Now Serving...

IMAGINE THIS: it’s Sunday morning & you are at your local grocery store. You step up to the the deli counter and pull your ticket. You get #15. You look up at the “Now Serving” sign and see that they are on #12. You breathe a sigh of relief knowing that soon it will be your time.

NOW, #15 is a great number to have at the deli counter but NOT SO GREAT at the Pearly Gates. In that scenario you want as much time as you can get.

Unfortunately in the game of life we don’t have a number to tell us when our time is up.

So what can we do?

Well, we can plan for that great big deli trip in the sky, now! And part of that planning is taking care of those that we leave behind; our loved ones, our spouses, our kids. Remember life insurance isn't for you, it's for them.

The basic social responsibility that we have as husbands, wives & parents is to care for those who need and love us. Life insurance is caring. Life insurance is love. Life insurance makes a difference.

September 2008 is Life Insurance Awareness Month. If you want concrete stories about how life insurance can save families, just go over the LIFE site and check out their realLIFEstories.

Life happens, but you, me, us, can make a difference.

Ninpo ik kan my friends...

David L. Holzer
Insurance Advisor & Martial Arts Guide

The New Look!

When I started this blog last year, I showed everyone my business card. That was then. But now, there is no comparison. The new look consists of the new softer color scheme, the new flowing logo, and, of course, the branding of my "Shugo" concept.

Thanks go out to Mel DePaoli again at Omicle (Mel@Omicle.com; http://www.Omicle.com/). Her insights into my branding image are amazing. She really knows how to capture what you need and want (even if you don't know what it is yet).

BTW, the image above is actually the front and back sides of my card. So actually, the Japanese for "Shugo" is wrapping around the edge of the card.

All in all, a huge success. I hope you like it.

Ninpo ik kan my friends...

David L. Holzer
Insurance Advisor & Martial Arts Guide

"Thank you sir, may I have another!"

Mike Garrison

Ouch, that hurt!

I just received an email from a mentor and long-time friend of mine, Mike Garrison, President of The Garrison Group (mike@thegarrisongroup.biz - http://www.thegarrisongroup.biz/). It was great to re-connect with him, but man did it hurt!

Let me back track a bit. You see Mike is AMAZING! He gets me to do things that no one else can do. In short, he's knows how to push my buttons. Mike says jump, and I say "How high?" If you need help in business and in life, Mike is "Da Man" for you.

I have not heard from Mike for a while and so when I got an email from him last week, it was a pleasant surprise. In my usually friendly fashion I responded to his email. This morning to my delight I got another response from him. But, man did this one hurt.

Again he was re-connecting with me, asking about how things are in the 'Burgh, etc. I should have seen it coming, but I didn't. You see, that first sentence of his was, in martial arts, a fake, a set-up - because as I was reading that, he let me have it full-force. His next comment was, about this here dojo/blog of mine. He noticed that I have not been writing in a while.

That hurt. But it's a good hurt. Why? Because I am writing!!! I know, hard to believe, right?? I told you Mike was good. He knows, and as he reads this entry of mine, he is probably laughing and saying "Gotcha!"

Mike is great. He tells you full-out what you need to hear. You may not want to hear it. You probably won't like to hear it. But he still gives it to you anyway. That my friends is TRUE honesty.

Thanks Mike. I needed that. You make me feel like a white belt again!

Oh and, by the way, can I have another???



Ninpo ik kan my friends....

David L. Holzer
Insurance Advisor & Martial Arts Guide