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Fun Times Newsletter
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In this issue
-- Quote of the Month
-- Joke time!
-- 30 Days to Change Your Ways
-- News Flash: Live Dead Man Still Dead! -- On the Cutting Edge (And an IIF poll!): Brokers Talk Tough to Tinsel Town -- The Greatest Insurance Story Never Told -- Brand Tip: An Agent Speaks! -- Product Deal of the Day -- Book of the Month -- Graffiti Zone -- IIF Musings: A Good Reason Not to go Totally Paperless! -- Feedback
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Quote of the Month ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“Go that way really fast. If something gets in your
way, turn.”
-Curtis Armstrong (as Charles De Mar) offering last- minute skiing advice to John Cusack (as Lane Meyer) in 1985’s Better Off Dead. Translation: Sometimes the simplest solution is also the most practical.
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Joke time! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
My dinner party was headed for disaster. One man,
an insurance salesman, was monopolizing the
conversation with a lengthy account of recent
litigation involving himself. Since two other guests
were lawyers, I was becoming increasingly
uneasy. “In the end,” the salesman concluded, “you
know who got all the money?”
I cringed. "The lawyers!" he shouted. There was embarrassed silence at the table. My heart was pounding until the wife of one lawyer said, “Oh, I love a story with a happy ending!” Source: www.personalinsure.about.com.
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30 Days to Change Your Ways ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ever wake up with than uneasy feeling that you’re
forgetting something but you can’t quite put a finger
on it? Perhaps you haven’t completed your CE
obligation for the year? So now the rush is on to find
the quickest, most convenient class to slug through
that will satisfy your obligation and get it over with?
A lack of planning can lead to signing up for a B-rate, last-second CE class whose subject matter is, shall we say, pointless to your career. We’ve all done it and swore we’d never do it again. And then we did! This month, make it a priority to review a CE schedule and find a class that 1) fulfills your requirement and 2) helps you make more money! Think of knowledge as dollar signs and you may just eliminate the stress of repeating that last second CE mistake. Start today!
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News Flash: Live Dead Man Still Dead! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
An 81-year-old Cleveland man, Myron Manders,
wants the Social Security Administration to admit
that he is alive and well. No matter what he says or
does to prove it, the Administration just doesn’t
seem to get it.
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On the Cutting Edge (And an IIF poll!): Brokers Talk Tough to Tinsel Town ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Even after the rejection of our first major IIF motion
picture idea, “Exclusions: A Love Story,” we agree
with Gregory Hines’ last line in the Mel Brooks
epic “History of the World Part I: ‘Movies is Magic!”
Here’s a glimpse as to how our industry plays a role
in the movie biz:
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The Greatest Insurance Story Never Told ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The One-Minute Underwriter is a marvelously
entertaining and educational tale of a young man
seeking the ultimate underwriter. He is introduced to
the infamous One-Minute Underwriter. Amazed at the
man’s clean desk, confident and relaxed manner and
apparent abundance of free time to share his
thoughts and techniques with a young novice, he
asks for the secret.
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Brand Tip: An Agent Speaks! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The following article, “Time to Start Smoking in
Church,” by Anson Ross Thompson, sheds some fresh
light on branding strategy. Enjoy!
In society there are some things that you just don’t do. Smoking in church is one of those things. Now, if you can take off your spiritual hat for just one second and imagine the thought of someone lighting up during a service, what is your first thought? “How dare he do that?” Or are you thinking, “What in the world? I wonder why he would do that.” If you really think about that situation, the majority of the people in that congregation, after the initial shock, probably would want to talk to “smoky” and find out what’s going on. My point is that in business, sometimes we should do things that are so uncommon or out there that people want to talk to us or better yet, talk about us. |
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Product Deal of the Day ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Is there anyone is the world who works harder than a
Mom? With Mother’s Day right around the corner,
spoil the amazing moms in your office with a fun gift
from Insurance Is Fun!
$10 off $50 order at our CafePress store. Use code SPRING10. But hurry: this offer is only good through 4/13/06! |
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Book of the Month ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Freakonomics, by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner,
is filled with Levitt’s unusual discoveries about the
relationship between societal statistics and
phenomena:
Strictly logical interpretation in work and life is the only method to seeing situations for what they really are, no matter how ridiculous. And since this is not always possible in our lives, the authors tell us what it’s like. Fun and fascinating - read this book! IIF Rating: 9* *That’s out of a possible 10. It would have been a 10, but our distinguished panel of judges includes one of “those guys” who doesn’t believe anything short of Tolstoy deserves a 10. Thanks a lot, Frank.
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Graffiti Zone ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“Mold Me, I Need the Money”
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IIF Musings: A Good Reason Not to go Totally Paperless! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Feedback ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Good stuff we’re giving here? Or are you having more
fun “deleting” instead of “reading?” Let us know what
you think! And, please, no obscenities this time.
Contact feedback@insuranceisfun.com.
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