Paul Bush
Agency Vice President
State Farm Insurance
State Farm Insurance
Agency Vice President
Manage and lead Sales and marketing teams.
Each step requires different skills and attributes. At the core is the desire to help others reach their potential and achieve their goals. Being willing to place the success of others as a center point is critical. Also strategic thinking and planning, evaluating situations and seeing opportunities. Communicating and involving the thoughts and dreams of others with the goals and placement of energy is extremely important.
Here's the first step for professionals
Willingness to risk failure. This is a career in which many do not have the drive and passion and goal orientation to succeed through the early years. It takes a tremendous amount of energy and discipline in the beginning to build something from zero to something sustainable.
"'You should, be an engineer or scientist.' Had the intellect and aptitude but it was not interesting to me at all. Found myself at odds with family expectation and history. Grandfather and father were both engineers. It was the family way."