February 2012
19 posts
Blogs and such!
This will be the final blog from me…It has been great fun and an opportunity to express some ideas and share the day to day workings of a fictitious little Independent Insurance Agency…just like ours…
I appreciate those of you that have participated by reading and sending your comments over the past year and a half…I hope those who have been interested have gotten some...
"There are no big problems, there are just a lot...
Oh Oh!!!!… after returning from a client appointment in Burnsville last night, the transmission slipped in the Jag going up the hill on 101 near Hesse Farms….then the “gearbox” light came on….. Sorry Henry, but this isn’t a small problem…..so much for savings…
Earlier in the day I had a great appointment…. some guy who’s owned one of...
"That’s the miracle of babies, their ability to...
Sorry Heather…couldn’t find your last name again to give you just credit for this one…
I’ve refrained from such language in the past…but have grown particularly fond of the obvious word in the quotation above…for reasons I hope you will come to see..
It’s an interesting expression used to communicate a viewpoint of someone or some group of...
"Honest disagreement is often a good sign of...
Felt pretty proud of myself yesterday…closed on the contractor business I’d been working on..thanks to my good friends at Indiana Insurance…kudos Ms. Teri….and I’m three for four lately….which means my closing ratio is back where it should be after a terrible fourth quarter….referral from my son, the Banker…(I love referrals) If I can write four...
"Carpe per diem - seize the check".. Robin...
This was my second trip to Hugo having been there last Wednesday..this time it was at one of the owners homes….. I rang the doorbell several times but no answer…”Oh, it’s you..” when I called…and I sat down in the kitchen with the three partners…
After going through the proposal and answering eight or ten questions..(questions are a good sign in my...
"Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of...
“She passed away at 4:00 am…”… a call from my brother… we expected her death….but not quite as fast as it happened…
My Aunt has been a permanent fixture in my life since I can remember… at age 91 even 8 weeks ago, she was full of life and energy….”I don’t feel real good” she’d say…and “I can’t seem to...
"Everywhere is within walking distance if you have...
Who has time for anything?…. I was always under the impression that when you get older, you slow down….then I think…maybe I have but everything around me has sped up…..more to ponder….I just know time is an increasingly valuable and less available commodity…I feel like I’m running in six feet of water….in a swimming pool with wheels going downhill a...
"The main thing is to keep the main thing the main...
I actually had fun yesterday….but in so doing, I realized one of my weaknesses…. I’m a person (in business) who just wants to get to the point and move on…. I think from time to time, this sets my clients back just a bit….
I had to be at Dunn Brothers in Hugo at 9:00 a.m… I’m supposed to meet three contractor’s who are starting drywall...
"Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the...
As Valentine’s Day’s go, yesterday was a plus I suppose….dinner was much better than the previous evenings Mustard Frenzy…I switched from Red to White to accommodate the too small Lobster Tails and Shrimp..I think it was the smoked Paprika that really made the difference…but great it was….
I have to be in Hugo at 9:00…some coffee shop to meet three guys...
"A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an...
I was white knuckling it all the way home….. the Jag is definitely not an Icy Weather car….rear wheel drive and slipping a sliding my way….and those hills are a real challenge….I finally made it…all the while..chatting with one of my buddies…Don from one of those “Farm” Insurance Companies……there really oughta be a law against talking on...
"Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard...
I’m looking out at a grey sky..an occasional little bird drops by the bird feeder for breakfast…then off it goes…the squirrels looking on in envy, having long since given up the quest to reach it..but the Mrs. puts peanuts out for them…just to even things up.. Haven’t seen a Deer, Coyote or Wild Turkeys yet this year…but they usually don’t show up till the...
"All change is not growth, as all movement is not...
Another Company Gal visit yesterday……same company as the “other” Company Gal from last week..couple of my favorites…
They both represent that company that came into Minnesota like Gangbusters a few years back….now, the senior management..(same guys that came in like Gangbusters) have been changed…because the probably didn’t listen to the...
"Mother Files $900 Trillion Lawsuit Against NYC...
Yes folks…you read it correctly… some woman..(and her lawyer) are suing the City of New York for $900 Trillion dollars….. First thought…some kooky lady…second thought some kooky lawyer…throw in a little greed and look what you get?
On second thought, this issue goes to the question that I get asked most often..in fact yesterday one of my clients called….....
"I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty....
My cell phone rang at 8:30 last night… “HI.. This is Wally….can’t make the appointment tomorrow…I’m up in Baudette”…..
This a rarety….. so rare I thanked the guy four times…. I had an appointment in Monticello this morning at 8:00 a.m… about 40 miles from here…
Our service set the appointment over a week ago…. on...
"To provide meaningful architecture is not to...
Parody
any humorous, satirical, or burlesque imitation, as of a person, event, etc.
Satire
a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule.
I point these two definitions out, lest I offend my friends, loved ones and co workers with this blog….As I write this, I truly do consider the feelings of others…then I look...
"Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further...
I’ve been here before….and I must admit I don’t like the feeling…..one bag said “Tiny Twists”.. and the other “Tiny Twists….low fat”…in big bold print.
The Mrs specifically said not to get the low fat ones.. and the shopping list didn’t say “Tiny” anything…. just “those small pretzel twists”… I...
"Teamwork is so important that it is virtually...
Busy week…but busy good, not busy bad…and today will be no different.. I have to be in Maple Plain at 10:15 to renew an account…. we are moving business we from with one carrier we said goodbye to, to another…and the new carrier has been doing a great job…but when we change companies, we need to see the client; collect money and sign lots of documents…then back...
"When the best leader's work is done the people...
Daring redundancy… I must say this is the second best time of the day… in my office downstairs, totally dark except for the light of the computer screen, quiet except for the noise of the small electric heater blowing on my bare feet…I’m on cup two of the coffee always waiting for me in the timed coffee maker…alone with my thoughts…The Mrs and Lily still...
"A satisfied customer is the best business...
“I’m in charge of developing this territory, so I’m due a little respect”…
Hmmmmmm…this was an email I received near the end of the day after an exchange over our attempts to get a carrier to quote a piece of business….the lack of respect was apparently due to one of our staff questioning the need for information that had already been supplied.
I sent...