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There are very few things more influential in our success than the practice of being grateful - having an attitude of gratitude. It affects our perspective, our energy, our ability to see the good, and our effectiveness at creating the future we want.
Being grateful means enjoying and appreciating the things we have in our lives. Don't get me wrong: It's good to strive to be better and to have more success, but it's just as important to be happy for and to appreciate those people,
Why does this scenario happen? We sell someone the policy he needed, and then he up and goes. Why do these clients leave? Sometimes they leave due to circumstances out of our (and often their) control. It could be a move out of the area, loss of a job, divorce, etc. But more often they leave for other reasons. Many clients/customers leave because of rates - or so they say. But the truth often is that the excuse of rates is really a symptom rather than the problem. Even more importantly, the
The best ways to improve your team's production is to 1) identify the agents who want to grow and help them reach their goals, and 2) improve and increase your recruiting results.
Now, you might say that each of these statements is pretty obvious, but for years I've worked with intelligent, hard-working managers who strive endlessly to improve the production of each (read that as every one) of their agents. And as a consequence, they are frustrated, stressed and over-worked. Their time
The other evening I was out having a cigar and a beverage, and while sitting around a fire pit, I overheard an interesting conversation. This guy was bemoaning how bad his life was. He looked to be in his late twenties, and though his wife offered a different perspective on their life, he would have none of it. He went on about the many events in his life that had defeated him and he obviously felt he was a victim. He complained about all the things that had happened to him or had been done to
Most of us are always working on bringing in new business, and in order to bring in new business, it almost always requires an investment. Typically, when we think of investing, we think of investing money. But the truth is that we have two types of assets to invest in our marketing.
It's true that one of the assets is our money, but the other asset we have is our time - and there is a time and place for investing each of these assets. Problems arise when money is invested in marketing,
