--- title: Tony Caldwell's Blog | strategy description: strategy | Tony Caldwell is a serial entrepreneur, writer, mentor, and insurance expert. He shares insights from his book for independent insurance agency owners. --- [![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 [ Insurance Agency Growth Strategies ## Learn how to increase the value of your insurance spending I'd like to offer you a synopsis of how insurance markets work, and some... ](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/how-to-increase-the-value-of-your-insurance-agency) [ Blog ## Never Surrender Statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square in a beautiful summer day,... ](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/never-surrender) [ Blog ## To Win You Must Be Willing To Lose During breakfast this morning with a friend and successful entrepreneur, we... ](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/to-win-you-must-be-willing-to-lose) [ Blog ## Correcting Course Every good business person has a plan. Failures wander but successful people... ](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/correcting-course) [ Blog ## Escape Velocity The futurist Ray Kurzweil, author of “The Singularity is Near” describes his... ](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/escape-velocity) [ Blog ## Weakness is More Valuable than Strength Well, this idea certainly flies in the face of conventional wisdom! ](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/weakness-is-more-valuable-than-strength) [ Blog ## Your Greatest Asset When I was a little boy my grandmother used to tell me the story of the “Little... ](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/your-greatest-asset) [ Blog ## Discombobulated Tonight I will spend the 30th night in a row in a hotel. The first couple of... ](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/discombobulated) [ Blog ## Giving it Away I’ve had two conversations recently, about the same topic, that are bothering... ](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/giving-it-away) [ Blog ## Better Cash Flow for Insurance Agencies Cash flow is an important concept for insurance agency owners. It's important... ](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/9-lessons-on-cash-flow-for-agency-owners) [ Blog ## What’s up with the Unemployment Rate? I’ve been reading a lot of optimistic news about the future of the economy... ](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/whats-up-with-the-unemployment-rate) [ Blog ## Persistence How do you know when you’re going to be successful? ](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/persistence) [ Blog ## Letting Go of the Rope In 1992, I experienced my first ropes course. For those of you who have not had... ](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/letting-go-of-the-rope) [ Blog ## A fresh approach to insurance agency staffing In order to be a successful owner of a growing business in the insurance... ](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/tips-for-insurance-agency-staffing) [ Blog ## The 4Cs formula will help you fight procrastination Everyone I know, including me, procrastinates. I’d like to think that I am a... ](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/4-cs-formula-procrastination) - [1](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/tag/strategy/page/1) - [2](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/tag/strategy/page/2) - [3](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/tag/strategy/page/3) - [**](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/tag/strategy/page/2) - [**](https://www.tonycaldwell.net/blog/tag/strategy/page/3) ![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