Kevin Knauss: Health, History, Travel, Insurance
Posts by Kevin Knauss not related to health insurance or other categories, usually editorials, travel essays, food, pictures and maps.
This week I have had an unusually high number of calls from people that can’t afford or can’t qualify for health insurance. I have virtually nothing to sell these folks to help them out. The mantra of most of the older folks is, “If I can only make to age 65”. Medicare: affordable guarantee issue […]
To be in sales you have to be a little narcissistic. In other words, you need a good level of self-esteem and self-confidence. Most good sales people know their client is not necessarily buying from the company they work for but from the person. We make most major purchases through other human beings, not machines. […]
It is no fun to explain to someone that their work is sub-par. Recently, I had to fire the person that was developing business and post cards for my business. This person is truly a wonderful human being but their lack of business and listening skills became a deal killer. While I try very hard […]
Hate infects the soul. Practice reciprocity of tolerance. It is fun to hate and we get encouragement from TV, radio, movies, magazines, our commutes to work and more. When we hate we feel superior to others. However, when we hate, it becomes easier to hate things or people that are really just annoyances. Hate just […]
Whenever you start a new business you have to think about marketing. Inevitably, you are asked to to boil down your inner business self into a one sentence tagline. I hate taglines. They sound so phony and contrived. Many are the brain-child of some marketing company that has no clue as to what you or […]
This evening I had the joy and privilege of helping an immigrant family, with english as a second languange, buy health insurance for their son. It may sound odd, but it felt great to help this family navigate through the computer screens of the on-line application, explain all the features and benefits of the plan […]
