--- title: Tony Caldwell's Blog (8) description: Tony Caldwell is a serial entrepreneur, writer, mentor, and insurance expert. He shares insights from his book for independent insurance agency owners. (8) --- [![Logo - TC](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/hubfs/Tony%20Caldwell/Logo%20-%20TC.png) ](https://www.tonycaldwell.net) # Tony Caldwell's Blog ## Insights on entrepreneurship and strategy for the insurance industry. - Type - Topic [ Blog ## The Man in the Arena I have been discussing in the last few blog posts some of the things which are... ](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/the-man-in-the-arena) [ Blog ## To Be Successful in Business You Must Be Willing to Risk Everything There are two American dreams which dominate our economic life. The first is to... ](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/to-be-successful-in-business-you-must-be-willing-to-risk-everything) [ Blog ## Begin With the End This is a blog for growth oriented insurance agencies. That implies that I’d... ](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/begin-with-the-end) [ Blog ## What's the Difference between a Team and a Staff? Usually a business begins with an entrepreneur and an idea. This driven... ](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/team) [ Blog ## “Superstar” I just read about someone I would love to hire. She is a superstar sales person... ](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/superstar) [ Blog ## Tips for Contingency Planning For Insurance Agency Owners In my last post I wrote about emergencies that happen to pilots and... ](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/check) [ Blog ## Tunnel Vision In discussing how pilots react to emergencies, I was reminded of something I... ](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/tunnel-vision) [ Blog ## It Really Doesn’t Matter (That Much) We’ve just finished a lot of year-end planning with our insurance company... ](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/it-really-doesnt-matter-that-much) [ Blog ## How Bowling Relates to Insurance Agency Growth Sometimes we have to start over because the way we are doing things doesn’t... ](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/bowling-2) [ Blog ## Leave Your Best Bait on the Bank I used to be a fisherman. A serious fisherman. A dawn to dusk fisherman. An... ](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/leave-best-bait-bank) [ Blog ## Remember Confucius Next Time you Make Mistakes in Business I remember reading RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon, President Richard Nixon’s... ](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/confucius) [ Blog ## Think About Entrepreneurs Like Athletes! It’s a sure bet that many insurance agency owners were athletes at some point... ](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/hey-coach) [ Blog ## Entrepreneurial Time System: More Income & Quality Time The concept of the entrepreneurial time system was developed as part of an... ](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/how-to-use-the-entrepreneurial-time-system) [ Blog ## Celebrate Your Success! Having lunch today with an OAA member agency owner who is beginning her fourth... ](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/celebrate-your-success) [ Blog ## The Swing is the Thing! I’m not a very good golfer. Never have been. I started playing in high school... ](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/the-swing-is-the-thing) - ** - [**](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/page/7) - [1](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/page/1) - [...](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/page/4) - [5](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/page/5) - [6](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/page/6) - [7](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/page/7) - [8](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/page/8) - [9](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/page/9) - [**](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/page/9) - [**](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/page/9) ![Tony-Caldwell-Logo](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Tony-Caldwell-Logo.png?width=400&name=Tony-Caldwell-Logo.png) 1220 N Robinson Ave Oklahoma City, OK 73103 [(405) 702-0900](tel:405-702-0900) [** ](https://www.facebook.com/AuthorTonyCaldwell/) ### [Resources](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/resources) [Podcast](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/insurance-podcast) [Blog](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog) [Books](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/books) [News](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/news) [Income Calculator](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/income-calculator) ### eBooks [The Silver Lining of COVID-19](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/covid-silver-lining) [Virtual Insurance Agencies On The Rise](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/virtual-insurance-agencies) [The Future of Insurance is Data-Driven & People-Led](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/future-of-insurance) [Privacy Policy](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/privacy-policy)[Terms of Use](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/terms-of-use) Copyright © 2020 | Tony Caldwell