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Started with Allstate April 22nd, 1979.
I wanted to have an opportunity where I could earn whatever I wanted to.
Well, I came here, took a risk, didn’t have a dime. Started from scratch.
Being best in the company this year, in 2011,
was a really crowning achievement.
It was based on overall production and retention and customer service
and financial services, the whole thing. So that really was great.
If I go to a sales leaders conference now, I have people say
“You’re like an icon. You’re like a legend with this company.”
My son Greg is involved. He’s been with us a year.
My daughter Caroline has been with us four and a half years.
This thing here now is a generational thing for me.
I mean, my kids could take this over; they can grow it.
There’s no limits on them, and they really aren’t going to have to go through
what I had to go through. But think of how much better
they could make it. That’s what’s exciting.
I don’t intend to retire. For what? To do what?
Play more golf? I can do it now.
Tell me something I can’t do now that I’d be able to do in retirement.
I owe a deep debt of gratitude to the company because
it’s really allowed me to express myself, build a business in my community,
and be worth whatever I decided on the financial end.
So yeah, it’s been a great ride. But it ain’t over, baby.