From Pastor to Producing Pitmaster with Jason Denniston, Episode #22

In this episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers and co-host Kyle Houck interview Jason Denniston, Medicare specialist, Life and Health Insurance Agent, and Owner of Denniston Insurance. From being a pastor to an insurance agent, Jason talks about how he got into the insurance business and the principles that contributed to the success of building his agency. 

Episode Highlights:

• David introduces Jason Denniston. (1:24)
• What is Jason’s backstory that influenced him to start an agency? (2:23)
• Jason shares that he spent 18 years in full-time pastoral ministry. (3:02)
• What was Jason’s main goal when he was in the church? (5:50)
• Jason shares that he had the privilege to be the pastor of ministerial development. (6:51)
• David thinks that most people don’t understand how to appreciate their true potential because they don’t take enough initiative to develop themselves. (19:21)
• In Jason’s opinion, it takes five principles or five skills to start an insurance agency. (25:13)
• Jason shares why his transition to insurance was weird. (27:02)
• David mentions that sales, marketing, and product knowledge are highly significant. (35:37)
• Jason explains the value of regulation and its process. (38:06)
• Does Jason deal with hacks? (40:54)
• Jason’s priority is to be the most outstanding Medicare advisor that he can be. (43:39)
• David says that agents are probably among the most vulnerable group of people to shiny object syndrome. (44:09)
• What do David and Jason do as an insurance agent? (45:06)
• Jason explains what The Indie Barbecue group is all about. (44:47)
• Jason shares what he’s very fortunate about in his career. (51:09)
• What are the states that Jason is licensed in? (53:36)
• Jason tells a funny story about obtaining some of those states. (53:48)
• Jason shares that he’s currently building an educational training platform for senior citizens. (56:19)

Tweetable Quotes:

• “I realized that the thing I do best is to help other people be better. My gift is helping teams do better and helping other people do what they do better.” – Jason Denniston
• “Seeing the best in people and understanding that everybody has something…Everybody has a gift and a skill to give.” – Jason Denniston
• “Everybody wants to be successful, everybody wants to know that what they’re doing matters, and that they’re really fulfilling what I would consider their purpose in life.” – Jason Denniston

Resources Mentioned :

• David Carothers LinkedIn
• Kyle Houck LinkedIn
• Florida Risk Partners
• Jason Denniston
• Denniston Insurance
• Medicare