In a prior post, we discussed a timeless lesson: to get through a hard time, you have to go through it. You have to fully experience it. Only then will it be “over,” so you can move on to the next…
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Every person who buys life insurance makes a key decision: who is in my world? Who do I care about? Who is dependent on me? To whom do I want to leave a legacy? Deep thinking, yes. But that’s the…
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My father was an old-time insurance salesman who did not hesitate to criticize the way the industry was evolving. As I build my own career in the business, I find many of his beefs to be spot-on. One in particular…
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Are you afraid of dying? It’s not a crazy question. As a matter of fact, I think fear of dying is very common. I would go as far as to say that discomfort with talking about death, is one of…
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“Health and wealth” are really two sides of the same coin. Let’s first take a look at fiscal health. People who enjoy fiscal health develop the means to pay their own way. They maintain reliable sources of income, including jobs, businesses,…
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Anti-Money Laundering regulations were just taking hold in the life insurance industry, when I started my career in 1991. Stories of huge cash payments for policies were legion around the agency I joined when I started selling, and this was…
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Much is being said about the sad toll the Corona virus is taking on the World War II Generation. Let me tell you about a man from that time whom I knew and loved. Like many of his peers, his…
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So now a number of states have banned group prayer services. Criminal penalties will be assessed on people who break these laws. It’s instructive to think how we got to this point, and what the future might hold for government…
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I have the benefit of knowing my family history going back several generations. Let me tell you: we have been through a lot. Here are some of the major events that disrupted our lives: Pogroms in Russia The Tsarist Revolution…
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