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By 3 April 2011

Its half past six on Sunday evening and I’m banging away at this computer with something important on my mind.
I’m going to expose my emotional side to you…so if you’re the cynical type, then my advice is to stop reading here.
I’ve got my staffie lying next to me, the Eagles ...

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By 9 August 2010

09 August 2010 marks a tremendous public holiday in South Africa…Women’s Day!
So to all the woman out there we hope you made the most of your day – wherever you find yourself in the world!
In terms of Insurancefundi today also marks Brendan’s birthday…
I hope that all our clients, friends, and ...

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By 3 June 2010

I’m livered. Actually that is the understatement of the year. I’m pissed! I have really been messed around this week by a particular service provider and it’s cost me hours of extra work as a result of the downtime. I know you’ve experienced disappointing service at some stage. Who hasn’t ...

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Guess Who’s The Idiot Now!
By 22 April 2010

Don’t you hate it when somebody rejects your advice regardless of how much experience you have or even the logic in your argument?
Take for example those of you who have children…
Have you ever threatened your child and said that if he doesn’t start studying harder at school then he’s going ...

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By 16 April 2010

Last month I received an email from one of our life insurance product providers. It read something like this “Dear Mr. Els, In recognition of your outstanding contribution, we would like to invite you to our annual top achievers awards ceremony.” I must be honest, my first thought was, “I’m ...

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Insurancefundi is all about making a difference
By 23 February 2010

Hi everyone,
For those of you who don’t know me…my name is Lawrence.
Right off the bat, I’d like to thank you for taking the time to visit our blog – and more importantly, reading my first post.
I’m feeling pretty nervous right now.The reason for that is because, maybe for the first ...

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Is there still a place for pushy sales agents?
By 8 February 2010

I was hit by a freight train this week! Not literally but figuratively speaking. It was about 14H.00 on Monday afternoon and I was busy working on a few new blog developments with Lawrence when the phone rang. The caller on the other side pulled me into the conversation with ...

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Face the facts, it’s a social media revolution
By 4 February 2010

Let’s face the facts, it’s a social media revolution.
The super cool guys from Facebook touched down in SA this week. Lawrence and I were lucky enough to crack an invite to the “Meet the faces of Facebook” launch in Joburg  via one of our online partners. Yip SA is an ...

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