John Wetmore addresses someone stuck in their insurance sales business who keeps asking for help instead of executing basics. He emphasizes the fundamentals: generate leads, make calls, run appointments, close sales, repeat. Momentum comes from doing the work consistently, not from seeking advice.
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There's some people I DM every day. I help them. I don't even know who the hell they are. This one guy sends me a message the other day and he says, I really need your help and advice, please. I've been in the business a few years now and had a mental speed bump for the better part of the year last year. I've been trying to find a good source to use, which he meant leads, but I don't know what I should do. I've just gotten into the business again and I'm really struggling. Can you help me with your advice to get back on track, have persistency, gain momentum, and just crush it? I need to get back in and I will never quit. Can you help? So I asked him what— so I, I was intrigued by it, but I noticed, dude, the DM had prior messages. So I scrolled up and he had messaged me 2 years ago asking for help also, and I gave him answers, you know what I mean? We went back and forth for like 15 or 20 messages or whatever. And so this time, 2 years later, I'm definitely very different, but I was like, what do you think the problem is? Because I said the advice isn't going to be any different than it was 2 years ago. You need enough leads so you can call enough clients so you can run enough appointments so you can make enough sales, and then you wash, rinse, repeat.