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EPISODE · May 26, 2026 · 45 MIN

How a Million-Dollar Producer Stopped Working 18-Hour Days

from You Don't Own Your Agency. It Owns You. · host Pete Poggi

You're a P&C agency owner working 60 to 70 hours a week, and you still leave the office with a to-do list longer than the one you walked in with. Here's what almost no one tells you: the problem isn't your work ethic. It's your day.In this episode, Pete Poggi sits down with Kyle Quezada - a former million-dollar producer who built and now owns multiple insurance agencies without producing a single policy himself. They break down the exact time-blocking system Kyle used to go from working until 2 a.m. (the time his management system actually shut down) to a normal 8-to-6 workday while still hitting million-dollar production numbers.This is the playbook Pete used inside his own P&C agencies on the way from $3M to $170M in 84 months, and it's the first system you have to master before any of the other agency-owner systems work.In this episode you'll discover:Why the most important block of your day is also the one almost every agent skips (and what fills the gap)The exact reason Kyle puts "non-income work" first, even though it doesn't make him a dollarThe 30-second rule that decides whether you stop what you're doing - or keep movingWhat changes when you go from producing agent to producing owner to absentee owner (most owners get stuck on step two)The single mistake that quietly puts a $1M producer on the path back to working 18-hour daysAbout Pete Poggi: Pete grew his P&C agency from $3 million to $170 million in 84 months - personal lines only, no cold calls. Today he coaches independent P&C agency owners stuck between $2M and $5M who've built themselves a job instead of a business. This show is the systems, scripts, and straight talk from inside an agency that actually runs without its owner.If this episode helped, please follow the show, leave a quick rating, and share it with one P&C agency owner who's stuck in the 70-hour-week trap. That's how more agency owners hear it.Learn more at www.PetePoggi.com

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