Goals aren’t enough. You need goals plus deadlines: goals big enough to get excited about and deadline to make you run. One isn’t much good without the other, but together they can be tremendous.
BEN FELDMANWhereas 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.
More Ben Feldman Quotes
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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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If you’re starting to lose your faith in the general intelligence of the American populous, there’s nothing like them mistaking pop culture for Van Gogh as a sign that people still read their history books and care about art.
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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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Most people buy not because they believe, but because the sales person believes.
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I’ve been pretty lucky, I like my jobs.
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Work hard. Think big. Listen well.
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I rarely use the telephone because he may not want to see me. I have a better chance of seeing the man I want to see if I do go.
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Youll have the same problems when I walk out, as you had when I walked in… unless you let me take your problems with me.
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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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The key to a sale in an interview, and the key to an interview is a disturbing question.
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Life insurance is time. The time a man might not have. If he needs time, he needs life insurance.
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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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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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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.
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The biggest asset you have is your earning capacity, and that depends entirely on your attitude.
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