December At Golden Compass

                  So where to start off. . . hmmm well I just remember that during the month of November that I had gotten so used to imputing so many memos with Chris it was a hard pattern for me to get out of. To my surprise when I had gotten back from my little break away from mentorship I arrived to realize Chris had left to pursue his dream as a police officer. It surprised us all but we could only wish him the best and hope he did get his dream, but on another note I still continued to do pipeline but there was a moment when I was kind of feeling a bit sluggish that day Alex had a talk with me saying that " for whatever reason you have to do something don't just go in for the hours that you are required but go over that limit and if possible go home home and keep on brushing up on information to help you further in your job because true success will only begin to blossom when you put forth that effort". Then, like a timer going off something clicked in me that day and I was reminded why I chose to do Insurance as my topic. With everything coming me back to me I decided to confront Alex and ask him what the requirements would be in order to get my license to sell insurance. At first he seemed to have a troubled look on his face as if thinking "he's only 18 and wants to do insurance? it's not due able". So as we had continued our discussion at lunch he had decided to help me but only with me putting in the effort of paying for the classes I need to even consider taking this test. These classes will be taking approximately 52 hours of my time and will be costing me $200 of my own money. A small price to pay in my opinion for a small stepping stone in what could be a huge success for me later on in life. Well that happened and Alex just told me I have my very own goal to meet of imputing 1400 contacts on pipeline by january 1st! Of course this will be a challenge but I'm sure this is just a test to see whether or not I'd be more than willing to put forth that 110% of effort. So hopefully by the time I do my January blog I have paid for my license and I have finished imputing everything into pipeline.     

 

R.I.P

Golden In November

So with the month finally coming to an end I will write out my thoughts on what I have done to contribute towards my senior project due during my senior year. well as for hours towards mentorship I am finally done with Alex giving me a grand total of 52.5 hours! Fortunately for me Alex has allowed me to continue doing my remaining 60 hours at the company. As for what I have been doing at the company, unlike last month instead of doing the typical marketing Chris and I were behind on calls he had made in the  past and never recorded. So for the past two weeks we spent man to man bonding time organizing all of the files. I'm not gonna lie it was pretty stressful at first especially tiring since I had to do this during my own time, but at the end of the week when I had received my final 11 hours for the past two weeks I did end up feeling pretty warm and fuzzy inside. As for research I have been completely lagging it lately so I should probably start doing that. Well that was my month of November and happy Thanksgiving.

Content
1. "I reviewed the rule of three or writing an EQ"

2.Review the following EQs 

 a.  What is the most important factor in healthy weight loss?

• yes I believe this EQ follows the rules but the only thing have going against it for now is if they could specify a little more on what type of leg Injury that way they could get more information based on the question they want answered.

b. What is most important to securing a conviction in a criminal investigation?

• This EQ was somewhat general especially with the word "conviction" and how to secure it. the word choice for me at least was to general and maybe if it was specified a bit more or at least when dealing with an investigation what type of things are you investigating should probably be mentioned in this EQ.

c.What is most important in creating a hairstyle that best satisfies a customer? 

• I don't think this EQ follows the rule of 3 solely because there isn't much research that could be made on this topic it is more opinion based.
  

d. How can an Anesthesiologist best treat chronic pain?

• This does not meet the rule of 3 however you can tell that a point was attempted to be made when creating this EQ. To make it more exact however they should add where the chronic pain is coming from.

3.  What is the most effective way to having your employees contribute as a whole when dealing with the very growth of your business of insurance? 

October Blog

So with October coming to an end another monthly blog of my month with insurance is required. So what was the most interesting thing that happened this month? Well surprisingly enough I got to step in the shoes of my mentor for a day and understand  where and how he got to where he was to this day. the 2nd interview by far is my most memorable experience at the office with Alex solely because for the first time I was able to comprehend for the first time what perseverance really was especially when you have everything to lose and nothing to gain. Other than the 2nd Interview I have been spending most of my time with James marketing temporary assistant Insurance (my goal always being a minimum of a page.)

Blog 8: Research and Working EQ

1. What is your working EQ?

• What is the most effective way to have everyone contribute as a whole when dealing with the business of insurance?

2. What is a possible answer to your working EQ? Please write the answer in thesis format. Examples:

• The most effective way to have everyone contribute in a working environment as a whole is to make sure everyone knows that you are a boss but also someone you can come to if help is needed. 

3. What is the most important source you have used that has helped you come up with an answer to your working EQ?
The most important source I have gotten that has helped me solve my EQ is my mentor himself. Just recently when i had interviewed him for my 2nd interview he gave me a page full of answers on how to create a good working environment for any business.

4. Who is your mentor, or where are you volunteering, and how does what you are doing relate to your working EQ?
my mentor is Alex weinberger, and I am doing mentorship hours at the golden compass office. This helps with my working EQ because everyday in order to make a business succeed you need people to work with you as a boss but neither be so freindly like with everybody nothing ever gets done.

Indepependant Componant 1 Approval

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

• For my 30 hours I will be working with the company Golden Compass separate all their files into one for the time being until I can start marketing. So basically what that means is that I will e seperating all their sales so they know when to call the costumers to renew their stuff.

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

• I plan to keep a notebook with me at all times to jot down all the hours and important log information.

 3.  And explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.

• In order to explore my topic more into detail I will be asking my mentor for information whatever he plans on speaking of for business. Not just that but while I'm doing my job for 30 hours it will only be natural for me to have a few questions to pop up so it would only be natural,  

September Blog

So like always on both Tuesday and Thursday for the past two weeks mentorship hours were being taken care of. So everyday right after 3rd block I'd have to speed on the freeway going 110 miles per hour while cutting off truckers. haha just kidding a lot of the time I got to my mentorship relatively early in fact so early Alex would just tell me to just go get lunch. Anyways when I was there during my time he had me making official golden compass bags, which didn't seem to promising in my eyes but hey it killed time so I'm not complaining. On the last few days Alex had James teach me the basics of marketing (somewhat more effective than door to door marketing), which was basically marketing through email. It seemed more effective to me in a sense that more stores were being hit than just whatever was located in the area, but loses that 1st impression that could ensure a costumer. So that kept me busy for the next three days, and everyday when Alex was available he had me come in his office and ask any questions I had on the books I would use for research. Unfortunately, a lot of the times I didn't have any since it had been so long since my last research check. All in all this month was pretty reasonable in getting hours done wise. As the year progresses I plan on asking more in depth questions with Alex since they aren't as good as they could be right now.      

Blog #6 second Interview questions

1.  Who is your mentor and where do they work?

My mentor is Alex Weinberger and he works in an office doing insurance every day.

2.  What five questions will ask them about their background?

The 5 questions i would ask my mentor are. . .

1. What other forms of education do you go through besides college to ensure the growth of your business?

2.When and how did the business (golden compass) start off and what challenges did you have to go through to be where you are now?

3. Did you always see yourself doing Insurance? If not what made you start doing it?

4. How do you plan on making Golden Compass better from here on out?

5. What are some basic strategies you go through to make sure success is being made, Ex. having your agents work together, passing your tests, or even making sure you don't fall behind yourself).

Blog #5 Project Reflection

(1) Positive Statement: What positive thing happen as a result of what you have completed so far?

• A positive thing I have been able to make of this so far is time management, and all of the information that is being jumbled up from the research we do every Friday. Time management is being applied here because since my mentor works weeks in advance if I don't schedule ahead of time I can pretty much kiss my mentorship goodbye. Same with all the research more than half the research I know now is thanks to the research I have gained over time.    

 2) EQ Content:  Pick a piece of research or your interview.  How has it helped you improve your understanding of your topic?

• A peice of research that has helped me greatly is a book called personal lines. My mentor actually had me read the first 20 pages of it to educate me on the basics of what insurance really is.

(3) What has worked for you so far in the senior project?

• So far what has helped me in this senior project is the fact that finding research for insurance is a breeze since there is so many topics on it.

(4) What hasn't worked so far? 

•   What hasn't worked so far is finding time to do both mentorship hours, manage school work, a job, and applying for colleges at the same time. So then more than likely I will be learning extreme time management during this project.

 5) Finding Value: 

•  What is a potential question you would like to study this year?  (working EQ)

How can Insurance companies better themselves to making sure that any costumer would be able to cover anything their heart desires with the least amount of work?

•   What do you plan to do for mentorship?  If you haven't found a mentor yet, then discuss where you are currently looking and who you are talking to to find it.

For mentorship I will be working with Alex for golden compass and hope to achieve the experience I have been longing for to better myself in the future. 

Blog #4 Preparing to Interview

Content:

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  Why?

I plan to Interview my mentors little brother Chris. Reason being is that my mentor is extremely knowledgeable when it comes to dealing with Insurance or even socializing about the topic, so as you can imagine I wouldn't want to waste a 5 question Interview on him. His brother Chris on the other hand had just started following in his brothers footsteps to learning all there is to insurance. Which is why i thought of him as a perfect choice for my first interview not being to experienced I can ask simple questions like "what made him choose Insurance"?, "how do yo contribute most effectively to the business"? etc. S hopefully the interview goes more than just okay.

2.  You have to ask 5 questions.  What additional questions do you plan to ask? 

In addition to the questions I must ask these are some additional questions I plan on asking:
Before you started here what were you doing before?
did you always see yourself doing Insurance?
What is your main job and what do you do in order to make sure by you being there your able to make the business 100 times better?
How long did it take for you to learn your own job?  

Blog 3

1.  List your topic here: Insurance

2. ESLR Goals:

•  As an Ipoly Citizen I plan to adapt leadership skills to it's fullest by taking advantage of what the senior project requires us to do like learning more from my mentor then just the bare minimum.

• This year to me being an Effective Learner isn't just about learning new subjects in class and hoping the test isn't to hard. I plan on asking for tutoring where tutoring is needed.

• To be an  Effective User of Technology is and always will be a weak spot of mine. But I do hope this year i can step out of my comfort zone and actually learn a thing or two about Technology before model assembly destroys me as a whole.

• I have always considered myself an Effective Communicator until i realized with past harkness or class discussions there is still plenty of room to work on. So hopefully this year that gap will be filled with a little work and help from my mentor.

Summer Mentorship Blog #2

literal:

1. (know) log of specific hours and a description of your duties.

     https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjS6qv9dUmNLdGI1S3VEZFVfWU5iNk5mZU1LcWZEWHc&usp=sharing

2. Contact name and number

            Alex Weinberger
           (909)-280-1477

3.(Need to know) What questions were raised because of the 10 hours of experience?  List them.

• How much prep time should be given in order to garentee a pass on an upcoming Exam to becoming an agent?
• How does combining one one company with another help make the business any better?
• Does memorizes all the vocab terms in the handbook make you a better accountant?

Interpretive:

4. What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?

      The most important thing I realized from my experience is that education alone can't give you success in life.But on the other hand hard work alone cannot give you the tools you need to fully accomplish your goals either.

Applied

   5. How did what you did help you choose a topic?  Please explain.

         What I decided to pursue in this senior year journey of mine was the business world as a whole because I have this thing with controlling the outcome of things and knowing whats gonna happen before it happens and i realized the place I was getting mentored from is a great place for me to start. 

Blog #1 2-hour presentation reflexions

1. I saw a lot of entertaining presentations some better than others of course. I remember seeing a topic stating "what makes a haunted house successful", or something like that and the person persons first name was Lucas.

2. When creating the power point for our senior presentations was it something that was due before senior presentations or is it something you just have to finish on your own and have it ready on the day of presentations?

3. I'm assuming that the topic you pick as a whole is the most important part of the whole thing because from what i saw if the topic anybody presents doesn't isn't understood by the presenter to it's fullest it could lead to a long gloomy 2 hour presentation.

4.The topic I am strongly considering as of now is anything that has to do with the business world because it is something that interests me since I like messing with numbers    

Blog 2: Summer Mentorship

1. (Know) Log of specific hours with a total and a description of your duties (click here for an example)
2. Contact Name & Number      
3. (Need to know) What questions were raised because of the 10 hours of experience?  List them.    

Interpretive

4. What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?
 
Applied
  
5. How did what you did help you choose a topic?  Please explain.

*Please do not turn in your mentorship hours to the office.  After we collect the total list from all seniors, we will turn in one piece of paper will all hours for everybody.  It is counted as 10 hours of the 200 you need in order to graduate from I-Poly.  This holds true with all hours you do in the mentorship component.