Being new I think that people come in feeling naive because they are used to being around people face-to-face or NO ONE at all regarding insurance.
If you are your own agent and don't talk with any others but your small group, you aren't really getting feedback.
One thing I mention to some of my agents is that I'm here to help but not baby. I would rather hurt your feelings and help you (and me, as a result) make money rather than be all warm and fuzzy and only focus on what you are doing right. There are some asses here but there are people that help out a lot as well.
RBA in particular has given me a lot of helpful advice via PM that has helped me with commercial development.
If you can't handle someone on the forum who is on another keyboard, miles and miles away, saying something mean then how are you going to be able to work with clients and the general public? THIS IS THE INTERNET. People have no reason to be nice to you, lie to you, or anything. That is part of why I like this forum. If I am ***ing up, someone will say "this is ***ing up" and then I know to stop it.
Some people just want to hear that they are right. If that is the case, go find some people doing the same thing as you and listen to them tell you that you are right. If you can't, well, perhaps you aren't doing anything properly after all. The learning curve to this business is steep and I've learned a lot here and tried to contribute back. If I need to get some people telling me mean things to go out and be successful, then I'll freakin do it. If someone new feels that they are best telling people rates at super preferred NTU then I'm going to tell them they are screwing up and will lose a lot of business that way.
If you are your own agent and don't talk with any others but your small group, you aren't really getting feedback.
One thing I mention to some of my agents is that I'm here to help but not baby. I would rather hurt your feelings and help you (and me, as a result) make money rather than be all warm and fuzzy and only focus on what you are doing right. There are some asses here but there are people that help out a lot as well.
RBA in particular has given me a lot of helpful advice via PM that has helped me with commercial development.
If you can't handle someone on the forum who is on another keyboard, miles and miles away, saying something mean then how are you going to be able to work with clients and the general public? THIS IS THE INTERNET. People have no reason to be nice to you, lie to you, or anything. That is part of why I like this forum. If I am ***ing up, someone will say "this is ***ing up" and then I know to stop it.
Some people just want to hear that they are right. If that is the case, go find some people doing the same thing as you and listen to them tell you that you are right. If you can't, well, perhaps you aren't doing anything properly after all. The learning curve to this business is steep and I've learned a lot here and tried to contribute back. If I need to get some people telling me mean things to go out and be successful, then I'll freakin do it. If someone new feels that they are best telling people rates at super preferred NTU then I'm going to tell them they are screwing up and will lose a lot of business that way.
