by Mary Stephan
Friday July 17, 2015

It’s been one year since I moved from being a home based agency owner to an employee of a brick and mortar agency. And, looking back on my decision a year later, I wouldn’t change a thing.

At some point you wake up and ask yourself "am I where I want to be? Am I doing what I want to be doing? Am I still passionate about my job?" The short answer to those questions is "Not really."

I finally realized it was the right move for me when I was filing federal and state taxes and having to pay into the system yet again. I started crunching numbers and looking back. As a home based agent, by the time I paid my fees, marketing, association dues, expenses, taxes, etc., and…

A few years back I had the sincere pleasure of speaking to a room full of tractor distributors in Raleigh Durham, North Carolina. This was an audience of t-shirted, baseball-capped, suspender-equipped, gum-chewing ladies and gentlemen who also, like you, had an intense interest in learning how to "eat regularly."

Prior to my chance to wax eloquent, I sat back in the audience taking copious notes learning what was important to this particular group so I could hit a home run when it was my turn to speak.

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