Business

True story: Early in my career I worked for a life insurance company as a policyholder service representative. My specific area of expertise (and what led me into the pension business) was annuities and IRAs. The vast majority of my day was spent explaining to (justifiably) angry policyholders why their annuity was worth $225.00 or [...]

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The first in a series of essays and notes based on Leader Killers and Antagonists in the Church by Dr. Kenneth C. Haugk. Definitions & References Antagonism, Defined: Hostility that results in active resistance, opposition, or contentiousness. Antagonism in Chemistry: A phenomenon where two or more agents in combination have an overall effect which is [...]

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Yep, it hits here, too. Not the job, thankfully. I’m grateful every day to have the job and to be able to do it reasonably well. But for the last six months the business has not been good and isn’t going to get better any time soon. When other businesses are struggling to keep afloat [...]

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