Some quiz results… interesting!

Here are some quiz results I came up with on myself…

This one, I had no idea about. As a messianic Gentile, comparisons to strictly traditional Christian theologians are a hard match.

You scored as Karl Barth. The daddy of 20th Century theology. You perceive liberal theology to be a disaster and so you insist that the revelation of Christ, not human experience, should be the starting point for all theology. Karl Barth 93% Anselm 87% Jonathan Edwards 87% John Calvin 80% Charles Finney 73% Friedrich Schleiermacher 60% Martin Luther 53% Augustine 47% J?Moltmann 47% Paul Tillich 20% Which theologian are you? created with QuizFarm.com

This one was absolutely no surprise to me. The quiz is, at least, accurate. I’ve been conservative since I first voted for Reagan in 1984.

While this doesn’t surprise me much (the quiz had no rating for messianic believers), at least it recognized I’m a mix since my second-closest match was Judaism. So it’s not a bad little tool. Fun site!

You scored as Christianity. Your views are most similar to those of Christianity. Do more research on Christianity and possibly consider being baptized and accepting Jesus, if you aren’t already Christian. Christianity is the second of the Abrahamic faiths; it follows Judaism and is followed by Islam. It differs in its belief of Jesus, as not a prophet nor historical figure, but as God in human form. The Holy Trinity is the concept that God takes three forms: the Father, the Son (Jesus), and the Holy Ghost (sometimes called Holy Spirit). Jesus taught the idea of instead of seeking revenge, one should love his or her neighbors and enemies. Christians believe that Jesus died on the cross to save humankind and forgive people’s sins. Christianity 79% Judaism 63% Islam 42% Buddhism 21% Hinduism 17% Paganism 17% Satanism 8% agnosticism 0% atheism 0% Which religion is the right one for you? (new version) created with QuizFarm.com

The first sweet taste of success!

Ahh, the first sweet taste of success. A couple weeks ago, I finally broke through and sold my first insurance policy. It takes a lot of work and effort to reach a goal like that… and a lot of starving in between.

What most people don’t know about insurance agents is how hard they have to work just to sell one policy, especially in the early going when you’re just getting started. To sell that one policy, I had to make (approximately) 200 phone calls, only about 50 of which I contacted. Of those, I was able to set up meetings with about 15, but most of those folks cancelled or delayed on me. So I ended up with about four meetings that were kept, only one of which turned into my first sold policy.

It’s a rush of excitement, joy and relief when you get that first taste of helping someone out. It’s thrilling. But it’s also easy to forget just how hard you had to work to get there. It becomes tempting to begin thinking, “Okay, things are rolling now, soon I’ll have people calling me and it’ll get easier to help people.”

But that’s not solid thinking. The numbers don’t change much. You still need to do 100-200 calls to contact 50 people to set up 15 meetings, at least half of which will cancel or delay their meeting time with you, after you’ve already set a date and time. All that effort is necessary in order to get in front of 5-7 people and, hopefully, once you’re experienced enough, you can sell at least half of those.

But if you cut back on your calls, the numbers diminish and the rest of the numbers go down, too. That’s the hard part… to keep working at that high level, in order to acheive the level of success you need to make a good living.

If you slack off, call fewer people simply because you have a paycheck in your hand… well, you probably won’t, next week. A lesson I’m learning the hard way… but at least I’m learning it.