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Agents for Life! — 336 episodes
#336: What I learned in 10 Minutes Meeting Gary Vaynerchuk
#335: Five New Ways to Turbocharge your Mindset
#334: Your Journey as a Life Insurance Agency Builder
#333: Five Stages of Lead Flow
#332: The Three Hurdles of a Life Insurance Sale
#331: Who Wants a Million Dollar Life Insurance Policy?
#330: From $125 to a Billion-Dollar Brand
#329: Why Trying to Sell Is Costing You Sales
#328: Compressing Timelines and the Law of the Harvest
#327: Insane Debt 2 Capital Case #2
#326: What ROI, ROT and ROA Have to do With Life Insurance
#325: Your Lead Strategy- the Lifeblood of Your Business
#324: What are You Tolerating? And Why You Shouldn't...
#323: Selling Life Insurance with Logic or Emotion?
#322: Sick, Broke, Seasoned and Stupid
#321: Is Quitting an Option?
#320: How to Make a Six Figure Income (The Better Way)
#319: How to Make a Six-Figure Income in 2026 with Life Insurance
#318: Leveraging your MOST Valuable Asset as a Life Insurance Agent
#317: Wrapping up the Year / Life Dial Example: Already Have Coverage
#316: What Life Insurance IS vs. What it DOES
#315: The Five Things Holding You Back
#314: What the SHELL are you Thinking
#313: Train to Failure in Life Insurance
#312: The Three Phases of Your Career in Life Insurance
#311: How to Eliminate Worry and Fear
#310: Four Value Building Statements for your Next Life Insurance Conversation
#309: What's at the Core of Everything we Sell?
#308: Final Expense for... Young Healthy People? Say what?!!
#307: The Five Ps of the Perfect Business Model
#306: A Simple Way to Understand Cash Value Life Insurance
#305: Three Questions to Ask Yourself at the End of Each Day
#304: How Much Does "Which Policy" Truly Matter?
#303: Four Opportunities for Making a Sale in a Life Insurance Appointment
#302: Carrying the Torch of Freedom (my take on the Charlie Kirk tragedy)
#301: How to Muster up Confidence
#300: The Gestation Period of Success in Insurance
#299: Is Whole Life Insurance Worth it?
#298: Six Things to Cut in Order to Grow
#297: Children's Policies- Good, Better, Best
#296: Come as You Are
#295 A Framework for Making Big Decisions
#294: Understanding Underwriting Principles
#293: How to Have Enough Money for Leads
#292: How to Have Enough Time
#291: Hang in There Long Enough!
#290: The First Half vs. the Second Half of a Life Insurance Appointment
#289: How to Build a Relentless Mindset
#288: Carrier Rundown: The Good and the Bad
#287: Let's Put Risk and Fear in Their Place!
#286: The Psychology of Money
#285: There's an Answer to Your Problem!
#284: Estate Planning to Help Fund Your Lead Bill
#283: The Gameplan for 3K in 30 days as a Life Insurance Agent
#282 (sales): How to Get More Prospects Showing up to Your Appointment
#281 The Third Trajectory
#280: How a Halfhearted Commitment Guarantees Failure
#279 (sales): The Anatomy of a Virtual Life Insurance Appointment
#278: You're Never Going to "Feel" Like it
#277: The Recipe for Success in Life Insurance
#276: Fight for the Future that's Available to You
#275: How to Avoid the Chargeback Fairy
#274: Why you Should Stop Avoiding the Hard Things
#273: It's Time to Build Your Life Insurance Agency
#272: Four Situations Where you Should Never Give a Quote in Life Insurance
#271: A Mindset Hack that Can Change Lives (Especially Your Own)
#270: The Most Important Question You can Ask in a Life Insurance Appointment
#269: The Three Contracts You Must Keep as a Life Insurance Agent
#268: How to Conduct an Agent Interview
#267: What the Compound Effect has to do with Life Insurance
#266: The 2025 Equis Opportunity Overview for Life Insurance Agents
#265: Year End Report & 2024 Numbers
#264: How to do a Proper Life Insurance Appointment Intake
#263: Our 2025 Comp & Bonus Program, plus Other Nuggets from Conference
#262: Which One Costs Less: Term or Whole Life Insurance?
#261: Are You Desperate Enough?
#260: Core Value #6: Attitude
#259: Core Value #5: Toughness!
#258: Core Value #4: Humility
#257: Core Value #3: Relationships
#256: Core Value #2: Ownership
#255: Core Value #1: Respect
#254: How to Overcome Fear and Move Forward in Spite of it
#253: Who Wants to Get Lucky in Life Insurance?
#252: The Four Secrets of a Successful Life Insurance Agent
#251: Four Core Beliefs that will Change your Perception
#250 (Sales): Mastering the Art of the Pivot
#249 (sales): Lots of Small yes’s Lead to the one BIG YES
#248: Selling Life Insurance to Military & Vets: VGLI vs. Civilian Coverage
#247 (sales): How to Relax and Have an Awesome Dial Session
#246: The Power of Spread
#245 (sales): Three Solid Questions to ask During Your Life Insurance Appointment
#244: IUL isn't for Everyone
#243: Seven Questions to Ask When your Life Insurance Business isn't Going How You Want
#242: Five Top Reasons People Fail
#241: What is the Cost of Not Hitting your Goals?
#240: FREEDOM!
#239 : My 19 Failures Before Becoming a Life Insurance Agent
#238: Focus on What Matters Most
#237 (sales): Setting the Table, Part II (before the pricing)
#236: The Importance of Placement and Persistency...and How to Fix Them
#235: Secrets of a Millionaire Mind- Recap Part 2
#234: Secrets of a Millionaire Mind- Recap Part 1
#233: How to Look Past the Bugs in your Life
#232 (sales): How to Get Started Properly in Your Life Insurance Career
#231: The Crazy Thing About Momentum in Life Insurance Sales
#230 (sales): The Three Strategies of a Mortgage Protection Insurance Appointment
#229: How to be a Solid Life Insurance Mentee
#228: Comparing the Life Insurance Model with the Traditional Work Model
#227: Why Equis Financial?
#226: Plugging into the Equis System
#225: The Secret of Success in Life (or Life Insurance)
#224 (sales): Setting the Table for a Life Insurance Appointment
#223 (sales): How to Work With $1M Life Insurance Cases
#222: The Equis Opportunity for Independent Life Insurance Agents
#221 (sales): Understanding IUL vs. UL in Life Insurance
#220: Rolling out Equis Financial's new Comp Plan (and what it means to you)
#216: Tomorrow Starts Tonight (try this five-minute planning tip)
#217: An Insane Debt-Free for Life Case
#219: Six Non-Negotiables for New Life Insurance Agents
#218 (sales): When to Possibly Replace a Life Insurance Policy
#215: Revolutionize Your Life Insurance Business in 2024
#214: The Most Valuable Asset a Life Insurance Agent Owns
#213: Life Insurance Agents are not Just Quote Machines
#212: The One Degree Difference in a Life Insurance Agent's Career
#211 (sales): The First 90 Days- Getting Started as a Life Insurance Agent
#210: Virtual vs. Face to Face Models for Life Insurance Agents
#209: The Man You've Never Heard of Who Defied All Odds
#208: The Dog Ate My Prospect
#207: Five Things Life Insurance Agents Should STOP Doing
#206 (sales): The Jeopardy Approach to Selling Life Insurance
#205 (sales): The Five Hurdles of Any Life Insurance Appointment
#204: The Life Insurance Gameplan for Making Six Figures and Beyond
#203: How to do a Life Insurance Policy Review
#202: The Value of Showing Up as a Life Insurance Agent
#201 (sales): Delivery is King
#200: The Basic Steps for Success
#199: What do You HAVE to do?
#198: A Rundown of my Favorite Carriers, When to Use Them and What to Use
#197: Is There a Recession Going on in your Mind?
#196: Case Study with Terry & Leslie
#195 (Sales): Think of the Children!
#194: Taking That First Step of Faith
#193 (Sales): How to Make Your Appointments Flow
#192: Get Your Energy Bus Going!
#191: Leveraging the DF4L Opportunity
#190 (Sales): How to Approach People About What you do
#189: The One and Only Way to Fail
#188: Obstacles, Challenges & Excuses
#187: The Thing About Fear
#186: What is your ROI (Return on Inactivity)?
#185: The Six Figure Income Game Plan
#184: How and When Change Happens
#183 (Sales): Key Elements of a Presentation
#182: Execution is More Important than Goals
#181: What is your Magic Number?
#180: Setting up and Introducing on an Appointment
#179: Self Administered Checkup from the Neck up (15 critical questions to ask yourself)
#178 (Product): How Level, Graded, ROP and Guaranteed Issue Pay Out
#177: Just Love and Serve People
#176: What Kind of House are you Building?
#175: Victory is Messy
#174: Put Yourself in a Position to WIN
#173: Three Underwriting Lessons Learned this Week
#172: The Parable of the Vehicle
#171: Recap of the Dallas Convention
#170: A Fresh Perspective on Success
#169 (Product): The Ins and Outs of Universal Life
#168 (sales): Turn a Thinkaboutit into a Client
#167: The Price of Freedom
#166 (sales): Selling Ethos: Keep your Presentations Simple
#165: Why Goals Matter
#164: The Year Trust Died and Why it Matters to You
#163: 2022 Numbers, Insights and the Wonky Math of Consistent Activity
#162: Tools for your 2023 Game Plan
#161: How much of a Hurry are you in?
#160 (Sales): Finding Referrals for RYD, IULs and Annuities
#159: Get Your Big Picture
#158: The World's Greatest Superpower
#157: Five Sales Scenarios to Look For on an Appointment
#156 (Sales): Turning a NO into a YES
#155: Dallas Training Recap- Prosperity and Ethos
#154: Law of Love
#153: Your Three-Step Journey to Success
#152: Six Ways to Increase your Profitability
#151: How to Guarantee You'll Fail as a Life Insurance Agent
#150: Beautiful Excuses
#149: What to Recommend and When
#148: JUMP!
#147: The Top Five Mistakes New Agents Make
#146: Establishing a Daily Routine
#145: Writing Your First App with CFG
#144: Your Five Problems
#143: Everything Starts with a Decision
#142: What's the BEST That can Happen?
#141: Five Ways to Build Rapport
#140: Five Steps to Reprogram your Brain
#139: Think FROM Your Goals
#138: What Does a Dog Have to do With it?
#137: Key Takeaways from the Orlando Leadership Conference
#136: Seven Probing Questions (borrowed from Jeremy Miner)
#135: My Best Advice for New Agents
#134: Are You Selling Half-Brained?
#133: Exactly What to Say (part 2 of 2)
#132: Exactly What to Say (part 1 of 2)
#131: The Equis Opportunity
#130: Your Five Biggest Problems
#129: Underwriting 101
#128: What's All This Chatter About D34L (AKA infinite banking)?
#127: Business Compound Interest
#126: Three Powerful Principles of Selling: Awareness, Herd and Permission
#125: The Sale is Located Right Behind the Problem
#124: Key Takeaways from the Spring Showcase Event
#123: How to Maximize Profitability from Every Lead
#122: Your Decision Moment can Make or Break your Success
#121: Tumbleweeds and Sailboats
#120: Pro's and Con's of our Most Common Carriers
#119: Relentless Commitment
#118: Nourish Your Wealth Mentality
#117: Maybe it's Time
#116: Three Reasons to Use American Amicable
#115: Highlights from Atomic Habits
#114: Why do you Eat?
#113: Systems and Habits Over Goals
#112: Key Spreadsheets for your Business
#111: Breakdown of my 2021 Numbers
#110: Get in the Wheelbarrow
#109: Your Five Best Friends for 2022
#108: My 5 Key Areas to Work on
#107: Ramp up for 2022 in 8 Steps
#106: Gotta Love Those Benefits
#105: "Dead" is not a Four-Letter Word
#104: The Basics of this Business
#103: Taxes and Finances
#102: Windows and Mirrors
#101: How to Sell Ice to an Eskimo
#100: You Are an Asset Protector
#099: Killer Questions for your Presentation
#098: My Facebook Live Strategy
#097: Three Sales Tips
#096: What Are You Willing to Sacrifice?
#095: Now's Not the Time
#094: Finding the Pain with Rob Jones
#093: You're Being Built
#092: ANNOUNCING a New Resource to Grow Your Business: MyAgentBuilder.com
#091: The Four Hurdles of an In-Home Presentation
#090: (sales) Quote vs. Offer
#089: Calendar is KING
#088: How to Overcome the Number One Misconception
#087: Greatest Rejection Hits, Volume 1
#086: (sales) Indexed Universal Life
#085: From Disappointment to That Appointment
#084: How Much Are You Leaving on the Table?
#083: Lessons From My Journey to the Top of Arizona
#082: Eliminate the NOISE!
#081: Take the Reins
#080: Nobody Cares About You or Your Products
#079: (sales) A New Strategy for your GI Clients
#078: Gaining Clarity
#077: (sales) Accidental Death, AKA Traditional Mortgage Protection
#076: Respectable Excuses
#075: You Thought this Would be Easy?
#074: We're in the Software Business
#073: That Tenth Rep
#072: My Top Three Takeaways from the Lynchburg Leadership Conference
#071: Bring your WHY and Let's go Fly
#070: How are you Being Peopled?
#069: Become Familiar with the Unfamiliar
#068: (sales) Case Study on Listening
#067: Lessons from a Lemon Tree
#066: The Three Most Detrimental Mental Health Conditions
#065: (sales) Implementing the Layering Strategy
#064: (sales) Problems are Gold- Become a Problem Finder
#063: Intentional Discomfort
#062: Water Doesn't Boil at 211 Degrees
#061: Two Steps to Success: Act and Sustain
#060: My Interviewing Format and Script
#059 Peeling Back my 2020 Numbers
#058 Preparing for 2021
#057: Questionnaires
#056: What's Your Tipping Point?
#055: Carrier Spotlight- Foresters Financial
#054: The Power of Gratitude
#053: Four Steps to Move from Fear to Faith
#052 (product): Universal Life
#051: Are You in the 1%?
#050: Rehearse Your Ultimate Goal
#049: Seeds of Greatness
#048 (sales): Build it Messy
#047: Everything is Going Along Swimmingly
#046: Kindness is Free!
#045 (sales): The Most Important Thing You Can Do
#044: Decision Time!
#043 (product): Your Foundational Five
#042 (sales): Full, Partial or Critical Period?
#041 (sales): Building Rapport and Trust
#040 (sales): Your First Appointment
#039 (sales): Your First Dial Session
#038 (sales): Risk Assessments
#037: Interest-Free Loans
#036 (sales): Best Advice Starting Out
#035: Staying Future Focused
#034 (sales): Living Benefits
#033 (sales): Work Insurance
#032: The Perfect Storm
#031 (sales): Dialing is the Key
#030 (sales): Medical vs. Non-Medical
#029 (sales): What is Mortgage Protection Anyway?
#028: Let's Get After it!
#027: You Just Need to Acclimate
#026: You Have a MYT4U Card!
#025: What the (bleep) are you Thinking?
#024: Is This a Side Hustle or a Calling?
#023: It Doesn't get any Better Than NOW!
#022: You've won the Lottery!
#021: Get in your Judgment-Free Zone
#020: Everyday Heroes
#019: Welcome to Life
#018: The Mental Pandemic
#017: Who do you Think you ARE?
#016: It's the Why, not the How
#015: Bumpy Roads
#014: A Fly, a Sneeze and Your Business
#013: How You See Everything is Everything
#012: Are You Willing or Wanting?
#011: Cast a Little Sunshine
#010: Three Tiers of Fulfillment
#009: The Only Way is Through
#008: Go all in on YOU!
#007: Make Room for Hello
#006: Saying Goodbye
#005: You are a Freaking Miracle
#004: Mental Inventory
#003: Genuine Love
#002: At the Heart of Commitment
#001: Welcome and kickoff