John Wetmore shares his path in insurance: applied in December 2008, got licensed in March 2010, sold his first policy in September 2012. He talks about the excuses and procrastination that delayed him, and why persistence and mindset matter when starting out.
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you're not willing to make your own mistakes, you're never going to change. But for perspective, man, I applied to this thing in December of '08 and I messaged the guy and I'm like, hey, can you let me know how to get into class? I want to get this thing done ASAP. Dude, I didn't get my license, bro, till March of 2010, like 15 months. And I have the email that says like, I want to do it today. The reason I say stuff like that is, you know, I think along the way, bro, we tend to look for only people who want to be high level. We only want a certain demographic. Dude, if the agents were perfect, what the fuck would they need you for? And I look back and I'm like, dude, I was a train wreck, bro. Y'all see what you see today and assume what you assume, but I was a disaster who didn't get started and overanalyzed the thing for a year and a half before I got my license, dude. And then get this, I got my license in March of 2010. You know when I sold my first policy, dude? September of 2012. Another 2 and a half years before I sold the policy. And I had all kinds of excuses. I was like, yeah, you know, this guy won't like hold my hand and skip down the driveway and come to in-homes with me, so I'm not doing it.