The need to save and invests
During a lull in a product orientation seminar of a life insurance company, the trainer noticed a participant who stood out as he was obviously the “oldest” among this batch of new recruits. Curious, he wandered towards the end of the room where the man was visibly struggling to come up with the solution to a computation problem he asks the class to solve.
“May I help you sir?”
“Yes please, this problem is sure difficult to solve without a calculator...”
“How old are you sir, if I may ask?”
“I’m 68...”
“The job of a life insurance agent is very strenuous as you may have to go all around to see a lot of people every day doing the computation for each of them, are you sure you are up to this? Should you not just stay home, relax; enjoy the company of your grandchildren...?”
In was then that he opened up..., He related that because of a recent incident in his daughter’s house where he is currently staying, he has to go back to work to try to make a living, as he is beyond the mandatory retirement age of 65, it seems that his only option of earning an income is to become an agent.
The old man with tears starting to form in his tired eyes disclosed that the other day, he overheard his daughter on the phone talking to her older brother, “Kuya!, ano ba yan! Diyan naman sa inyo si tatay! Two weeks na siya dito at sinumpong na naman ng sakit nya last week at kami ang nag-pagamot, nagagalit na ang mister ko!, Yung pinadala niyang pera na dapat pambili ni junior ng cell phone, di ko na naibili dahil naipambayad ko sa ospital, diyan naman sa inyo si tatay!”
IF YOU ARE THE OLD MAN, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL?
Let us just imagine that we can turn back time and re-write the course of the old man’s life, let us imagine...What if the old man was able to save and invests during his productive time, this same conversation could have turned out like this.
“Kuya!, ano ba yan!, Two weeks na dyan si tatay, dito naman sa amin!, mabuti nga yung mga anak mo naibili na ng cell phone, tong si junior ko e wala pa!”
