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Christmas & New Years
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I stop working in Mid December and start back up at the beginning of January just to help clients who have questions regarding their new insurance that started on January 1st. In Mid January I'm on a tropical island relaxing after my busy AEP. Return the beginning of February and work like crazy until the end of the next AEP.
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I have started to read some of the "working holidays" or "working around holidays" threads or comments with both amusement and bemusement.
If you are a good sales person, you don't have to work up to and through a holiday to prove it. If you are not a good sales person, working the holiday is not suddenly going to make you a superstar.
(And before my fan club trots out the "no experience" card again, while we are too far away from the events in time for me to call out specific rural addresses or people whom I called upon, I just called up some calendars and see I would have put in 8AM to 9PM door to door sales effort days on 3 Fourth of July holidays in 3 eastern states a number of years ago.)
Age can sometimes change your perceptions of things.
Over 45 years ago, I missed both of my college graduations in order to be a "he-man" or "real sales person" and hurry into the summer door to door selling season. I was not particularly successful in either selling then or my subsequent business activities. In exchange, I gave up an experience I have only been able to watch others have. I also deprived both of my college graduate parents of the pleasure of seeing the only one of their children to attend college receive a diploma.
If you are a good sales person, you don't have to work up to and through a holiday to prove it. If you are not a good sales person, working the holiday is not suddenly going to make you a superstar.
(And before my fan club trots out the "no experience" card again, while we are too far away from the events in time for me to call out specific rural addresses or people whom I called upon, I just called up some calendars and see I would have put in 8AM to 9PM door to door sales effort days on 3 Fourth of July holidays in 3 eastern states a number of years ago.)
Age can sometimes change your perceptions of things.
Over 45 years ago, I missed both of my college graduations in order to be a "he-man" or "real sales person" and hurry into the summer door to door selling season. I was not particularly successful in either selling then or my subsequent business activities. In exchange, I gave up an experience I have only been able to watch others have. I also deprived both of my college graduate parents of the pleasure of seeing the only one of their children to attend college receive a diploma.
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Great time of year to call Clients for a 'Just checking in call' Just be aware it will create activity.
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I'm working on Mon-Tue of Tday week. For Christmas, I'll be out from Wed through the next monday or tuesday. Whatever my wife has cooked up. Which probably means I'm not working as much that next week.
The advice I usually give to agents is to work up until Thanksgiving eve, and make that a light day. Take of Thanksgiving and the Friday after (Unless you already have appointments set). Back to work the following Monday.
As for Christmas, take the whole week of Christmas and then the week between Christmas and New Years....then back at in on January 2nd.
During the time off, button up everything that you can from previous deals and prepare to hit the door running right after New Years.
As for Christmas, take the whole week of Christmas and then the week between Christmas and New Years....then back at in on January 2nd.
During the time off, button up everything that you can from previous deals and prepare to hit the door running right after New Years.
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Just depends on when the holidays fall. When I was in the field I worked M-W every week. That was it. So I would be working M-T's this year. I work way more now that I'm out of the field. But fortunately, or unfortunately, most agents are lazy so they'll all take off during those weeks anyway.
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Last holiday season I moved/closed on a house so it was the perfect excuse to take the last two weeks of the year off. Maybe I should just move again? I always have a workhorse mentality even though I'm perfectly financially stable and can't just mentally take two weeks off I think.
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My kids are getting old fast - these old FE geezers can wait a little longer for me.
Procrastinating is what they do best anyway, right? =).
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