In his first book, You Can’t Teach Hungry, attorney John Morgan laid out the fundamental groundwork for running a law firm as a business. His second book, You Can’t Teach Vision, builds on that groundwork, expanding upon such issues as maintaining perspective, dealing with competition, learning to take necessary risks, finding and encouraging the right employees, diversifying interests, maintaining forward business momentum, avoiding excessive greed, setting goals and following through, and eventually, bowing out and managing the politics of succession. Drawing heavily upon his own experiences as a serial entrepreneur, Morgan shows you how to do what it takes to get ahead, and stay ahead, in the fast-paced world of business.
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- Introduction
- Visionmakers
- Failure is Your Friend
- The Stagecoach and the Train
- The Twenty-First Century Law Firm
- The Process
- Culture
- Saying Hello, Saying Goodbye
- Believe
- The Best Offense is a Great Offense
- Relentless
- Perspective
- The Senior Year
- The Cancer, The Sociopath, and the Ingrate
- Bullets and Bombs
- The Psychology of Winning and Losing
- Execution
- Delegate or Die
- BHAG
- The Competition
- The Elephant in the Room
- Dog Shit, Superstars, Luck, Super Lawyers, and Getting a Dog
- Succession
- Practice Made Perfect
- Window Open, Windows Close
What Legal Leaders Are Saying
— Brian Panish, member of the Inner Circle of Advocates, the International Society of Barristers, and lead counsel in the largest personal injury verdict in American judicial history ($4.9 billion)John Morgan is the Lebron James in the practice of law. Every lawyer should read You Can’t Teach Vision.
— Dennis Shields, CEO and director of LawCash, founder and director of Esquire Bank, former CEO and director of HealthShield Capital CorporationJohn Morgan personifies success. He is a visionary and a born leader whose passion to succeed through hard work is only matched by his love for his family and his philanthropic nature.
— Jim Messina, president and CEO of the Messina Group, campaign manager for President Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign, and former White House deputy chief of staffYou Can’t Teach Vision is a compilation of time-tested best practices for growing your business and ensuring that people will feel your legacy long after you move on. It is ripe with the applicable and relatable anecdotes of one of the most successful attorneys in the country. While the title is You Can’t Teach Vision, this book will teach you how to harness and refocus the vision that motivated you in the first place. [John’s] professional experiences have helped him to form a set of comprehensive guidelines that will improve the way you look at what you do and how you do it.