The LEI'D Back Life: Loving Entrepreneurship and Improving Daily
The LEI'D Back Life: Loving Entrepreneurship and Improving Daily
Podcast Description
My name is Jordan Ostroff, the lawyer with a life (one that features Hawaiian shirts and flip flops). Are you looking for insights on thriving in business without burning out? Welcome to the LEI'D Back Life podcast! Join me weekly as I dive into candid conversations with entrepreneurs about developing a business, and a life, you'll love, LEI'D Back style.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
This podcast covers themes surrounding work-life balance, entrepreneurship, and personal development, including episodes like 'Using Your Business to Build the Freedom You Want' and insights into financial strategies, creativity in business, and the importance of personal hobbies.
You started your law firm for more freedom, control, income, and flexibility. But somewhere along the way, the business started running you.
From Esq. to Owner is a practical podcast for solo and small firm attorneys who are great at practicing law but are still figuring out how to lead, manage, hire, delegate, market, and grow.
Hosted by Jordan Ostroff, the Hawaiian-shirt-wearing Lawyer with a Life, this show brings practical solutions with a side of candor, humor, and the occasional pop culture reference. Jordan helps attorneys move from carrying everything themselves to owning and leading the firm they’ve always wanted.
Each episode tackles the real challenges attorneys face after opening their own firm: pricing, staffing, intake, marketing, systems, time management, profitability, leadership, and getting out of the day-to-day chaos.
And because Jordan believes the whole point of building a better firm is having a better life, every episode ends with a little off-the-wall fun…a question, a hot take, a dad joke, a pop culture reference, or something completely unrelated to law.
If you feel buried by the business side of your firm and want solutions for building something better, this show is for you.
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Build Your Firm. Get Your Life Back.
You’ve built a practice that works. Clients trust you. The results are solid. Yet the hours keep expanding, growth feels capped, and the freedom you imagined when you opened the firm still feels just out of reach.
Being a great lawyer is no longer enough. In this episode, Jordan sits down with fellow Atticus Practice Advisor Seth Kuntz to explore the quiet internal shifts that separate overwhelmed attorneys from owners who create real growth, stronger profits, and sustainable freedom. They unpack why the very skills that got you here can quietly keep you stuck and what becomes possible when you finally start thinking and acting like a true business owner.
If you’re spending too many hours working in your firm instead of building it, this conversation offers a clearer path from lawyer to owner…one that doesn’t require grinding harder or sacrificing the life you want outside the office.
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Inside This Episode
- Why becoming a business owner first and lawyer second is the highest-ROI decision you can make
- The three activities that deserve the majority of a law firm owner’s time
- The four foundational business skills every growing firm needs to develop
- How delegation, hiring, and leverage create both higher profits and more personal freedom
- Why small, consistent improvements outperform massive changes when building a law firm
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Supporting Resources
Seth Kuntz https://atticusadvantage.com/team/seth-kuntz
Law Firm Coaching https://atticusadvantage.com/coaching
My Great Life Focus https://atticusadvantage.com/books/my-great-life-focus
Atomic Habits by James Clear https://a.co/d/078MBXBz
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Curious about what it takes to move from practicing law to truly owning your law firm? Contact Atticus to learn how our law firm coaching can help solo and small firm attorneys build stronger systems, lead better teams, delegate with confidence, and make smarter decisions about growth. From Esq. to Owner is a podcast for law firm owners who want practical guidance on law firm leadership, hiring, delegation, operations, marketing, profitability, client service, and sustainable growth, so the business supports your life instead of running it.
You can also sign up for the Atticus newsletter to get practical insights on how to grow a law firm, strengthen your role as an owner, improve your systems, and build a more focused, profitable, and sustainable practice. https://atticusadvantage.com/newsletter-signup
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Changing Your Mindset
01:00 Meet Seth Kuntz
03:23 Lawyer to Business Owner
05:50 Marketing vs. Legal Work
08:05 Growth, Freedom & Profit
09:28 Event Promo: Law Firm Owners Conference
10:26 3 Best Uses of Your Time
11:46 Is the Shift Working?
13:09 ROI of Hiring
17:21 What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
18:48 4 Business Skill Pillars
20:23 The Discomfort of Growth
24:49 Event Promo: Great Practice Breakthrough
26:11 Time Management & Focus
28:12 Small, Consistent Steps
34:25 Rewarding Your Progress
36:48 Celebrate the Wins
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