Well, I've been asking questions for months, and I'm finally ready to pull the trigger and take the first step of signing up for my pre-license coursework. I'm going to take Life First, then Health and finally P&C.
Let me know if I'm thinking about this the right way.
My scenerio:
I have a job, but, I feel that it's probably at risk sometime within the next 6-18 months. So insurance sales is my backup plan. For those insurance professionals here, please don't be insulted, I don't mean to insinuate that your chosen profession is merely my backup. What I mean is that it is my backup plan to change careers, but I'm not going to jump in right away.
My job is selling now, and to make a long story short, we were handed unbelievable quotas for all new business and in this economy, it's not going to happen. Zig Ziglar couldn't hit the quota.
So I plan to start cold calling and selling Life Insurance part time. I can dedicate 1 hour per day to cold calling and 2 hours to marketing activities at night (direct mail, publication advertising etc ...)
I'll be happy if I write 2 policies per month. For me, this is more about proving to myself that I can do this, and learning the business slowly, vs. trying to make a living right away. Because if I get started this way, and then I get canned, I'll have a good amount of confidence that if I can write 2 policies per month part time, then when I'm dedicating 10 hours a day to it, I can multiple that by 10.
Am I crazy ?
-S
Let me know if I'm thinking about this the right way.
My scenerio:
I have a job, but, I feel that it's probably at risk sometime within the next 6-18 months. So insurance sales is my backup plan. For those insurance professionals here, please don't be insulted, I don't mean to insinuate that your chosen profession is merely my backup. What I mean is that it is my backup plan to change careers, but I'm not going to jump in right away.
My job is selling now, and to make a long story short, we were handed unbelievable quotas for all new business and in this economy, it's not going to happen. Zig Ziglar couldn't hit the quota.
So I plan to start cold calling and selling Life Insurance part time. I can dedicate 1 hour per day to cold calling and 2 hours to marketing activities at night (direct mail, publication advertising etc ...)
I'll be happy if I write 2 policies per month. For me, this is more about proving to myself that I can do this, and learning the business slowly, vs. trying to make a living right away. Because if I get started this way, and then I get canned, I'll have a good amount of confidence that if I can write 2 policies per month part time, then when I'm dedicating 10 hours a day to it, I can multiple that by 10.
Am I crazy ?
-S
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