Are you not convinced about what Be Unstoppable Bootcamp can do for your business? I am welcomed by three more incredible guests: Amir Filsoof, Shane Eastman, and Brooke Sarratt. Join me as we hear inspiring stories as they will be sharing their experiences and insights from attending the Unstoppable Bootcamp. Get ready to be inspired, motivated, and equipped to create wealth and freedom on your own terms. I encourage everyone to join us at the boot camp, to sign up without hesitation. The importance of having a game plan and a solid blueprint to guide your actions in the coming year.
Welcome back to another exciting episode. Today I am joined by special guests Maura Perkins, Sam Siador, and Terren Moore. Together, we dive deep into the transformative experience of attending the Be Unstoppable Bootcamp and how it has impacted their lives personally and professionally. The boot camp attracts high-achieving agents who are constantly seeking ways to improve and grow. From the motivation to run towards opportunities instead of walking, to the importance of surrounding oneself with high-achieving individuals, my guests share their insights and real-life stories that will inspire and uplift you. Whether you’re a newer agency owner looking to establish a strong foundation or a seasoned professional wanting to level up, this episode is a must-listen. So join us as we explore the Be Unstoppable Bootcamp and discover how it can shape your path to success. Let’s dive in!
Be Unstoppable Bootcamp is an impactful event with high-achieving agents and great speakers, including Walter Bond. It’s about personal and professional growth. Money is a motivator.
Personal and professional growth, helping agents succeed and build a business that supports their lives. Encouraging undecided individuals to attend.
How it can support new agency owners to lay a foundation, believes it leads to profitability, stresses the importance of a support group.
Attendees of his boot camp are guaranteed satisfaction, or their money and travel expenses refunded.
Until next time, get out there and make a difference, be unstoppable, and leave no regrets!
Mike McDonough and I have more in common than just insurance. Mike shares his journey from working as a sous chef for Hilton and Marriott hotels to becoming a successful insurance agent. Despite having no prior knowledge of insurance, Mike took the opportunity and learned about auto, fire, and life insurance. Mike specializes in workers’ compensation insurance and even wrote a book to help employers understand and reduce the cost of workers’ comp claims. He emphasizes the importance of creating an operational plan for businesses to address various issues, building trust with employers, and expanding into other areas of insurance. Mike believes in the potential of the insurance market and advises listeners to focus on thriving areas of the industry. Mike encourages taking consistent action and learning from others. You don’t want to miss this valuable episode with Mike McDonough!
Highlights:
Identifying the biggest pain point for businesses: workers comp. Going in reverse, addressing the biggest pain point first, then moving to other areas like auto and home.
How his book helps employers and brokers navigate emotional workers comp claims to save costs.
Mailing book to CFOs, receiving positive response, promoting services, advocating for better insurance system.
The art of disqualification in business and finding ideal clients.
Solving problems is seen as an opportunity for personal growth.
Focus on what is working rather than what is failing. Start small and transition into different lines.
Don’t stick to old strategies, diversify marketing, and focus on ROI, ROT and ROS.
About our Guest:
Mike McDonough is an entrepreneur and owner of McDonough Insurance Services. Over the last 4 decades, Mike has owned his agency and sold several businesses.
Mike is a speaker, author and educator of insurance. He is known nationally in the Workers Comp Industry.
Mike is a problem solver and over the years has discovered a unique and affective way of helping his clients solve problems mitigating their workplace injuries. Over the last couple decades, Mike’s clients have saved millions of dollars in overall costs combined. He enjoys helping businesses transform from chaos to certainty building business wealth and growing their bottom line. He recently received his designation as a Qualified Self Insurance Administrator, SIP in California. Having this technical knowledge helps him identifying potential issues that can arise, enabling Mike to review and resolve problems quickly for his clients.
Outside of workers comp, Mike has been married to his beautiful wife Nannette for over 3 decades. They have two children, their son Andrew and their daughter Marina. Mike has many passions including cooking which came from his many years of experience in the hospitality industry. As a sous-chef for major restaurant chains, hotels and as a previous restaurant owner. Today he enjoys making homemade craft pizza pies for local friends and family. Mike has studied and practiced martial arts for almost 3 decades. If you don’t find Mike in the kitchen baking pizza pies or training in the dojo, you might find him on the local oceans riding his jet ski with his son Andrew. Mike enjoys anything outdoors and anything that has to do with water including bodyboarding, surfing, swimming, boating and fishing. He enjoys music, singing, dancing and live concerts. He is a real foodie enjoying all different cuisines and types of food. He will always try something once.
Mike is one of 6 children and he enjoys spending time with family. He is loves animals especially his two dogs. If you follow him on social media, you might catch a glimpse of one of his dance videos. He enjoys most sports and traveling whenever possible. The last several years Mike has enjoyed travelling around the country to watch his daughter Marina compete as a college athlete in both women’s cross country and track and field.
His legacy is to make an impact with 10,000 businesses or more in 50 States in a decade or less.
Until next time, get out there and make a difference, be unstoppable, and leave no regrets!
Today we are celebrating a milestone for the podcast, Episode 200!! We could not have done it without you, the listener, the UPP Team and of course, the support of the UPP Members. Our core purpose is really to impact people’s lives personally and professionally and we thought it was a great opportunity for our 200th episode to highlight some of those awesome successes of our incredible members.
Highlights:
Learning how to hire employees and build a team to lead the life you want.
Because of the coaching groups, people found the support and solutions they needed. They never felt like they were stranded on an island.
Plateauing and losing that “fire in your belly” can be reinvigorated with peer support.
Take action. Find that niche and do something with it.
Multiple agents are working on acquisitions and some of these are even amongst the members as they know their clients will be taken care the exact same way they were taking care of them.
A look at the special guests we have had at the Bootcamp Events
Until next time, get out there and make a difference, be unstoppable, and leave no regrets!
Terren Moore, an Agricultural Insurance Specialist, joins me to discuss the importance of taking action and having a positive mindset in order to be successful in the insurance industry. Terren shares that his recent success was due to a shift in mindset and a goal-oriented approach. Are you taking the right actions to grow your business? From niche marketing to social proof to beneficial networking, listen in as Terren discloses his actions that took him to the next level.
Highlights:
Positive action can change every negative situation.
When you take action two things can occur, success or a lesson learned.
There is inherent value in networking with successful individuals in the same industry.
Focus on niche to establish yourself apart from the others.
Developing your social proof builds trust with current and potential customers.
Having a streamlined process for handling leads creates a better customer experience
About our Guest:
Terren Moore started farming at the age of 15 after seeking new interest in his FFA chapter. His story as a first generation farmer has been recognized across the nation on television and several magazines. He began his insurance career with Texas Farm Bureau in 2018 before he opened his own agency in 2021. His farm operation and office are located in Greenville, TX where he grows sweet corn, peas, okra, and turnip greens. On the weekends he enjoys working on his farm and leading worship at his local church in Greenville. He is a member of the National Corn Growers Association and is passionate about his business and the ag industry.
