Its June 1995. I have failed the insurance exam 2 times and finally pass on my third attempt. I have been going to college and studying hard. Working 2 other jobs on the side all while starting my career in financial services. Back then you have 2 computers on a floor, not two on a desk. Cell phones were an expensive luxury. No email. No Facebook. No Google. No Linkedin. No SnapChat. No Instagram. Acer another long week and getting lots of no’s, it happened! Jesus, my parking lot attendant asks me to help him with some insurance. We sat there on […]

Its June 2008 and I am a successful advisor with a great team. Things are good. Business has its challenges, but I have continued on my path of building a fully integrated financial services practice. I receive a letter at the office that my grandmother, whom I had not seen in years had died. We had bee estranged for a number of years. I called the attorney on the letter asking some questions to understand what had happened. I then asked when the funeral was going to be. He informed me that it had been a week ago. Disappointed for […]

It is January of 1995 and I am staring down the barrel of high school graduation. It is January of 1995 and I am staring down the barrel of high school graduation. 2.5 GPA (maybe). No real prospects of how or what I am going to do. Body injured from a game that I loved and still do today. Any thoughts that I had of moving forward in THAT career gone. Unclear. Lack of real interest in a lot of things other than people and THEIR story. I am 17 years old. I have been working for Sears automotive for […]