“Choose to be great at what you’re doing right now.”
Check out this video explaining why I recreated my Agency through the simple project. (new space, photographs, video, culture + recruitment material)
Watch here.
“My biggest motivation? Just to keep challenging myself.” – Richard Branson
For as long as I can remember I have dreamt about opening up a hotel in Chicago.
Over the next five years I want to maintain and build the #1 insurance agency in the country and then use those skills and processes to open up a boutique hotel in Chicago and Miami called Miago. I am figuring out how to be great and the process to greatness is the same in every industry.
Nothing will ever happen without a plan and life is to short not to follow it.
PLAN: Miago will open January 2017. Below is inspiration from a hotel I have been admiring for a while, Hotel Americano in NYC.
Here is a cool video on why working for my Agency is so awesome.
Watch (click to watch)
I saw this and it inspired me to buy a bike. When something is worded so perfectly I tend to get inspired easily. Plus, the bike is simple and beautiful.
“”In most urban cultures bicycles are viewed as legitimate transportation and not merely recreation, but sadly this idea never really caught on in the US. We take numerous little journeys, under 5 miles, as part of our everyday life…. to the store, the pub, to work, etc. Besides the obvious joy of riding a bicycle, these small bicycle trips reduce carbon emissions, congestion, noise pol-lution, and make for a happier, city experience.”
I’m sold.
My Agency was featured on MSN today. As the writer put it ,” The Kevin Smith Agency is the only insurance agency that Chicagoans could name off the top of their head.” What brings the biggest smile to my face is the fact that the entire article is about our culture and the importance we place on empowering our people to become more. We are starting a revolution that proves that no matter what you do, you can have fun and make a difference.
Read the article here. And yes, I will always accept a coffee invite 
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