Comments on: Third Place Is You're Fired

By: Linkstuff March 13

Linkstuff March 13 — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:22:35 +0000

[...] Preet tells us to look at Sales Incentives for Financial Planners and Insurance Salespeople. [...]

By: H

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:03:22 +0000

PUT THAT COFFEE DOWN.

;-)

thanks for the post.

By: Thicken My Wallet

Thicken My Wallet — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:52:42 +0000

Oops, I said have said service oriented, not sales oriented.

By: Thicken My Wallet

Thicken My Wallet — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:52:01 +0000

Lawyers have fiduciary duties but their fees have not come down so the argument in the article rings hallow with me and is pretty typical of the sales culture of the financial industry.

The point of being a fiduciary is not that you have to sell the cheapest service (again, a comment on how sales, and not sales oriented, the industry is). It is rather there are real consequences to your actions and you cannot employ a “fire and forget” approach to your client dealings.

By: Canadian Dream: Free at 45 » Blog Archives » Wander Reading #13

Canadian Dream: Free at 45 » Blog Archives » Wander Reading #13 — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:16:16 +0000

[...] points out the practice of sell it or your fired. I’ve personally seen this one before and it is not that [...]