by Susan Schaefer
Friday August 12, 2016

These days, many consultants entering the industry do so as home-based agents.  But that wasn’t so for Jennifer Shouse.  She started as an employee of a traditional brick and mortar agency before branching out on her own last year, launching her agency, Stamp Your Passport.  Recently we sat down with Jennifer and talked about the transition from employee to independent contractor and agency owner.

Travel Research Online (TRO):  How long did you work for a brick and mortar agency, and why did you decide to move on?

Jennifer Shouse (JS):  I worked as an employee for a large, national brick and mortar agency for approximately 12 years before I decided to leave in late 2015.  Over time I felt that their attention to employees and clients had…

“It’s not my job to motivate players. They bring extraordinary motivation to our program. It’s my job not to demotivate them.“

Lou Holtz, Football Coach for Notre Dame

Today, I decided to drift away from a quote from a book I have read and simply work off of a quote by the famous Notre Dame Football Coach, Lou Holtz

“Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to present our Motivational Speaker today, Mr. Mike Marchev. For the next 60 minutes I want you to sit back as Mike motivates us to achieve our corporate objectives.”

This sample introduction is both true and false. It is true that my name is Mike Marchev and for lack of a better term, I am a motivational speaker. It is false for the simple fact that I, or anybody else, can’t motivate you…