Moving On


If you’ve visited any of my sites before, you’ll know that I love life. I’m adventurous, trusting, and formidably optimistic. I love people, I love art, and I love living.

The time has come for me to give up owning an insurance agency. Marketing and operating remotely just isn’t feasible. I’m not able to represent the standards I need for my company, alone.

I have sold my book of business to Everything Insurance, and my good friend Kimi.

Why This Change?

Owning an agency requires a level of access which lies opposite of travel. There are things in my life today and moving forward which are just not compatible with agency ownership.

For instance, my girlfriend introduced me to backpacking in late 2017. It ignited a love of camping and the outdoors which had laid dormant in me since I was a pre-teenager. We are hiking the Tahoe Rim Trail this July, which will require at least two weeks of absence from regular life.

I’d love to hike the Pacific Crest Trail and the Arizona Trail, and those are just not feasible while owning an agency.

Aside from that, I have become burnt out with the day to day minutiae of agency ownership. It’s difficult, and often gets in the way of my passion of helping people.

I Won’t Let Knowledge Go To Waste

I can’t let what I know go to waste, though. I need to keep helping people.

I’ve learned more about the insurance industry than I have about almost anything else. It truly is my area of expertise.

This is why I have taken a producer role with Everything Insurance. It allows me to consult with clients, such as you and everyone else I’ve written. It also allows Kimi and her team to handle accounts, changes, and claims when I’m not available.

Insurance is about taking your goals and dreams, taking what you have worked for and what you continue to work for, and protecting it. It’s about setting yourself up for success and being made whole again when something goes wrong. With this change, I’m excited to embody and demonstrate those very values and ideas.

Thank You

Thank you for your trust, past, present, and continued. Allying with Kimi will surpass all service I’ve given, and I’m excited for it.

Thank you for your time, and your business. Thank you for this journey and for this next evolution. Just as I paired each of you with insurance carriers to fit your needs, you have helped me meet mine.

If you need anything and don’t have my cell number, reach out here and I’ll give it to you. I’ll always be your advocate.




Faith, Family, Business: A Rant

“Faith, Family, then Business”

That’s the credo of many motivational speakers, company leaders, and frontmen. It is also phrased as “G-d, family, then work.” It is how they tell you to prioritize your life in order to achieve success.

I have to disagree, though. If your faith is more important than your family, that’s your business. G-d gave me my wife, and honoring her honors G-d. Without her, faith is diminished; without her, I have no business. Surely I can’t be the only one in this boat.

Empirical evidence points to anyone employing the slogan of “faith, family, then work,” being full of hubris and poison.

Who has employed this slogan? Among the offenders are:

  • My district manager at AFLAC
  • Most of the speakers Farmers brought in
  • Every single speaker AFLAC had
  • The (now deceased) owner of Spa One, which closed without warning leaving about 70 people unexpectedly unemployed
  • Three other speakers who championed this phrase whom I had the “pleasure” of listening to, while they skewed data for their purpose

The companies that endorsed this phrase have, in my experience, by and large, been perpetrators of lies. They have hurt both clients and employees, people and their families.

I think the problem comes from people who wear their adherence of faith as a token of validity. The problem is people eat this up and think “Hey, I want to live like that,” and don’t think about repercussions. Putting your family second can leave them feeling unloved and backburnered.

Hell, if I was too sick to take care of myself and my wife wanted to go to Synagogue, I would feel jilted. I know she would feel the same.

My proposal for all my workers will be “Physical needs, spiritual needs, then work.”

Take care of yourself and your loved ones, then take care of your heart and mind, then your business. That will let you live more strongly, sustainably, and ethically. I just can’t be aligned with the hubris and lies that “faith, family, then work” has shoved at me.



Long overdue

Wow, I haven’t updated in far, far too long.

First off, all those dates I went on ended up in me finding one very amazing girl. Her name is Raquel and we’re quickly closing in on our 1 month “anniversary.” She’s been an amazing addition to my life and has enriched it in many ways. She’s absolutely beautiful, amazingly compassionate, quite giving, and is as crazy about fitness as I am.

I’ve also started to exercise again. I’m tired of sitting on my laurels and getting soft and undefined. I want my damn definition back! I hope to be able to find a good way to do some leg lifts that isn’t on my back, something more comprehensive and intense for my abdominals.

I haven’t been dancing as much as I’d like, but I’ve been getting more involved in Judaism and hiking. Two things which I didn’t realize I missed so much.

Aflac is going pretty slowly, unfortunately. I should be pulling numbers up this week, or at least seriously setting myself up to pull some numbers next week. We’re implementing a new method of prospecting, so cold calling (my weakness!) will matter less.

After uploading this blog I have to stop by my photography site and update that blog. I’ve had a few shoots which I want to share. 🙂

I even had a second letter to the editor published! It’s “Pearce, Brewer have wrong priorities.”

I’m tired. But less tired than I have been. Things are looking up!



More good stuffs!

Life continues to be entertaining



Contract is finalized

Well, I rode in to meet up with the regional manager today. My contract has been finalized and I should have a writing number tomorrow! I’m excited!

They want me to go up to Phoenix for some training on Friday, then back up for three days next week for sales training. I’m really excited about this. I have a few contacts which could lead to the start of my career with this company. In the meantime, I have a good amount of stuff to familiarize myself with (the three main plans and some informational stuff) and some miles to destroy on the road. Also have a dog to give some lovin’ to and a girlfriend to dote on.

Today is going to be glorious!