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Michelle O'Connor

Michelle O'Connor

Co-President & Treasurer of O'Connor Insurance Associates, an independent P&C agency in Charlotte, NC, with 25+ years in the insurance industry.

Sep 9, 2026

10:29
What was that next step? Like, m- mental shift, and how did you get through that?
10:33
Yeah, I think there was, there was a point in time prior to that.
10:35
We, we had two kids.
10:36
We got married and, and didn't have our children for a little while.
10:39
So then the kids came, and that takes your attention off the prize a little bit as well as we're just trying to figure out how to balance it all, especially with both of us in the business, um, and trying to take care of little people at home.
10:50
But once we got them to a place where they were more self-sustaining, then it, then it really was like, "What are we gonna do with this?" Like, "We're, we, are we gonna blow it up? Are we happy doing what we're doing?" I had a real heart-to-heart with myself.
11:01
There was a dark moment that I wasn't sure I wanted to continue doing this.

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50:16
What advice would you give them?

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