Life extending prescription medicine vs. Groceries

It¹s tough choice for some people who have little resources, no family and

no insurance. I watched a documentary story on TV about a group of seniors

on their way to Canada to purchase prescription drugs because the cost was

50 25 % less there than the price in the United States.

A large travel bus filled with seniors showed not one, but many outraged

passengers. The story revealed the individual stories of the senior

citizens. Sensational TV drama showed the viewer their happy faces and

their tears. Real people, real depression, real joy, and real problems with

American drug companies charging two to three times as much to people

without insurance. Hugely discounted deals to HMO¹s and other organized

health entities were revealed. As I watched, I silently agreed, ³their

outrage is valid.² We should all be upset about the current status of the

prescription cost from the health industry. However, at the same time I

couldn¹t help but to thinkŠ ³They are missing the real story here.²

These seniors are in financial distress because they believed and relied

upon the promises of their companies and employers, the government and

Social Security that now, have all failed them. They believed in the

promises of the industrial era, and worked hard toward the promise of

security. It is unfortunate. It is sad and it is upsetting. It is not

necessary today in the age of information.

The missing point that the documentary should have covered was why it went

wrong and how to avoid making decisions that will land following

generations in the same predicament.

Presently, we are living in the information age. We need to know how to

teach our friends, children and families how to make and keep and protect

money. We need to teach financial intelligence and help people enable

themselves to be fiscally responsible.

This is America and last I heard, we still have choices. It is a personal

choice and a must in sales to gain financial intelligence. It is a

personal choice to use the skills and talents you have and learn more to

improve in your role.

If you think this article is harsh, you¹re focusing on the wrong problem.

Imagine how harsh it will seem when you ride the bus to Canada. A wise man

once told me ³I¹d rather do the hard thing today that most people won¹t so I

can do the thing later that most people can¹t.²

Sales is the greatest profession in the world. No other profession gives

you choice like sales. In no other career can a man wake up give himself a

raise everyday. No other opportunity exists like this one in the American

work force. In sales, you have absolute control over your own income. If

you are willing to accept personal responsibility, track, modify and develop

your own behavior, you will be successful. Follow the rules of success: Fail

fast enough to learn the right lessons and recover from them and always have

the fortitude of persistence. Also, be honest with yourself, with your

prospects and clients, participate in constructive activities, and step out

of your comfort zone everyday and you will never have to sit on that bus.