Tame Your Phone and Win Your Day

Take Back Your Time: Cut Phone and Email Distractions for Agency OwnersMatt Dietz hosts Agency Launch, a show about running an insurance agency through staffing, retention, marketing, and sales, and invites listeners to join his texting community by texting “free” to 208-213-8809 for free resources. He shares a coaching-call lesson with a high-performing agent who thought he needed to work more, but realized he was mainly unorganized and distracted. Matt argues that phones and platforms are designed to capture attention and that business owners must be fanatical with time, recommending Cal Newport’s books Digital Minimalism and Deep Work. Practical steps include turning off email notifications, reducing how often email pushes to the phone (e.g., hourly), silencing text sounds, using Do Not Disturb on an Apple Watch, and setting up location-based Focus Modes at the office and home to limit notifications and calls. He also directs viewers to agencylaunch.net for coaching options and notes he’s active on LinkedIn.00:00 Welcome to Agency Launch00:16 Free Texting Community00:55 Working More vs Organized01:49 Devices Steal Attention02:59 Books to Reclaim Focus03:53 Stop Email Interruptions05:40 Silence Texts and Watch06:47 Focus Modes at Work Home08:37 Final Advice and Next Steps

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Tame Your Phone and Win Your Day is an episode from Agency Launch by Matt Dietz.

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This episode was published on Jun 5, 2026.

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