Arthur Rudnick
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Al,
First of all, no one put a gun to your head and forced you to enter the insurance industry. The insurance business is tough? Welcome to the real world, EVERY business is tough!
Looking back, maybe you should have been a school teacher? Or, Maybe you should have taken a job out of college at an entry level position and now, 40 years later you'd be a corportate bigshot, ready to retire with a great pension & benefits.
This my friend, is the career path you have chosen. No, selling insurance is not an easy way to make a living. And, yes...
many bust their ass and make $35,000 or $50,000 a year. But, isn't that the way the world works?
And, in spite of what you say, I know many, many agents who are making in excess of $100,000/year, are self-employed, work their own hours and answer to no one other than themselves. Not a bad deal.
I've found that most people enter this business as a second career. (I did) Those in their 40s, or 50s who found themselves out of a job and for whatever reason, chose the world of insurance. That's why we find very few people in their 20s or 30s in our business.
Kids do not go to college and major in "sales" with the anticipation of selling insurance or cars. It's the corporate world that they train for. And, for the most part, it's the corporate world where they start off.
What's wrong with the CEOs & senior executives making the big bucks with big benefits? Isn't that everyone's goal? (Unless of course you're a supporter of OWS)
You come off as someone who hates what you're doing and bashes the industry because someone lied to you and you never reached you're lifelong goals that you were guarateed.
At 64, you have plenty of time to find another career that may better suit your purpose.
Just my 2 cents........
First of all, no one put a gun to your head and forced you to enter the insurance industry. The insurance business is tough? Welcome to the real world, EVERY business is tough!
Looking back, maybe you should have been a school teacher? Or, Maybe you should have taken a job out of college at an entry level position and now, 40 years later you'd be a corportate bigshot, ready to retire with a great pension & benefits.
This my friend, is the career path you have chosen. No, selling insurance is not an easy way to make a living. And, yes...
many bust their ass and make $35,000 or $50,000 a year. But, isn't that the way the world works?
And, in spite of what you say, I know many, many agents who are making in excess of $100,000/year, are self-employed, work their own hours and answer to no one other than themselves. Not a bad deal.
I've found that most people enter this business as a second career. (I did) Those in their 40s, or 50s who found themselves out of a job and for whatever reason, chose the world of insurance. That's why we find very few people in their 20s or 30s in our business.
Kids do not go to college and major in "sales" with the anticipation of selling insurance or cars. It's the corporate world that they train for. And, for the most part, it's the corporate world where they start off.
What's wrong with the CEOs & senior executives making the big bucks with big benefits? Isn't that everyone's goal? (Unless of course you're a supporter of OWS)
You come off as someone who hates what you're doing and bashes the industry because someone lied to you and you never reached you're lifelong goals that you were guarateed.
At 64, you have plenty of time to find another career that may better suit your purpose.
Just my 2 cents........