Habits, discipline, and the personal work behind every seven-figure producer. Morning routines, reading, therapy — the boring stuff that compounds.
32 episodes from Craig Pretzinger & Jason Feltman, hosts of The Insurance Dudes Podcast
09/11/2021 · 5 min read
Every agent hits a wall. The leads dry up, the morale dips, the grind starts feeling pointless. This is the episode for that moment — a direct, honest reminder of what you're actually building and why it's worth continuing.
09/04/2021 · 5 min read
Robin Sharma's framework of four internal domains — mindset, heartset, healthset, and soulset — offers a complete picture of what high performance actually requires. If you're only working on your business strategy, you're only doing a quarter of the work.
08/23/2021 · 5 min read
Momentum in an insurance agency is the most valuable asset you can build and the most dangerous force you can lose control of. The runaway train is exciting until you realize you don't know where the tracks go.
08/20/2021 · 5 min read
There are moments in every agency owner's career when the evidence seems to point in the wrong direction. The numbers are soft. The market is hard. A key person left. A carrier changed appetites. In those moments, the thing that keeps you moving is something that can't be found in a spreadsheet.
08/16/2021 · 5 min read
Every significant growth move in an insurance agency looks crazy until it works. The agent who hired before they could afford to, who committed to a marketing channel before they saw the results, who held a pricing line when every instinct said to fold — they all looked reckless from the outside.
08/02/2021 · 6 min read
Legacy is one of those words that gets attached to expensive buildings and charitable foundations, but for most insurance agency owners, the legacy question is far more immediate and far more personal.
07/26/2021 · 6 min read
The biggest threats to your agency's growth aren't the competitor down the street, the carrier that non-renewed your book, or the lead vendor who sold you garbage data. The most dangerous enemy is the one operating from inside your own head.
07/23/2021 · 5 min read
Running an insurance agency will test your patience, your marriage, your ego, and your ability to function on five hours of sleep during an E&O audit. The life lessons that hold you together through all of it are worth talking about.
04/09/2021 · 6 min read
Craig revisits Tommy Breedlove's powerful first redemption story — a conversation about what happens when high-achieving professionals stop running from the life they are actually living and start building one worth having.
03/24/2021 · 6 min read
Craig makes the business case for self-care — not the bubble-bath version, but the operational argument for protecting your own energy as the most critical asset your agency runs on.
03/15/2021 · 6 min read
Craig sits down solo with a cup of coffee and gets personal — exploring the spiritual and emotional journey that reshaped how he runs his agency and leads his team.
12/23/2020 · 7 min read
Garrett J. White and Jason go deeper into what daily practice actually looks like when you're committed to winning in all four domains — and what it costs if you refuse to do the work.
12/21/2020 · 7 min read
This Garrett J. White episode was so good we're running it back. The Warrior mindset conversation that changed how Craig thinks about what it means to show up fully as an agency owner, a leader, and a man.
10/09/2020 · 6 min read
In a solo Coffee Talk, Craig Pretzinger makes the argument that every insurance agent has one asset that no competitor can duplicate — and most agents are leaving it completely unused.
10/05/2020 · 6 min read
Craig Pretzinger's Motivation Monday solo takes a turn most agents don't expect: gratitude isn't just a feel-good practice. Deployed correctly, it is one of the most durable performance advantages available to an agency owner.
10/02/2020 · 6 min read
Jason Feltman hit the wall. Not slowly — fast. In this solo Coffee Talk, he gets honest about what it feels like when the pressure of running an agency builds past the point where you can ignore it, and what to actually do about it.
09/30/2020 · 6 min read
Brad Zude runs a successful insurance agency and a family he's actually present for. He sat down with Craig to talk about what it really takes to stop choosing between the two.
09/23/2020 · 6 min read
Tommy Breedlove had it all by every conventional measure — then walked away from all of it to rebuild from the ground up. The bestselling author and speaker sits down with Jason to talk about the comeback that changed everything, and what insurance agency owners can learn from a real redemption story.
08/24/2020 · 6 min read
Craig Pretzinger doesn't use the word 'guaranteed' loosely. When he says there's a practice that produces both growth and happiness in your agency, he means it — and he explains exactly why it works.
08/19/2020 · 6 min read
Garrett J. White is back on The Insurance Dudes with a message that does not arrive gently. If you've been playing small in your agency and your life, this conversation is the interruption you've been avoiding.