
How to Embrace Being a Beginner & Start Your Own Firm
04/02/24 • 41 min
Join the Powerhouse Elite membership community. Your access to the luxury retreat, coaching calls, and networking opportunities is just around the corner! [00:00] We are never short on inspiring stories that kick us into gear, running after the life we deserve. Today’s guest, Karly Wannos reminds us to push past the fear to do it anyway. [02:43] Karly shares her journey into law. Her reluctance, experience in big law, and belief that she can just do law better. [6:18] But, let’s talk about the day to day of business ownership. Being a lawyer and an entrepreneur are completely different ball games! [11:15] So, how do you stay consistent while playing the long game of business? [15:42] Karly supports business owners and HR professionals with courses and training in employment law. [25:59] Which is just one of the ways she is working to dramatically improve the legal world. The Powerhouse ladies are becoming game changers! [32:29] And before we wrap it up, Karly does not hop off the mic without her Legally Blonde Moment. True to fashion, it involves yours truly! [35:58] Before you head out, let me help you beat overwhelm, transform your life, and become a taskmaster with the Powerhouse Brain dump workbook! [40:40]
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The relentless demands of the profession often leave even the most accomplished legal minds feeling like they're drowning. It doesn't Have to be this way, that's why I created the
PowerHouse Brain Dump https://www.eringerner.com/sales-page-3d84f6b7-92c8-4796-89e2-196e732b2a7c
Join Powerhouse Elite. This community is designed just for YOU, the ambitious and forward-thinking female lawyer who craves meaningful connections, desires career advancement, and is committed to supporting and empowering each other in both professional and personal aspects of their lives.
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Powerhouse Facebook Group
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Connect with Karly Wannos:
Employment Experience Podcast https://www.wannoslaw.com/blog?tag=Podcast
Website: www.wannoslaw.com
Email: [email protected]
Stay connected with Erin Gerner
Website https://www.eringerner.com/
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/erin-gerner/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/erin.w.gerner
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/eringerner/?hl=en
Join the Powerhouse Elite membership community. Your access to the luxury retreat, coaching calls, and networking opportunities is just around the corner! [00:00] We are never short on inspiring stories that kick us into gear, running after the life we deserve. Today’s guest, Karly Wannos reminds us to push past the fear to do it anyway. [02:43] Karly shares her journey into law. Her reluctance, experience in big law, and belief that she can just do law better. [6:18] But, let’s talk about the day to day of business ownership. Being a lawyer and an entrepreneur are completely different ball games! [11:15] So, how do you stay consistent while playing the long game of business? [15:42] Karly supports business owners and HR professionals with courses and training in employment law. [25:59] Which is just one of the ways she is working to dramatically improve the legal world. The Powerhouse ladies are becoming game changers! [32:29] And before we wrap it up, Karly does not hop off the mic without her Legally Blonde Moment. True to fashion, it involves yours truly! [35:58] Before you head out, let me help you beat overwhelm, transform your life, and become a taskmaster with the Powerhouse Brain dump workbook! [40:40]
__________
Mentioned in this Episode
The relentless demands of the profession often leave even the most accomplished legal minds feeling like they're drowning. It doesn't Have to be this way, that's why I created the
PowerHouse Brain Dump https://www.eringerner.com/sales-page-3d84f6b7-92c8-4796-89e2-196e732b2a7c
Join Powerhouse Elite. This community is designed just for YOU, the ambitious and forward-thinking female lawyer who craves meaningful connections, desires career advancement, and is committed to supporting and empowering each other in both professional and personal aspects of their lives.
https://www.eringerner.com/powerhouse-elite
Powerhouse Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1074826730426201/?ref=share&mibextid=K35XfP
__________
Connect with Karly Wannos:
Employment Experience Podcast https://www.wannoslaw.com/blog?tag=Podcast
Website: www.wannoslaw.com
Email: [email protected]
Stay connected with Erin Gerner
Website https://www.eringerner.com/
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/erin-gerner/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/erin.w.gerner
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/eringerner/?hl=en
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Mentioned in this Episode
The relentless demands of the profession often leave even the most accomplished legal minds feeling like they're drowning. It doesn't Have to be this way, that's why I created the
PowerHouse Brain Dump https://www.eringerner.com/sales-page-3d84f6b7-92c8-4796-89e2-196e732b2a7c
Join Powerhouse Elite. This community is designed just for YOU, the ambitious and forward-thinking female lawyer who craves meaningful connections, desires career advancement, and is committed to supporting and empowering each other in both professional and personal aspects of their lives.
https://www.eringerner.com/powerhouse-elite
Powerhouse Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1074826730426201/?ref=share&mibextid=K35XfP
Lipp Law Firm
Business and Employment Attorney Virginia and Washington, DC | The Lipp Law Firm, PC
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https://www.lawpracticequeen.com/
Cash is Queen Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/show/4wc2TwIbjsLFxmOv6U5YBR?si=44a75380cf3f4422
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Connect with Katie Lipp :
Website Business and Employment Attorney Virginia and Washington, DC | The Lipp Law Firm, PC
LinkedIn Katie Lipp - Law Practice Queen, LLC | LinkedIn
Facebook The Lipp Law Firm, PC | Fairfax VA | Facebook
Stay connected with Erin Gerner
Website https://www.eringerner.com/
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/erin-gerner/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/erin.w.gerner
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/eringerner/?hl=en
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Get access to the luxury retreat, coaching calls, and mastermind networking with Powerhouse Elite! Details below. [00:00] In this Powerhouse Lawyer episode, we connect with Adriana Paris on: asking for opportunities, not being afraid of rejection, and evaluating personal values and priorities to make career decisions. [04:41] Adriana starts the conversation with her journey to law school [07:15] before getting into a reality that we all know too well – people management and difficult bosses [13:52]. What happens when your external success doesn’t match the internal? [19:53] Here’s your answer: create your Ideal Job Blueprint [29:29]! Once you develop a starting point for your career, the hard work begins. Productivity, setting boundaries that you actually enforce, coaching, time management, and community that helps you gain clarity and make positive change [40:51]. Finally, we close with Adriana’s Legally Blonde Moment! Bring on the fur babies! [52:06] Get into the Powerhouse Lawyer Facebook community to jumpstart your community! [54:22]
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Mentioned in this Episode
The relentless demands of the profession often leave even the most accomplished legal minds feeling like they're drowning. It doesn't Have to be this way, that's why I created the
PowerHouse Brain Dump https://www.eringerner.com/sales-page-3d84f6b7-92c8-4796-89e2-196e732b2a7c
Join Powerhouse Elite. This community is designed just for YOU, the ambitious and forward-thinking female lawyer who craves meaningful connections, desires career advancement, and is committed to supporting and empowering each other in both professional and personal aspects of their lives.
https://www.eringerner.com/powerhouse-elite
Powerhouse Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1074826730426201/?ref=share&mibextid=K35XfP
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Connect with Adriana Paris:
Website: adrianaparis.com
LinkedIn: Adriana Paris
Stay connected with Erin Gerner
Website https://www.eringerner.com/
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/erin-gerner/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/erin.w.gerner
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/eringerner/?hl=en
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