ignored warnings and bad assumptions to ego-driven leadership and the cost of fake collaboration, Michael breaks down why strong leaders don’t just make decisions fast, they stay open to what they’re not seeing.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

Why decisiveness can become dangerous when you stop listening to the people closest to the work

How to create a culture where your team brings you hard truths before problems explode

What it takes to hold strong opinions without letting ego override better ideas and better data

If you want better decisions, stop acting like your perspective is the only one that matters.

(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:03:55) Q1: Decisive without dismissive
(00:04:31) Ego is the real blind spot
(00:07:52) Q2: Don't train your team to be silent
(00:09:09) Worry about what you can't see
(00:09:48) Strong opinions, loosely held
(00:12:56) Q3: When input is just theater
(00:15:29) Give people a chance to fail
(00:16:06) Why great ideas come from the team
(00:17:57) Outro

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Links & Resources:

“Strong opinions, loosely held” (Paul Saffo)

First principles thinking

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Past guests on The Game Changing Attorney Podcast include David Goggins, John Morgan, Alex Hormozi, Randi McGinn, Kim Scott, Chris Voss, Kevin O’Leary, Laura Wasser, John Maxwell, Mark Lanier, Robert Greene, and many more.

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What if everything you believe about your brain inevitably slowing down with age is simply wrong, and you have far more control than you ever imagined?

In this episode of The Game Changing Attorney Podcast, Michael Mogill sits down with neuroscientist, performance coach, and self-described "elite-level professional nerd" Dr. Tommy Wood to dismantle the myth that cognitive decline is destiny. Drawing on his work treating brain injury, advising Formula 1 drivers, and his new book, “The Stimulated Mind,” Dr. Wood lays out a simple framework for keeping your brain sharp at any age, and explains why the small, daily inputs matter far more than you think. For high performers running hard and recovering little, this is the wake-up call your brain has been waiting for.

Here's what you'll learn:

Why your brain can adapt and improve at any age, and how your expectations alone can change the outcome

How to apply the three-S model (stimulus, supply, support) to protect cognitive function for life

What it takes to use AI as a tool that sharpens your skills instead of quietly eroding them

Your brain is not on a fixed downward path, and this episode is your blueprint for proving it.

(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:02:27) Becoming a Neuroscientist
(00:05:32) What Is a Healthy Brain?
(00:07:56) Does Aging Slow You Down?
(00:11:30) The 3-S Model for Brain Health
(00:17:59) Shifting the Aging Mindset
(00:22:40) The Minimum Effective Dose
(00:28:16) Does AI Make You Dumber?
(00:36:59) Learning Faster as an Adult
(00:42:38) Why Your Brain Needs Connection
(00:49:56) Inside the Minds of F1 Drivers
(00:55:42) Where to Start
(00:57:48) Being a Game Changer

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Links & Resources:

The Stimulated Mind: Future-Proof Your Brain from Dementia and Stay Sharp at Any Age by Tommy Wood

Why Brains Need Friends by Ben Rein

Hintsa Performance

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The work that drains you isn't a discipline problem. It's a sign you've been ignoring.

In this episode of The Game Changing Attorney Podcast, Michael and Jessica Mogill dig into what happens when a firm owner's instincts no longer match what the business actually needs. Michael makes the case that the parts of the work you dread, the growth you can't seem to unlock, and the partner you keep clashing with are all pointing at the same thing: a truth about how you're built that you've been working around instead of working with.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

How to tell whether you're a visionary or an integrator, and why forcing yourself to be both will burn you out

When optimizing a business that already works stops paying off, and what to do to actually grow it

How to keep a partnership from breaking when you and your partner no longer share the same appetite for risk

Stop white-knuckling the parts of your business that drain you and start building toward the version that doesn't.

(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:01:37) Family life & summer camp tales
(00:07:49) Q1: Visionary or integrator?
(00:11:53) Q2: Stuck at a revenue plateau
(00:16:55) Q3: When partners stop aligning
(00:21:30) Outro

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Links & Resources:

Rocket Fuel by Gino Wickman

Walt Disney

Roy Disney

Deadliest Catch

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Most people spend twenty years climbing a mountain, reach the top, and realize they never wanted the view.

In this episode of The Game Changing Attorney Podcast, Michael Mogill sits down with Robert Glazer to break down why core values are the most underused tool in leadership. They get into where your values actually come from, why you can't coach them into the people you hire, and why most leaders are measuring their teams with the wrong scorecard entirely. If you've ever hit a milestone and felt nothing, this conversation explains why, and what to do about it.

Here's what you'll learn:

Why your core values were set early in life, and what it costs you to lead without knowing them

How to hire for the values people actually live instead of the ones they perform in interviews

What separates a real company core value from a poster on the wall nobody believes in

The view from the top is only worth it if you picked the right mountain to climb.

(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:06:07) Where core values come from
(00:07:11) Can your values change?
(00:09:00) The car-in-a-tunnel analogy
(00:11:35) Personal vs. company values
(00:16:59) The big three life decisions
(00:19:17) Why knowing isn't doing
(00:21:25) The four capacities
(00:27:36) Money, happiness, and “enough”
(00:32:12) Biggest leadership mistakes
(00:34:01) Spotting leadership potential
(00:38:53) Rethinking the two-week notice
(00:43:16) How success gets redefined
(00:44:09) What it means to be a game changer

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Links & Resources:

The Compass Within by Robert Glazer

Elevate by Robert Glazer

The Go-Giver by Bob Burg

Arthur Brooks

Morgan Housel

Traction by Gino Wickman

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The most valuable thing you can build into your firm is its ability to run without you.

In this AMMA episode of The Game Changing Attorney Podcast, Michael and Jessica Mogill answer the questions most firm owners put off until it's too late. When should you really start succession planning? How do you pick a successor without letting loyalty override the right call? And how do you build something worth more than the income it generates while you're in it? Michael makes the case that a firm dependent on its owner is a firm that's quietly losing value, and he lays out what it takes to change that. Plus, he kicks things off with his favorite recent movies, shows, and books.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

Why succession planning should start at least five years out, and what happens when you wait until your back's against the wall

How to separate the discomfort of a hard conversation from the decision that's actually right for the business

What it takes to turn your firm into an asset that grows whether or not you show up

If something happened to you tomorrow, would your firm survive without you? Build like the answer needs to be yes.

(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:01:48) Michael's Favorite Things
(00:05:36) Books Worth Reading
(00:10:07) How Early to Plan Succession
(00:14:25) Loyalty vs. The Right Successor
(00:18:38) Building a Firm Beyond Income
(00:23:42) Outro

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Links & Resources:

Togo

Altered Carbon

Spider-Man Noir

The Penguin

Godzilla Minus One

King Kong (2005)

Fallout

Not Just a Goof

Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke

Everything You Want Is on the Other Side of Hard by Ken Rideout

Smile, or You're Doing It Wrong by Andy Glaze

The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow

The Cartel by Don Winslow

The Border by Don Winslow

We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Life Is Luck by John Morgan

You Can't Teach Hungry by John Morgan

You Can't Teach Vision by John Morgan

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