kevin's new job and no gene for leif

AND……..kevin is starting a new job in a totally different field than where he has spent the last 30+ years of his life. i’m not into astrology or anything, but if i was, i would say that the stars were lined up just right for him when this opportunity came up.

a friend from the ward (LDS church divisions) that we used to attend started to ask kevin about tires, when kevin told him he had lost his job. he told kevin that he might have an opportunity for him—but it might not necessarily be the job for him. we decided to hear it out and we are very impressed with what we have heard. it is in an area that i NEVER would have dreamed for kevin to go into—-financial planning and insurance sales—and this man was in the process of trying to find someone in this area when he and kevin started to talk. they will do all his training and we get payed during his training. he will be subsidized financially by the company until we can build up enough clientel to be strictly commission. kevin has been in sales for years and years with tires. he has had a strong base of customers that really like him. in fact, he had a sales and service route that followed him TWICE when he changed tire companies that he worked for—-this route covered most of one of our rural communities in the area. i guess what i am trying to say is that kevin knows a lot of people in the area that really like him, so he has a lot of names to start with.

i have to admit that i was just a little apprehensive about him doing this, after all, tires and financial stuff are different ball games, but the man that approached him seems to feel like kevin could really do a good job, and kevin’s dad, who usually doesn’t say much, told kevin that he thought this was a really good opportunity.

the company had kevin take an assessment test to see how well he might possibly do in the business and also a test to see how well he might possbly do when it came to testing for his insurance licence. he scored HIGH on the test that showed his likelyhood of doing well and he scored 91% on the test that showed how well he might do with his licence testing—and we were making jokes about being dumber than a post because there were only 3 math questions (story problems) and i think he probably got all of them wrong.

there is so much more potential for us in this business—socially, financially, with family time and with community service. it is different than any other financial company i have ever heard of. plus, they have alot of perks if you can meet certain goals—monthly, quarterly and yearly. sounds like a fun challenge.

we have just decided that we are going to jump in to this and be one of the best at it—i think that is the only way to look at it.

kevin will start training on the first of march—i think he does some locally, then some in a town several hours away, and then he flies to the home office for a little more intense training—-i think it is in rock island, illinois.

the company has been in business for over 100 years, and our own insurance man (with a different company) tells us that the company kevin is joining has a good reputation—-and get this—they start their meetings with a prayer and the pledge of allegiance.