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Alchemy of Ideas
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Here’s a little video on the Alchemy of Ideas. Hopefully this will shed some light on why Intellectual Property law does not care about your idea – only what you’ve DONE with your idea to bring it into the word and share it with the rest of us.
Granted, I still have a lot of improvement to make on the video technical – lighting, sound, visuals, etc. Stick with me. I hope to polish up the technical as quickly as I can.
Comments Welcome.
A little story about copyright registration.
Sounds good, but does it WORK?
With all you have going on, why add more to your plate? Because adding the right thing at the right time can actually make your life less complex. I know it’s a paradox, but it’s true. The challenge is knowing when and what to change.
Hopefully, I can help. I’d like to make at least a part of your life easier.
Sounds good, but does it WORK?
I receive a lot of email with offers for all kinds of different programs. I’m sure you do too. It can be a bit overwhelming for sure – especially when you also have client work, family, and community projects that need your attention.
Yesterday morning there were 3 new urgent client matters to deal with and an urgent matter for one of the community organizations I’m serving – all popping out of the blue. You’ve been there; you know what it’s like to be a solo or small firm attorney.
With all you have going on, why add more to your plate? Because adding the right thing at the right time can actually make your life less complex. I know it’s a paradox, but it’s true. The challenge is knowing when and what to change.
Hopefully, I can help. I’d like to make at least a part of your life easier.
We’ve all faced the fear of not knowing where the money to pay the bills would come from next month, let alone 6 months from now. Most of us don’t even want to think about 6 months from now, and if we do, we know in our hearts that any planning we’re doing is really just a fantasy.
That’s where being a member of The Space Between Center lawyer mastermind programs can help. One of the first things we do is help you free yourself from the trap of hourly billing and implement some flat fee models (customized to your practice, not mine) that will give you some benchmarks for REAL planning.
Does it work?
Here’s an email I received late last week from one of the founding members of The Space Between Center lawyer mastermind. Remember this is after less than two months in the SBC program:
“I wanted to share with you that I landed one of the prospective membership clients considering my program (the other is just having me do a TM registration on a project basis for now) – his reaction was ‘I think that you have a great formula with the different tiers of service. Frankly, I wish we had met earlier so I could take more advantage of it…’- <- he is a very early stage start-up.
Once I showed the new membership client the math for the services they were looking for over the next year they signed up – at the $1500/month level!
Not only has this one client more than covered the cost of the Space Between Center program for me, but having knowledge of that recurring cash flow over the next year is already freeing me to focus on creatively growing my firm.”
Brian Fletcher, Esq.
Alexandria, Virginia USA
Founding Member, Space Between Center lawyer mastermind
Does it work?
Yes.
How good would it feel to know you had at least $1,500/month on the books through this time next year? How about $3,000, $5,000, $7,500? How much better would your life be if you could look at contracted revenue of $10,000/month for the next few months?
That’s just one example and we’re too early in the program to have generally expected performance results to share, but it’s a great indicator of the results you COULD get if you become a member of our program and actually implement the approaches we’re discussing.
It’s about sharing.
It’s about experimenting.
It’s about moving through your fears and into the excitement & success that self-employment can offer.
It’s about being creative and taking control of your life and future rather than trying to fit your future into the model that some lawyer started using in England centuries ago. We’ve all been trapped by that guy. I’d like to throw some rocks at him. His billable hour model has caused unconscionable damage to lawyers and their clients over the centuries.
It’s time to get out of his trap.
- Are you ready to take a few simple steps to get control of your life?
- Are you ready to take a few simple steps to reach the potential you know you have inside?
- Are you ready to share your knowledge and experience with like-minded business, estate planning, and collaborative family lawyers who would like to share with you?
- Would you like some real support and guidance in building a legal services business and go beyond just “practicing?”
If you’re ready to get control of your life, then join us this Wednesday at 2pm for a free informational call about The Space Between Center’s lawyer mastermind programs.
We have openings in our small business mastermind group, and we’re introducing two new tracks:
- A track for estate planning attorneys led by estate planning attorney Candice Aiston; and
- A track for collaborative/family law attorneys co-lead by Michael Sherman and Steve Worrall.
The easy steps we’re talking about literally changed my life and took me from the depths of bankruptcy, fear, and anxiety to a place where I could plan, grow, succeed, and enjoy my profession. It can do the same for you.
Again, the call is this Wednesday, May 19th at 2pm Eastern.
You’ll be able to learn what we’re doing in the programs, meet the leaders of the different tracks, and ask some questions to make sure the program is a fit for you.
Sincerely,
Kevin E. Houchin, Esq.
Founder, The Space Between Center for Creative Spirit in Business.
P.S. These programs are NOT for everyone. If you’re satisfied in the billable hour model or if you have no intention of taking action to make the changes that will improve your life, then this program is not for you. If you’re ready engage with a mastermind group, share, implement, and receive, then you owe it to yourself to find out more.
Oh, and feel free to forward this post to other small practice attorneys that you would like to help succeed.
Houchin’s Famous Garlic Grillin’
A few days ago I posted a tweet that I had grilled up some of my famous garlic grilled potatoes & veggies and that the kids were digging in. A bunch of people asked for the recipe. Since I usually don’t work from recipes (I hate playing by other people’s rules if you’ve not noticed….) I promised to document the next batch and share the secrets.
I’m going to risk it and send this to my mailing list too… I beg your indulgence…
Here we go.
Open a beer or a bottle of wine, maybe mix up a Marg…
Then, gather all the ingredients. Start with:
- Olive Oil
- Lowery’s Seasoning Salt
- Fresh Ground Pepper
- Fresh Crushed Garlic
- Parmesan Cheese (optional)
- Fresh Basil (optional, but worth it…)
- Potatoes – Medium/Large
- Other veggies of choice: bell peppers, zucchinis, and mushrooms are wonderful. Eggplant (which I hate) is one of my wife’s favorites.
Get a big mixing bowl – biggest you can find.
Mix up the goodness:
- In the mixing bowl, pour in a few tablespoons – maybe around 1/4 cup of olive oil.
- Liberally add some Lowery’s salt.
- Generous fresh ground pepper.
- Several nice sections of crushed garlic.
- Fresh Basil if you have it.
- Grated Parmesan if you’re in the mood.
Now, go turn on your grill – nice and hot – then come back in to start cutting potatoes.
Cut the potatoes along the long axis of the spud. Try to get them as uniform as you can at around 3/16 of an inch thick – give or take. Try not to cut wedges or the slices won’t cook evenly. I always do the potatoes first because if you put more porous veggies in the bottom of the bowl, they soak up all the olive oil and get kind of nasty. The potatoes don’t absorb the oil like the others.
Now it’s time to cut the other veggies. Go ahead and add them to the same bowl.
Now mix it all up. You MUST do this with your hands because you’ll want to separate all the potato slices to make sure they get coated with the oil mixture on all surfaces. Watch out, they’re slippery. You’ll probably have to claim a 10-second rule at least once.
Open another beer or pour another glass of wine.
Now, head out to the grill. It should be nice and hot by now. Brush off the burners and turn the heat down to about 2/3 max. Your grill is your grill, so it’ll probably take a few practice rounds on these to find the right setting. You don’t want the heat to high, or the potatoes will burn on the outside without cooking all the way through. If your fire is too low, then you don’t get the right surface crunchiness.
The potatoes take the longest to cook.
Line ’em up.
I have a thermometer on the grill. I’ve found that the perfect temp to turn the potatoes is every time the temp hits 300 degrees. I don’t really trust that thermometer, but if you have a thermometer on your grill, make note of the reading.
As the potatoes get nice and crispy on the outside, move them to the upper tray of the grill to continue cooking in the middle without burning. Then start adding the rest of your meal. If you’re doing bell peppers, always put them skin-side up to begin with so they can cook through without burning.
Tonight we had a nice spicy sausage for the grown-ups and some all-natural hot-dogs for the kids. Notice the quartered pepper and the zucchinis (some halved, some quartered). As the veggies get done, just move them up to the top tray too. If you’re doing mushrooms, I’ve found that it’s just as nice to just put them all up in the very top swing-tray and let them slow-cook.
Depending on the meat you’re cooking (if you’re eating meat), you might want to crank up the heat. If we were doing steak or pork chops, I’d crank the heat up to high to cook the meat. Sausages need a little more patience.
Enjoy.
Here’s something you might not think of on your own – the grilled potatoes are WONDERFUL with a side of Caesar dressing, and you can never have enough parmesan cheese for me.
Now, if you have kids, stand back because you don’t want to get between them and the food.
It looks like we’re finished, but we’re not.
Get another beer. Pick out a movie. Have the kids wash up.
Now, make some popcorn and put it in the veggie bowl. YUMMY!
Let me know if you have any questions or comments. Give it a try, then come back here and post your reviews.
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