http://www.subramoney.com/book-written-by-me/ I do not wish to call this class 1 or class 2 – that raises expectations! But here is a small story… A friend called up to say “This person has come to me with a UL policy – she says pay Rs. 50,000 for 3 years, then you can even remove all the […]
One reader called this column “Malice towards one and all” . Sorry Kushwant Singh, you are not alone. I have also done a ‘Round and About’ and started in on a Saturday by saying…”All this is my own work…..”Sorry Busybee, sorry Late Beheram Contractor. Let us check out some history of investor protection. It is […]
Even though a lot of sales trainers will tell you that “Telling is not selling”, selling does involve a lot of telling. In many cases anecdotal is supposed to be bad and analytical good. However, salesmen by and large telling stories. Especially if they seem to come out as heroes in the story. I heard […]
I have a friend who has worked in a bank for many years – from a rookie sales person to almost the top job in sales and marketing. She has (to me surprisingly) acquired a lot of knowledge about banking, mutual fund and life insurance. Not knowing much of her background (she now works for […]
I normally do not put such quotes on my blog. But Marc Faber’s comment about the bailout was just too good. So here it is: “Dr Marc Faber, the investment guru commented on the American Economy as “The federal government is sending us a $600 rebate. If we spend that money at Walmart, that money […]
A new agent joined a private life insurance company. He took about one month to start and then started blazing all records in sales. Like they say “Din Dhugni raat Chougni” sales was happening. He was brilliant, absolutely brilliant. His immediate manager wanted to go with him on a sales call – one does not […]