Life Insurance Agents Must TAKE ACTION to Succeed
The other day, I thought I’d surprise the kids and take them to a drive-in movie. About a year ago someone reopened a drive-in not real far from where I live. Right now it’s actually the only drive-in in New Jersey.
So we packed up the kids and set off a little early to be sure we got a good spot. As we got closer to the drive-in, we started seeing more and more traffic. We couldn’t pull in because it was a left hand turn and there was a guy in the road waving us down the street to get in the line.
So we drove and drove and drove. I think we must have gone 5 miles (okay I might be exaggerating a little, but since the kids really had their hearts set on seeing this particular movie, I thought we might as well wait in line to see if we get in or not.
As it worked out we were turned away about a half mile from the entrance.
The kids were great about it though. They were just as happy to go home and watch a family movie in the living room together.
The Early Bird (and Life Insurance Agent) Does Get the Worm!
In the life insurance and annuity business, when you have the choice of either acting or NOT acting… You may find it to be in your economic interest to take action… and the sooner, the better.
If you sit and ponder on whether or not you’re going to call some new life insurance sales leads…or if you’re 2nd guessing yourself about doing a mailing… “You are losing ground...And probably losing money as well!”
You need to efficiently and effectively move forward. The more “Actions” you take, the more money you will make. (NO, I’m not trying to be a rhyme master, it just happened that way).
Now there may be some consequences to this attitude. When you shoot from the hip and expose your thoughts at a whim you may in fact offend some people. I do apologize if (and when) I offend people.
But if I were to be so careful and cautious to express my thoughts and smooth everything over with a nice sugar coating… I’m sure I would be far less interesting.
ACTION is Better than Inaction
If you sit at your desk shuffling papers… “Wasting Time” rehearsing over and over and over what you’re gonna say to that lead you should have called 2 hours ago… you’ve probably already killed your chances.
People sense when you’re not being sincere or genuine. You are much better off just being yourself and just taking action even if it means being under prepared. The bottom line is, take a chance, “Do Something, Even If There’s A Possibility It’s Wrong!”
If you want to make an omelet… You have to break some eggs!
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