John Wetmore discusses the gap between stress and passion at work. One speaker loved insurance since childhood, while others in the industry feel trapped. The difference comes down to whether you actually care about what you're doing.
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When you do things you don't love, it's called stress. When you do things you really care for or love, it's called passion. Yeah. You know, and it's funny how this industry stresses a lot of people out. Mm-hmm. And it makes me question like, what's driving?
You know, and that I talk about that a lot too, because, you know, I view insurance really the industry as a whole as a vehicle to get you to your passion. Right. And I always say this is that, you know, my passion I get to pursue it within the— so I love insurance, right? I'm the weird kid, right? Who has since second grade wanted to be an insurance agent, yada yada, right? And it really is. But I've been able to tap into my passion while I'm in the industry, right? Like there's some people and even people in my office, insurance isn't their passion.