Jessica Stroud is a force of nature in life and in business.  From the outside, she’s a bright, bubbly, superstar with pink shoes to match her pink-tinted hair, but when you meet her in person, you know you’re in the presence of humility, tenacity, and focus and infectious exuberance. 

Jessica is the epitome of living a “no-excuse” lifestyle.  She’s co-owner of Midwest Insurance Agency, Founder of The Lady CEO Brand, Host of the Lady CEO Podcast, and best-selling author of The Lady CEO: From the Corner of Poverty and Dysfunction to Lady CEO.  Jessica is a social media speaker, an Executive Business Coach for the powerhouse network, Apex and an investor.  Owner/Head Coach at Referrals Without Asking and she is known for generating hundreds of high-quality leads on auto-pilot annually. She is married to her awesome husband and business partner Brian and they currently live in the Kansas City area with their 2 boys and 2 fur babies.

In this episode, Jeff and Jessica discuss the importance of separating your true identity from what you do for a living, her journey from dysfunction and poverty, some of their favorite books, and the importance of being coached and surrounded by those who are more successful than you.  Jessica shares how she gets hundreds of leads year after year without asking, and how to manage a tidal wave of referrals without sweating.   

 

What You'll Learn:

 

• What made Jessica decide to ditch a comfy 6-figure job in Pharmaceutical sales and jump headfirst into Insurance 
• The power of leveraging yourself as a person to take over market by helping others grow their business
• How to help as many people outside of her industry as possible 
• Adding true value to any and every relationship you have 
• One question she asks before she decides to take a meeting 
• What she looks for when recruiting talent 
• How to get 20 years worth of work done in 18 months 
• And much more! 

 

Favorite Quote: 

“If you haven’t stopped and looked around and said, “I am in a prison and I built my prison brick by brick,” are you really even trying?  Are you going fast enough? Probably not. When I went from 300 referrals to 600 referrals, that was a huge lesson for me. I had to set up a team and I had to do it quickly.”  

 

• Jessica Stroud   

 

 

Connect with Jessica: 

The Lady CEO Podcast  

Instagram 

Facebook

Book: The Lady CEO: From the Corner of Poverty and Dysfunction to The Lady CEO

Get Referrals: Learn From Jess

 

How to Get Involved:

Addicted to Winning connects listeners through stories that prove why mindset matters. Jeff Brekken was working a 60-hour week on his family’s farm by the time he was 10. When he wasn’t helping with the harvest, he was at the hockey rink. Jeff’s early life experiences taught him he needs to be either all-in or all-out. 

In 2000 he started a single-family home construction business and by 2008 he was looking for his next big thing. Jeff founded the Blue Sky Benefit Solutions insurance agency on top of a lifelong passion for helping people. Through this show, Jeff will take that passion one step further.

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