My Thoughts On Being a Superstar

As you may recall, in my post from August 25th, Choosing Not To Become Famous, I clearly indicated I have made the important decision that everyone who works in insurance must make at some point: Fame versus Anonymity. I articulated all the reasons why I have chosen to reject the superstardom that threatens to entrap many in the insurance industry.

However, I must admit to you, the other day I got to thinking what life would be like if I was the Celine Dion, the Oprah Winfrey, the Sidney Crosby of the insurance industry.

Just imagine waking up in the morning, thinking of how weather patterns have wrecked havoc with the company’s profits, wondering what industry regulations could be coming down the pipe, contemplating rates, coverages, and combined ratios (I don’t know what that means but I hear the term a lot so I believe it has some sort of significance and thought I should throw it in). Pretty heady stuff. It’s intoxicating. I think it must be similar to Angelina Jolie’s life waking up next to Brad Pitt every morning.

The statement I’m making is obvious: who needs a hottie husband when you have this type of career?

Why aren’t more people clamouring to be in insurance and trying to attain superstardom in this industry? I often wonder. The intrigue, the mystery… the monotony. It’s everything a person could want in a full-time career. I think the average person must think it’s unobtainable and that they would never have the good fortune of being that “lucky” to work in insurance AND be an insurance star....it’s similar to winning the lottery.

Only this lottery is better...you don’t win millions of dollars and get to retire, but instead you get to work at a desk every day for 40 hours a week, attend meetings and read about specified perils (note: I do not expect you to know what “specified perils” means; I am simply using the term to dazzle you with my insurance acumen…and I wanted to use the word “acumen” after reading it in the airline magazine that was on the plane today).

Did you know that if you are a megastar in the insurance industry, there’s the possibility you might actually have an entourage? Who doesn’t want an entourage? Just the word “entourage” is scintillating. And it wouldn’t be just any entourage.... it would be an insurance entourage...filled with accountants, analysts and actuaries.

Insurance Superstar - if it sounds cool, that’s because it is.