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In this episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers and co-host Kyle Houck interview Kaleigha Cramer of 212 Insurance Group. Kaleigha shares her journey to becoming an independent agent and discusses the importance of rest, learning, and finding joy and purpose in your work. 

Episode Highlights:

  • Kaleigha shares how she started in the insurance industry as a CSR and her transition to becoming an agency owner. (3:01)
  • Kaleigha discusses how she went from being born to teenage parents to owning a successful insurance agency. (10:40)
  • Kaleigha shares how the idea of “fake it till you make it” matters, along with taking care of yourself and taking breaks. (26:23)
  • Kaleigha explains how finding joy and purpose in your work is better than trying to push away bad thoughts. (30:52)
  • Kaleigha mentions her plans to grow their business by offering insurance to places like chicken houses, contractors, trailer parks, and churches. (35:55)
  • Kaleigha mentions how many farmers don’t think about the problems of overspray or overcharging crops. (39:28)
  • Kaleigha mentions that learning new things can help you get better at any job. (58:22)

Tweetable Quotes:

  • “If you’re a producer, if your agency owner, it’s okay to take a hat off, it’s okay to rest. It’s okay to take a day off if you need it. It will be there when you get back.” – Kaleigha Cramer
  • “The biggest thing for me is always know when to speak, and always be a learner. Because you need to use your voice when your voice needs to be heard. And you need to learn from everybody, learn anything, even if it’s as little as like you’re talking about something that you read in a book like you learning everything will help you in anything. ” – Kaleigha Cramer

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