I meet people and a lot of times, instead of saying, “Are you from the East Coast?” people just go, “you’re from the East Coast, right?”, having no reason to have known that. I don’t know what that is. Maybe it’s just that I’m Jewish.
BEN FELDMANDo you know anyone who has a lease on life? It isn’t a question of if; it’s a question of when.
More Ben Feldman Quotes
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I do not sell life insurance. I sell money. I sell dollars for pennies apiece. My dollars cost 3 cents per dollar per year.
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You haven’t done anything wrong. You just haven’t done anything, and that’s what’s wrong.
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When you audition for shows in Hollywood, you go in, you do your scene, maybe you get an adjustment. It’s sort of easy, and a lot of times it just feels sort of rote and simple.
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Every man has problems that only life insurance can solve. In the young man’s case, the problem is to create cash; for the older man, to conserve it.
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Whereas when you go to New York and you audition for plays, you walk out sweaty and intimidated and nervous and doubting yourself as an actor.
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If you’ve got a problem make it a procedure and it won’t be a problem anymore.
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Don’t sell life insurance. Sell what life insurance can do.
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If you look at the history of advertising, most of them were Jews, so it was only a matter of time before ‘Mad Men’ explored that area of advertising.
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And I’m overcompensated for that. So it’s insane to not use that pedestal to try and at least help someone or something that’s in need.
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The biggest asset you have is your earning capacity, and that depends entirely on your attitude.
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Read! Study never stops because publications never stop coming in. It’s read and study. And think about what you’re studying. Take it apart and put it together. Ask ‘why?’ And know the answers.
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The basic purpose of life insurance is to create cash…nothing more or nothing less. Everything else confuses and complicates.
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Doing something costs something. Doing nothing costs something. And, quite often, doing nothing costs a lot more!
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Work hard. Think big. Listen well.
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I’ve been pretty lucky, I like my jobs.
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