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March 3, 2013

Which Is Larger U.S. National Debt or U.S. Life Insurance?

I love a good brain teaser quiz from time to time. This was a thought that crossed my mind. With all of the talk about budget cuts and sequester of budgets when we are trillions of dollars in debt, I wondered how much life insurance is in force in just the U.S.? My first Continue reading →

Tim Wilhoit

Educational

February 24, 2013

3 Things Your LinkedIn Profile Needs Today

Working with insurance agents across the country I have seen my share of LinkedIn profiles, good and bad. Most agents think why does that really matter? According to a Google survey, 84% of prospects search the web for your company, your products and you as the insurance agent. Ever get stood up on an insurance Continue reading →

Tim Wilhoit

Educational

February 17, 2013

Are Clients Buying What You Are Selling?

This may be a very simple question but there is more to it than just the surface of it. For years, I was taught and believed that people buy with emotions and solidify with logic. Most of the evidence today is to the contrary. Today’s buyer is more sophisticated and educated than ever before. We Continue reading →

Tim Wilhoit

Educational

February 10, 2013

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 →

Tim Wilhoit

Educational

February 3, 2013

Will 80 Yr Old You Be Happy with 30 Yr Old You Saving For Retirement?

I am constantly working with young working Americans to set aside systematically just a little money for their own retirement. If you look at government statistics from the department of Employee Benefit Research Institute, Americans are not doing too well. According to the EBRI 33% of working Americans have not started a retirement Continue reading →

Tim Wilhoit

Educational

January 21, 2013

If You Had a Time Machine, What Would You Tell Your Younger Self?

While watching an old movie of “Back to the Future II”, there is a scene with old Biff going back in time to give young Biff, himself as a teenager something. Biff travels back from 2015 to 1955 to give his young self a sports almanac with all of the sports scores for Continue reading →

Tim Wilhoit

Inspirational

January 19, 2013

Does Gun Control Really Keep Us Safe?

Our American crisis du jour is gun control. But does controlling certain types of guns REALLY keep us safe or maybe just make some of us feel safe? We Americans want so badly to be protected from every harm in life from disease, accidents, murders, and terrorism, that we give up more and Continue reading →

Tim Wilhoit

Inspirational

January 13, 2013

How To Get Rid of Dead Weight

Now with taxes increasing on businesses and the so called “rich”, business owners have to watch the bottom line. One of the ways to cut expense is too cut Dead Weight. First, what criteria do we use to find our dead weight? Who can we do without? Who is actually dragging their Continue reading →

Tim Wilhoit

Educational

January 6, 2013

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 →

Tim Wilhoit

Educational

December 30, 2012

How Can 1/1 Be So Powerful?

I am fascinated by the power date of January 1^st of any year. What is it about this one date that has so much power of promise over us? It is the one date used most often to set our goals for the New Year. The promises we make to ourselves to lose weight, Continue reading →

Tim Wilhoit

Educational

December 16, 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 →

Tim Wilhoit

Educational

December 2, 2012

Now I’m Blogging About Blogs

It has been almost a year since I have began the world of writing a blog. Two years ago I wasn’t real sure what a blog was, let alone writing them on a weekly basis. But now that I’m writing “Blog 47” I wanted to share some of the things I have learned Continue reading →

Tim Wilhoit

Educational

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Which Is Larger U.S. National Debt or U.S. Life Insurance?

Are Clients Buying What You Are Selling?

Is Fear The Best Motivator?

Will 80 Yr Old You Be Happy with 30 Yr Old You Saving For Retirement?

If You Had a Time Machine, What Would You Tell Your Younger Self?

Does Gun Control Really Keep Us Safe?

How To Get Rid of Dead Weight

The 80/20 Rule

How Can 1/1 Be So Powerful?