The 80/20 Principle

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334: Other lawyers' tech mistakes can be a powerful shortcut (using the 80/20 principle)

October 13, 2026

If the 80/20 principle never worked for you, you weren't doing it wrong. You were missing a part never gets discussed. In this episode I cover that part. It has to do with perfectionism, and with whose trial and error you rely on. Then I show how it works in a free automated scheduling tool many lawyers still resist. Why they resist and how to overcome mental blocks with the 80/20 principle are explained in a way that you'll find surprisingly helpful. Resource Links Calendly (automated s...

333: Why AI feels more like email than the web

September 29, 2026

In this episode, Ernie Svenson talks with Greg Siskind, who has practiced immigration law for 35 years and wrote a book about marketing on the internet back in 1996, when that was a peculiar thing for a lawyer to do. Greg says AI reminds him of email more than any other technology wave he's lived through — the web, the cloud, and social media each changed a slice of legal work, while email changed the day-to-day job itself. They talk about the drafting shift that surprised him most, a 25-page...

332: The role your firm needs but can't name

September 15, 2026

A few weeks ago, one of Sarah Persich's clients dropped an AI agent into their Slack workspace. Sarah gave it the criteria her client's intake team is supposed to follow on calls — build rapport, handle objections, gather the right information — and asked it to listen to the recorded calls and grade every person against those criteria. It came back ten minutes later with work that would have taken weeks by hand. The tool is Viktor. We spend a good chunk of this episode on it, because it runs ...

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The 80/20 Principle typically books working professionals with real expertise. Typical guest background: Hands-on experience as a lawyer, legal-technology founder, automation consultant, or implementation specialist working with artificial intelligence and workflows in solo or small law firms. Common among recent guests: Long-term legal practice or specialized legal-technology experience; Building legal-technology or automation products; Implementing artificial-intelligence workflows for law firms. Recent guests include Sarah Persich, Carolyn Elefant, and Tommy Eberle.

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