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Once Upon a Time in Insurance Land...

Many years and moons ago I began selling insurance… Back in the early 70’s there was this time when I was not a righteous member of the gainfully employed crowd ( only smirk if   you’ve never been there ) and a friend asked me to go to an interview with a local agency of a major insurance company. - “What, sell Insurance?” asked I with a look of surprise on my face. - “Yes,” he answered, “That, sell insurance… and, why not?” I have many defects ( Quiet there in the gallery… no need to agree so readily!!) but fear of the unknown is not one of them.  I went to the interview and received an offer to start working immediately… well, OK… that’s the same offer made to most any walking body that might sashay into that office back then… The decision was made to start selling this product, without understanding how much and how drastically my later life would change as a result. The sale of insurance, as a profession, carried somewhat of a stigma back then and this w...