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Fair enough, and I am new enough to realize that what is obvious to someone with even a little experience is likely clear as mud to someone brand new, so while I do think this could have been resolved with airing dirty laundry on the forum, I do see your point as well. So let there be peace between us on that.
I totally get what you are saying here, and for anyone, but especially a rookie, you want to feel that your managers are taking the time to listen to you and understand your current perspective. That doesn't mean your perspective is the right one, but how else can someone help you see things in the right perspective if they do not first know where you are currently looking. You can't face someone in the right direction if you have no idea where their eyes are currently pointing.
From the "Blown away" thread, one would suppose that that didn't sit well with you. Again, I totally get it.
I'm new too, as I am at two years right about now, but only full time for the past six months. But I won't stop that from letting me make a suggestion, and if someone wants to get mad at me and say it is advice I have no business giving, so be it. Here it is:
If you want to be in this business, but you have no money for leads, go get a job at an organization like Combined Insurance. I have met three FE agents, and there are at least one or two on this forum in addition to the three I have personally met, who started with Combined. Each is a six-figure FE earner now.
You will not make a lot of money, but if you do well, you'll make $35 to $40k annualized. Importantly, you will learn to sell, and you will learn to prospect. You will get a four year degree in door to door selling in one year's time, and instead of it costing you the $100 to $200k it would cost to go to college and not leave with any demonstrable sales skills, you will have been paid $35 to $40 thousand dollars, of which you should be able to save $5K of that to do on a standing lead order, and you will have the skills to make this work for you. If you do that and can't save $5k, then this probably not for you, but then you will know, and rather than waste more time, you will know that it is time to explore other opportunities.
You are only 19. Do not be in a hurry. There is plenty of life ahead of you. I know that one year seems like a long time to you now, but I hope you can sit quietly and think about this long enough to realize that that one year with an organization that will teach you to sell and make a living without relying on leads will set you up for a life most of your friends will not believe even as they watch you live it.
