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Excuse Me, Were You Listening?

Excuse Me, Were You Listening?

One of the most important skills of an insurance agent is to listen and pay attention to what the client wants and needs, not selling them your favorite product. After over 15 years of training insurance agents with product knowledge, sales techniques, networking, properly using social media and listening skills, focus on listening is by Continue reading

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Is Fear The Best Motivator?

Is Fear The Best Motivator?

In the selling process is fear a better motivator than pleasure? What if you sell insurance and protect people financially from the incidents they fear most? Are people more likely to buy when they fear loss or gain pleasure or peace of mind? Let’s explore what the experts say.

Psychologists who have studied our brains Continue reading

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The 80/20 Rule

The 80/20 Rule

When most people hear 80/20 they normally think about the coinsurance of their health insurance policy. However, there is an 80/20 rule that applies to business teams and any good business owner knows it very well. I have experienced it for almost 25 years now and it doesn’t matter the product or advances in technology, Continue reading

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Top 5 Blogs of 2012

Top 5 Blogs of 2012

Well, 2012 is almost in the books as they say. It has been a good growth year for Your Friend 4 Life. There were a lot of firsts. First full year with the name change, website, social media, logos and blogging. I feel it is appropriate to reflect and set goals for the upcoming Continue reading

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The $6,136 Tooth

The $6,136 Tooth

My story begins November 24. 2009 when I took my first drink of my morning iced tea, because I don’t like coffee, but I love caffeine. The first initial pain hit my right rear bottom molar. It literally felt like someone hit my tooth with a screwdriver and a hammer. I quickly realized this pain Continue reading

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Be Grateful Everyday

Be Grateful Everyday

I have found it interesting that according to all of my Facebook friends the entire month of November is to be thankful daily instead of just on Thanksgiving Day. It is an interesting concept, but why does it only apply now to November? Why aren’t people thankful every day?

I have found that most of Continue reading

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A $3 Million Cup of Coffee?!

A $3 Million Cup of Coffee?!

I was doing a quick presentation to a networking group this week and I wanted to be visual. I brought a regular Starbucks coffee cup and the same size McDonalds coffee cup. I asked the group if anyone knew somebody that was a caffeine addict and everyone raised their hand. I held up the Starbucks Continue reading

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