Besides, switchboard girls and secretaries have become very good. They’ve learned to take you apart. ‘Who? Why? What for? What company?’ You don’t always get by. I seldom call on the phone. I’d rather go.
BEN FELDMANLife insurance is time. The time a man might not have. If he needs time, he needs life insurance.
More Ben Feldman Quotes
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If people understood what life insurance does, we wouldn’t need salesmen to sell it. People would come knocking on the door. But they don’t understand.
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I don’t like horror, which is ridiculous because I’ve been in three horror movies, but when I see those things, I see camera tricks and fake blood and actors screaming and I don’t know understand why other actors don’t see that.
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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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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.
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I’m just the least funny person in a room full of funny people, which is basically every single day of work for me.
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I’ve been pretty lucky, I like my jobs.
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I think I’m the funniest guy in a room full of unfunny people. Unfortunately, my career is increasingly leading me into rooms where everybody is funny. I’m the least funny person in a room full of funny people.
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You are already broke and don’t even know it.
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Don’t sell life insurance. Sell what life insurance can do.
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The biggest asset you have is your earning capacity, and that depends entirely on your attitude.
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You know, a man’s life is the most precious thing in the world, isn’t it? So isn’t it odd that a man will insure everything but his life?
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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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Doing something costs something. Doing nothing costs something. And, quite often, doing nothing costs a lot more!
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Fundamentals are right down to earth. And one fundamental is: You have to make calls. Nothing happens until you make a call. It’s that fundamental!
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Your biggest asset is a positive attitude. That more than anything else determines your earnings.
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