Living The Red Life - The Smartest Insurance Strategy No One Talks About
Episode Date: March 6, 2025SUMMARYFilip Lundstedt, a seasoned insurance strategist and entrepreneur, joins the podcast to break down the hidden opportunities in insurance that most people overlook. With years of experience work...ing for major providers before going independent, Filip shares why traditional insurance models often work against consumers and business owners. He explains his "Gift Box" strategy, which layers catastrophic insurance, indemnity policies, and wellness programs to provide maximum protection while lowering costs.In this conversation, he also dives into smart financial moves for entrepreneurs, including how business owners can use tax codes to cut costs and even get paid through insurance. He reflects on a major career mistake—losing 800 clients overnight—and how that moment shaped his path to success. The discussion wraps up with insights on personal development, the importance of investing in oneself, and why success is about strategic thinking rather than luck.CHAPTERS02:35 - The Strategy Behind High-Stakes Insurance04:54 - Why Most People Overpay for Health Coverage07:21 - The "Gift Box" Approach to Insurance Planning09:43 - How the Wealthy Protect Themselves Differently12:05 - Business Owners’ Secret to Reducing Insurance Costs14:27 - The Tax Loophole That Pays for Employee Benefits16:52 - How to Turn Insurance Into a Profit Opportunity19:18 - The Biggest Mistake That Cost Me 800 Clients21:42 - The Power of Personal Development in Business24:08 - The #1 Lesson I’d Tell My Younger SelfGUEST DETAILSFull Name - Filip LundstedtInstagram (Personal) - ftlundsInstagram (Business) - Pro_care_consultingLinkedin - Filip LundstedtWebsite - procare.consultingConnect with Rudy Mawer:LinkedInInstagramFacebookTwitter
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Every business is eventually gonna wanna grow and then eventually wanna scale.
You have to remember as entrepreneurs and business owners,
we know how much money we can get so we don't have a cap on that.
But the people that you want working for you that maybe are W2s,
they don't have that same mindset.
They want security and safety.
And benefits are some of the biggest things that employees are chasing.
Yeah, I think to a lot of the employees, it's not even for them,
it's their nagging spouse.
We call it spouse in the house.
You have one that works and one that doesn't,
or one that's an entrepreneur and one works.
My situation, my wife has a W-2 job, great job,
a phenomenal benefit, so I'm like,
I don't have to go out and get private health care.
I get phenomenal benefits here,
and then I add these other little plans
to make it a better 360 degree amazing product, right?
Because it's a better strategy.
When I get involved
and I start putting indemnity policies in
and HSAs and all these extra things.
I'm making money.
If I go to a doctor or I go to a hospital
or have a surgery, I'm gonna make a profit.
And a lot of people are like, how is that possible?
Just explain that at a third grade level to people.
Of course, of course.
So imagine.
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What's up guys? Welcome back to another episode of living the red life joining me today is for leave a good friend
He's been in our community for a long time, helps a lot of our members and myself
with advanced insurance strategies,
my own personal insurances, insuring my team.
And then also, he's a bit of a master on the sales side.
He runs these big in-person sales events,
so selling one to many.
Had dozens of sales reps, trained tons of salespeople,
took tens of thousands of sales calls.
So we're gonna cover some good stuff today.
Welcome to the show.
Rudy, thank you so much for having me, man.
So I know we've been trying to do this for a long time.
What you do is very advanced and cool
because most people listening, right,
they don't understand as an entrepreneur
all the insurance options for them, right,
for their own personal health and everything. Yeah.
But then also how to ensure, get insurances for their team, their employees, and actually
save some money doing it while adding a ton of benefits.
Yeah.
So I want to dive into that today, but then I also want to dive in on the business side
because we've been working with you for years on the business side, like how you're, you
know, building sales teams,
selling events, hosting your own mini seminars and how that's applicable to the audience too.
So let's start with you and your background. How'd you get into all this?
Yeah, so I've been doing this about 22 years. When I got out of the military,
I had a part-time job at Sam's Club, you know, packing meat. It was a terrible job.
I was dead broke. I was project living, just, you know, living on scraps.
And I went to a mass hire
and it was these bankers life and casually,
they were hiring a bunch of people.
They convinced me I was gonna make 500 grand a year
and I didn't need a college education.
So I was like, this is great.
And my oldest daughter who's 26 now
was like four years old then, right?
So I got into the sales of insurance
and I just really found my passion by serving other people
because before I'd been serving my country
and that was great, I had this great life
and then serving other people
really made it interesting and easy to do, right?
Because I had a purpose and I had a reason
and it was driving me constantly.
And then all the challenges that were involved in it,
you know, and helping people
through all these different unique problems, you start to realize
not everybody's the same, but we all have the same problem.
So it's like once you find one solution and another
and you get through about 20, 30 different solutions,
you can start to see it repeat itself.
Well, and what's interesting just on the entrepreneurial
journey side is a lot of people get into sales,
but then they just stay in sales
whereas you decided to come a business owner and then grow a team and
So what made that transition?
COVID right so like COVID hit and I was coming off the best year of my life in my in my career And I was doing it solo as an independent, and I thought man
I'm still killing it during COVID like I thrived during quarantine
And I saw so many of people suffering and I was like, you know I thought, man, I'm still killing it during COVID. Like I thrived during quarantine.
And I saw so many of people suffering.
And I was like, you know,
I could probably teach people how to do this
and give them the tools and resources
that no one ever gave me or ever thought to give me.
And that's really where ProCare Consulting came from.
It came from me having a lot of time on my hands
because it was quarantine.
And I was like, how can I develop this?
And I put a plan together.
And then I just started hiring brokers and really training
them and teaching them on how to better put dollars in their pockets and live with a purpose
and live with passion at the same time.
But I think what's great with you knowing you and working with you for so long is,
you know, as the CEO now and the owner, you're really trying to build those systems and those
processes and, you know, I see all the in-depth training
you give to them and the quality care.
Because I think when I think of insurances and sales,
it's like this Wolf of Wall Street style sales floor, right?
But yours is definitely, I feel more like
the Louis Vuitton style, the bespoke, custom, right?
And you put a lot of bells and whistles around it,
like Louis Vuitton does, right?
When you go to Louis Vuitton,
they give you water on a little glass plate, you know?
And there's a line outside,
and they let you in one by one, and the stanchions,
and like I feel that's what you're doing.
So how did you, you know,
and that's part of being a smart business owner,
is you're USP, and so how'd you come up with these things
to separate yourself?
I really wanted to give people a Ritz-Carlton experience on a Motel 6 budget.
So it was just beautiful that I could, I know their names, I know their wants, I know their
needs by asking them at least 22 questions because that typically breaks down the walls
of defense with people.
Because most people, they run into an insurance salesperson.
It's probably right below having a root canal.
That's how much you wanna get it done, right?
It's like right below, you'd rather have a root canal
than deal with an insurance guy.
Because like you said, most people wolf a Wall Street,
they're banging on my door,
they're blowing me up on the telephone nonstop.
So when you come in with this tailored service for people
and say, listen, I'm just gonna educate you
and then I'm gonna show you all the options
because I have no bias, I represent all the companies,
so I don't really care what insurance you choose.
That's what should be happy.
Well that's a big thing up front, right?
Because I think most of them, they're like,
they have that go-to thing, that's the gimmicky thing,
and then they just sell that no matter what.
Yep, yeah.
And most brokers do, they represent three or four companies
and then they just hammer those three or four.
And they get the most commissions from Wands,
they push people. Exactly, exactly. And for me, I'm terrible with four. And they get the most commissions from Wands, they push people.
Exactly, exactly.
And for me, I'm terrible with it.
I don't really count commissions.
I just work and I have systems that do it for me.
And I'm just like, if it's the right fit, it's the right fit.
But you have a slight customer value, right?
If you do it that way, you probably make more in the long run.
Because of referrals.
Yeah, referrals, happy customers versus someone gets sold in the wrong plan, they're looking
every year.
They're like, because they kind of tells them, oh, I did it this year, but next year I'm
going to look again.
Exactly.
And it was like you were saying with systems, we're constantly educating people.
We're doing Q&A sessions every quarter for each individual insurance company.
We're doing nurture systems where I'm doing about 67 touch points per year per client and that's between letters,
Yeah, cards, yeah
emails, text messages,
seminars, member meets,
luncheons, all these different ways of making sure that we're in front of them, right? Because tippets on top of minds, right?
So I just want to always make sure that my clients are gonna call me, me,
our company, rather than call the insurance company.
I want them to call me first.
So I believe that, you know,
the no-like-trust triangle, right?
If they get to know me and they get to like me,
they will trust me.
And if they can trust me with their problems
and I solve it once, then I impact their life.
Then they're gonna tell everybody,
hey, you gotta call my guy, you know?
Whether it's a business owner or a senior
or even a solopreneur, right?
It doesn't matter if I'm giving them that attention
and that understanding so they're clear
about what their choice is, it just, everybody wins.
Well, and it's funny in sales
because people will definitely pay more
if they have that relationship.
Like I know when I found a good like car dealer, right?
Or a good, I'm trying real estate person, for example.
Like, I don't care if the car's a bit more with that dealer,
if I just know I can like, he's reliable,
I trust him, he's a good guy, you know?
And so I think, obviously some people
always just go for the best deal,
but especially more upper class people and entrepreneurs,
I think we'll all happily pay more
if we feel that connection.
Do you see that even with the customers on a budget?
They'll still sacrifice sometimes the cheaper option
because of the relationship you've built?
I do.
I see sometimes people are on a plan
and they're like, well, I love my plan,
but I don't like my broker or my agent.
And I really like you.
And I'm like, well, I can't do an agent of record switch
on this company, but there are other programs
that you could look at
and they're like, I'm willing to go to another program
and get less to be with you because with you,
I'm gonna get more and by more, it's time, right?
Because time and money are commodities that we all have,
but you can't replace time.
God's only giving us so much.
So for those people, I'm saving them time
and that's the value and the frustration, I mitigate the risk of frustration
and anxiety around something that's below a root canal.
You know what I mean?
So how do the entrepreneurs watching this,
they have some sales reps, probably right now,
sales reps are just doing sales calls, sales meetings,
and they've not thought about all these other bells
and whistles around it that you have.
What are three or four tips they can implement instantly
to get more referrals, happier clients,
improve sales processes?
Yeah, I think really understanding that your systems
have to be automated,
and if you're not automating your systems,
like if you're using Google Sheets and Excel spreadsheets,
like you're missing the boat, right?
And trust in your reps to do the 67 search points.
Exactly, it's never gonna happen,
but if you automate it and you spend one day a week with your guys and just say, hey, listen,
let's get some ideation here.
Let's create some structures for you.
And then you put your own personal twist on it so it's authentic.
And I'm going to show you how to put it in a system where you can just automate it out
for the next 90 days.
And then every 90 days we meet again and we refresh the information going on.
We did a lot of that and we've actually just recently now, we actually hired four VA's,
so four grand a month grand a VA for our sales team and they do a ton of custom work
even beyond automation now.
One of them's we started just doing was custom proposals for everyone.
Love it.
So they take the transcript from the Zoom, write this custom proposal out, the rep approves it
every morning at 9 a.m.
And now they send custom proposals out.
And it's like, and I teach my team,
because it's so much work, and I teach my team,
I mean, the winning in business lies in the irregular
things, the things that sound stupid, sound crazy,
sound like that's a ton of work. Why would you ever do that?
But that's actually where you win
because no one else is doing it.
It's the uniqueness, right?
Of doing something different
so you stand out from everybody.
Yeah, like you sending handwritten thank you cards
and hosting free lunches, it's like,
that's so much fricking work, you know?
But that's why it works.
Yeah, exactly.
I have a 52 week video nurture series
where they're getting a video,
two, three minute video that's highly produced and I'm talking 52-week video nurture series where they're getting a video, two, three minute video
That's highly produced and I'm talking about how to pick a dentist, how to pick a primary care,
How you know the hospital's ripping you off, what red flags to be looking for in your insurance bill.
Don't pay the bill until you do this, right?
Just like those little tips that people don't think about and most brokers don't do that. They sell and they disappear.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, and then their books getting flipped all the time.
Yeah.
It's like, wow.
Here's one more example.
We're just starting.
That's even crazier.
So, you know, we sold funnel builds for many years.
We just hired like a whole separate design team division.
And now they actually design the funnel for the client before a sales call.
Oh, wow. It's ridiculous.
It's like the most ridiculous thing ever, because you're like doing a free website build to show the client before a sale is cool. That's smart,
I love that. Yeah, but it's like so ridiculous it works because now they get to see a funnel
before they even get on the sale. It takes the guessing out like what's the product going
to look like and yada yada right so then you're just able to show it right up front. And we're
about to try it with a copy team doing books. So I actually was writing with chat GPT and then a copywriter writing someone's book before
they get on a call.
Before they get on a call.
I love it.
And we do the same thing customizing the plans before someone has an appointment with me.
There's an intake form where they give me some information and from that I can shave
off a lot of time and then already show them customized plans and then they're like, whoa,
wow.
And we all love that.
I think when we've like gone for our own sales processes, right?
Like the first thing you wanna visually see
and understand how it works.
So when someone turns up and can demonstrate that,
it helps me buy way quicker,
whereas a lot of times in sales process,
they're like, oh, I can't answer that.
I'm like, whoa, I'm not interested in that.
So tell me who can answer that, or I'll
find someone else that can.
Exactly.
Exactly.
I think that's a great tip for everyone listening,
is how can you meet the customer closer there
so they can visually see it?
For me, in my world, that might be
pre-designing a website mock-up or social mock-ups.
Or even the book's an extreme thing,
but even the title of the book
are in the chapter outlines, right?
Could work and for you, like come in prepared.
Exactly, you know, it's super smart
and especially when you're dealing with small business owners
because they're not thinking about insurance most times,
right?
They're thinking about commissions and systems
and strategies and then they're like,
well, I'm a small business,
I don't have to offer health insurance. Why would I?
I think that's, yeah, so let's leave,
let's transition into that.
Why would they?
Right, so why would you offer health insurance?
Well, it depends on what kind of business owner you're at,
right?
We kind of talk, some people are just salespeople
and they just sell.
They don't ever grow from there.
And some business owners are just like,
well, I'm okay doing 80 grand a year,
and I'm like, it's a hobby then, right?
Like you have a hobby, not a business.
Every business is eventually gonna wanna grow
and then eventually wanna scale.
And a great way of doing that,
cause we have to remember as entrepreneurs
and business owners, we know how much money we can get.
So we don't have a cap on that.
But the people that you want working for you
that maybe are W-2s, they don't have that same mindset.
They want security and safety. And benefits are some of the biggest things that employees are chasing.
Yeah, I mean, I learned about that, like when we were hiring and growing to, you know, 50
people plus in office, it was coming up all the time, right? As an entrepreneur, I don't know.
Yeah, right.
You know, and I would have to just keep sending them to HR and eventually I got so sick of people
asking us, I had a one-pager made so I could just say, here it is.
So it's funny how much that's valued.
And at one point, because before we really took it seriously, I was just like, oh, we'll
pay you another 500 a month.
And then it's like, figure it out.
But they didn't even want that.
They were so crazy about it.
So that's so important for people listening.
Because you think as an entrepreneur, whatever, right?
To a normal person, that's so important.
And I think to a lot of the employees,
it's not even for them, it's the nagging spouse.
That's like, you're not taking that job.
The kids, right?
Yeah, exactly.
Yeah. We call it spouse in the house. You have one you're not taking that job. The kids, right? Yeah, exactly. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Because it's like, we call it spouse in the house.
You have one that works and one that doesn't
or one that's an entrepreneur and one works.
My situation, my wife has a W-2 job, great job.
She's got phenomenal benefits.
So I'm like, I don't have to go out
and get private health care.
I get phenomenal benefits here.
And then I add these other little plans
to make it a better 360 degree amazing product, right?
Because it's a better strategy.
When I get involved and I start putting
indemnity policies in and HSAs and all these extra things,
it really limits our out of pocket expenses
if something were to happen, right?
So in most cases, I'm making money.
If I go to a doctor or I go to a hospital or have a surgery,
I'm gonna make a profit.
And a lot of people are like, how is that possible?
So you just gotta structure your strategies correctly,
right, with indemnity policies.
Well, let's talk about that for a couple of minutes,
and then we'll come back to the,
what to add for your employees.
So if it's a solo entrepreneur listening,
they just need it for themselves.
What are a couple of these good extra things to add?
So I think like, it all comes down to your lifestyle
and your budget, of course,
and you've got two kinds of people.
Some people that have a very clean lifestyle
and people that don't have a clean lifestyle.
Whatever, I'm not here to judge.
I mean, it is what it is.
If you have a very clean lifestyle
and you're not drinking, you're not drugging,
you're pretty healthy,
going with like health share ministries, right?
Like ministry programs can be phenomenal
because they're such a low cost
and they have this share program which is
a deductible that's relatively low and then it's 100% coverage afterwards.
So it's really great to get in those and then you put like a hospital indemnity on the back
end or like what we call a mega indemnity that covers everything.
So when you go to the doctor and you have a $40 copay, this other insurance company
is sending you 125 bucks.
So you're making a profit.
You go to the-
Did you just explain that at a third grade level to people?
Of course, of course.
So imagine, I'll give you a great example.
You fall off a ladder or you're riding your bike, right?
You're riding your bike, you fall off the bike
and you hurt yourself.
You dislocate your shoulder.
You've got to go to the emergency, you gotta go to the emergency room,
you go to the emergency room, you've gotta copay for that.
Let's say it's $400, that's your copay.
So you go to the emergency room, now you owe $400.
Then they keep you overnight in the hospital.
Then you've got another, let's say $2,000, $2,500,
because you have a deductible.
Well now you're up to $2,900.
You get this other program from another insurance company
that makes you a bet and they say,
well, I bet you nothing will happen to you
and you just gotta pay me $100 a month
and if something does happen to you,
we're gonna pay you out.
So you say, okay, great.
You go to the emergency room and they say,
okay, now we owe you $300.
So they offset 300 of the 400 that you have to spend.
So you're like, okay, now what about the rest of the money
that I owe the $2,500?
That's where it really comes in with hospitals
because you get an emission rate of up to $3,000
and then up to $5,000 a day that you're in the hospital.
So now you got eight grand, so you're making a profit.
You have a baby, you make a profit.
So they're giving you like a couple of grand more to go up to five grand.
Yep, per day, per day.
And the beautiful-
So it's kind of like stock trading, but betting when it goes up and then also if it drops.
Exactly.
It's mitigating all your risk, right?
Yeah.
And the thing is most people will look for low deductible insurance because they're worried
that if something happens to me-
Well, that's what I did.
Yeah.
I would always say, find me, you know, I don't mind paying more.
I just, I don't want to have to pay nine grand
because I fall off my bike.
Right, exactly.
It would annoy me.
And the thing that we do with most people,
including you, is we go, no, you don't want to do that.
What you'd rather do is have a higher deductible pay
or lower premium and then get an indemnity product
on the back end.
Because it's cheaper to add the indemnity monthly
than it would be just to pay for the higher premium.
It's cheaper to have the two products and then you have full safety and protection between
the two.
I call it like a gift box strategy.
The insurance, catastrophic insurance is the foundation and then the box around it is the
protection of an indemnity policy and then the ribbon would be like dental or mental
therapy or something of that, or an HSA,
something that's just that little bit extra
to make it a little bit fancier.
And if you've got 20 million in the bank,
you probably don't care if it's a five grand deductible.
Right? Oh, you don't, right.
It's like if the five grand's still gonna hurt you,
then it's worth paying $100 a month to get that,
or whatever it would cost to get that reimbursed, right?
But you know, Rudy, even if you had $20 million in the bank and you go to the hospital and you show your insurance card
And the next thing you know you get a check and you made to and you're gonna be like, yeah
What yeah, it's just for most people. It just doesn't make sense. They're like, how does this how did that happen?
You gotta remember 80% of people that are paying premiums for insurance never use it. Well, that's how insurance works
exactly, they always win unless there's a people that are paying premiums for insurance, never use it. Well, that's how insurance works. That's how they make your money. Exactly.
They always win, unless there's a hurricane in Florida.
Right, yeah.
Then they might lose out.
That's why I'm not in that business.
Homeowner's insurance, forget it.
It's crazy to me.
But with health insurance, it works like that all the time.
And same thing with business owners.
They're looking at it from an aspect of, well, these are dollars that have to go out for
employees and I'd rather put that into marketing or whatever, whatnot.
I said, well, what about retention and hiring people?
You should have a great benefit system.
But they can even, even the dollar amounts
of pay for insurance for health employees,
there are ways to even like get tax write-offs from that
and strategies where it's not as much as you think
once you do the maths, right?
Correct, not only that, you can do,
there's certain, if you offer wellness programs,
there's a tax code section 125C
that the government will actually give you
breaks in your FICA tax.
And it's up to $500, $600 sometimes per employee per year.
So if you got 100 employees,
you're getting all this money back in tax breaks, right?
As the employer, the employee then has an indemnity product
and the indemnity product is like a mental health,
nutrition counseling, something like that.
And we automate the system so every month
we're sending a text message to the employee saying like,
how are you feeling today?
Just to keep it in layman's terms.
And they're like, I feel great, fantastic.
Well, that initiates the indemnity. So then the indemnity reimburses the money they pay.
So it cuts their taxes in half for the employee. So they're paying half in taxes and the savings
that they get in their taxes then buys insurance. So a lot of times with the companies we have,
one they're getting massive rebates back. Two, the employees are getting free health insurance.
Free health insurance, free life insurance, free HSAs.
And it's like, what?
And most of these business owners are like,
how is this possible?
That's one of my favorite things is going to a business
and giving them a check for 27 grand.
They're like, what is this for?
And I said, well, I put you on a level funded product,
which means at the end of the year,
you get access to your claims dollars that are left over.
And they're like wait what?
And I'm like, yeah, you had
$27,000 left in claims that's your money
I give you that check back and they're like
So I'm paying less a month for insurance and I get money back at the end of the year and then I get a wellness
Program and the employees get a tax break exactly exactly employees get a tax break which allows them to get extra insurance
And one of the companies I deal with
gives a whole life insurance policies,
which collects cash value.
And it's guaranteed issue,
which means for your wife and your kids,
guaranteed issue life insurance.
So if wife is unhealthy, kids are unhealthy,
they're gonna get guaranteed issue life insurance,
which you would never be able to get
on the private market, right?
Not for these amounts that we're getting 100, 200,000,
right, depending on how much the employees
are making for years, so the tax break is different.
But it's just these really intricate strategies
that sound kind of up there in the clouds,
but that's the whole thing, right?
I mean, strategies are chess.
And there's so many movements you can make
where most people are playing the game checkers,
whether it's insurance or marketing, right?
How many people do you run into
that are playing their marketing game or ads game?
Like checkers, you're like, what are you doing here?
And it's sometimes those little micro movements.
I mean, when I met you, I was playing checkers.
And you were like, hey man, if you just move this here
and move this here, you're gonna see great results.
And I was like, what?
And when I did it, I was like, It's crazy. It's like magic, right?
Yeah, so it's the same thing in insurance is those little changes you do and then having someone that can be an advocate for you
And really lay all these plans out for you and I pay attention in the market. So when things change them like hey listen
There's a new rule. There's new products. Let's get you on this. Let's shift you over because I don't care what insurance you're on
I just want you to win, that's it.
Love it.
So, last couple of questions.
I like to ask on the show, more entrepreneurial now, right?
Well, first one, where do they find you
if they want to go down the rabbit hole
on the insurance side, and they're like,
that all sounds great.
My current person I use has no clue about any of that.
I want to pick your brain on it
and see if I can just use you to set it all up
Where do they where do they go?
I love it
You can go a Facebook or Instagram to ProCare consulting or Philippe Lundstedt either one either my personal or my business
And you can also go to my LinkedIn as well Philippe Lundstedt
That's the best way to get a whole link it in the show notes, too
So last couple of questions on the entrepreneur side. I always ask, you know a lot of success
But what was your biggest one of biggest failures in business?
Whoa man my biggest failure in business was when I was working for humana as a captive agent and I
Quit my job because I was unhappy with the way management treated somebody else
And I didn't take my book of business, and it was over 800 clients.
So I went from making six figures to nothing.
I was young, it was the dumbest thing ever.
I didn't have a plan.
Were you allowed to take it?
Yeah, 100%.
I could have copied all those people and taken it,
and then when I left,
I could have easily contacted them and rewrote them,
because the plans change every year.
I could have rewritten it,
and then boom, had 800 clients off the rip
So I actually did that twice. I did it with
Humana and then I worked for United Health Care and they had a contract dispute over in the area that I live in and
All of my clients went over to Blue Cross Blue Shield, but because I was a captain with United I couldn't do anything
That's when I was like never again. I'm gonna become a broker and it was like literally at that time
I was working like three jobs.
It was tough, Rudy.
Three jobs, no vacation time, three and a half years,
grinding, grinding, grinding.
I was a mattress firm trainer.
I worked at a pipe factory, third shift,
and I was doing telemarketing every single day.
It was nuts, man.
No dinners, no holidays, none of that stuff.
And it was tough, but now I'm here, right?
Yeah, yeah. No dinners, no holidays, none of that stuff. And it was tough, but now I'm here, right? Yeah, yeah.
Last question.
I always ask if you could go in a time machine
to your younger self and tell yourself one thing,
what would it be?
I would have told my younger self to invest in yourself,
invest in the education,
don't buy the glittery, glamorous things, invest in your business, masterminds,
read more books and focus on personal growth because I would have been where I'm at now
15 years ago. It's funny how still 90% of the world does no personal development.
None. But every, like the people that do, it's like they always say they wish they'd done it earlier. Yep, absolutely.
I wish I would have done it earlier instead of going to concerts
I wish I would have gone to you know your events or well you weren't doing events back
Right, but like Tony Robbins and all these other guys were doing them, right and it's like nah
I'd rather you know go to a concert or go to the bar or whatever. Just stupid man. Like I'm lucky
I like fell on Tim Ferriss' four hour work week at 18 and became upset and then
I did all the Brian Tracy stuff right after and I got lucky I started it young I guess.
But yeah, some people they don't start it till 40 and it's like, I lost all my 30s.
And people think it's something that there's some kind of magic formula or you got lucky
or whatever and it's like just, I paid attention to
what was inside of me and my abilities.
Like I changed my limited belief system to be like,
I could do this and here's the roadmap
because success leaves clues.
I just have to follow these things, right?
And that's what we do.
And now that you learn those, you pass those on,
whether it's to your employees, to your clients,
to whatever, you pass it on because you wanna pay it forward, those on whether it's to your employees to your clients to whatever
You pass it on because you want to pay it forward right and it's the absolute truth I mean, it's gospel if you just invest in personal development
You see the same people that have been unfit all their life and then they lose 50 pounds
And then they can't stop talking about fitness ever again
Like you know, I see that with so many clients
But when I was in fitness, they lost the weight with me.
And then now they're like becoming personal trainers.
Yeah, exactly.
See how it changes.
I think if you're listening and not into impersonal development, that's how personal development
feels.
Yeah, absolutely.
100%.
Love that.
Good.
So that's a wrap.
Just one more time, your Instagram.
Instagram is FTLuns or ProCare Consulting.
Good.
Love it.
Well, great episode talking about all the insurance
for entrepreneurs, for their teams,
building a unique sales system too.
That was awesome conversation.
So guys, go check him out,
and of course, keep living the red life. Bye!