Insurance professionals are charged with acting ethically in the comportment of their duties. That means working well with others. The following summary of a presentation by Terry Sutton offers insight about the role of...
Read MoreMemorial Day, observed this year on Monday, May 27th, means many things to many people. Though many schools are already out for the year, for those still in school it is a holiday. For most companies and government offices it is...
Read MoreI would like to take a moment of your time and share with you a principle. We are all governed by principles or laws that are immutable if not subjected themselves to higher laws. These laws span the spectrum of physical...
Read MoreWouldn’t life be great if everybody treated us respectfully, thoughtfully and kindly? And, had the same high opinion of us as we have? The problem with people is that they are people; each buoyed about in life with their own...
Read MoreOver the years I have been in many, many offices and have dealt with thousands of employees and hundreds of managers and owners. I have also served in vocational ministry in churches with hundreds of members and those with...
Read MoreHuman nature is interesting, and predictable. Whether it is the ill-mannered musings of political personalities or news anchors’ inimicality, lately the worst of rudeness and incivility has been on full display. Words can do...
Read MoreHave you ever noticed that people are always looking for that special secret that will instantly change their lives and bring world peace, or whatever? I cannot tell you how many times I hear a commercial or a testimonial about...
Read MoreThe notion of having a hiding place or shelter is as old as mankind. Shelter, in fact, is one of the five “Basic Needs” of survival; air, water, food, shelter and sleep. As kids most of us played hide and seek. Though the games...
Read MoreI want to deal in this brief article about an aspect of one of life’s biggest enemies, unforgiveness. If you have attended any of my presentations on insurance ethics or hoarding disorder or personal restoration (and others) you...
Read MoreMy move to the insurance world after almost 30 years of vocational ministry was not nearly as radical a career move as I sensed it was going to be. The insurance world is similar, in many ways, to ministry. As an agency you...
Read MoreI grew up in Mobile, Alabama, which sits on the western side of Mobile Bay, a large and historic body of water. Five rivers empty themselves into the bay making it alive and rich, teeming with life. On the eastern side of the...
Read More“Hoarding,” when you hear the word what do you think about? If you are like most Americans with cable TV you think of reality shows showing impossibly cluttered homes and desperately fragile people engaged in an emotional...
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