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Having started in the insurance industry at Great Southern Insurance as a life agent in 1977, I've been on the street, know the hard work required to find and keep clients. While there, was featured in Sports Illustrated as a high producer. In 1979, I started working at Rogers Benefit Group through 1994, recruiting health agents and helping them save time, make more sales. I have taught CE (Continuing Education) classes for annuities. Was a top salesman for a major corporation out of 60 regional office agents, traveled East Texas for 15 years where I worked directly with P&C owners offering face-to-face help solving routine and complex client issues of all kinds. Nobody got a black eye. We took care of business with integrity and alacrity. Agents have problems, we help them solve them at our brokerage firm, BBX Inc. We help independent agents figure out "how to use niche" ideas to reach a targeted audience. We believe there are "riches in niches". With over 150+ hours of training on Leveraged Retirement, we are poised to assist company executives, owners, independent entrepreneurs, and successful professionals (agents and their clients too) plan and leverage their retirement years through "safe-money" and family protection strategies, generating 60-80% more money at retirement than typical plans. Graduate of program Blueprint for Professional Selling taught by Carl G. Stevens, C.P.A.E, (co-author of first & only book to date ... approved textbook for selling on college level (Selling ASAP), humorist, Christian writer, speaker and "selling coach". Personal: On a personal note, my interests are wide and varied. They include: - support of disabled veterans one on one etc. (e.g. through donations such as Wounded Warriors) - a passion for alternative health solutions and nutrition, have over 300 hours of professional training in massage. - Voracious Reader and budding Poetry Author - Animal Rescue - Hunting, Fishing and Camping...especially in MN with some old and young voyagers, i.e. "canoe toters" - Amateur Photographer - Strong Christian actively serving and teaching - Served in both the Texas and Alabama National Guard - Hobbies: Motorcycles, writing, self-defense and tai chi, health nut, TR buff