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Performance Tips &Career Advice

Performance Tips &Career Advice

2010 IABA Annual Meeting

Eric ShermanVice President & Actuary

New York Life Insurance Company

2010 IABA Annual Meeting

Eric ShermanVice President & Actuary

New York Life Insurance Company

August 6, 2010August 6, 2010

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Agenda

Speaker Background

Tips and Advice

Quotes

Q & A

Speaker Background

Tips and Advice

Quotes

Q & A

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Tips and Advice

Make your manager’s life easier

Make your customer’s life easier

Be a sponge

Invest in yourself

Be organized

Act professionally

Make your manager’s life easier

Make your customer’s life easier

Be a sponge

Invest in yourself

Be organized

Act professionally

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Tips and Advice

Ask for feedback

Always give a good effort

Seek help

Network

Show ambition

Be yourself

Ask for feedback

Always give a good effort

Seek help

Network

Show ambition

Be yourself

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Quotes

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.-Harry F. Banks

Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. -Lou Holtz

Doing little things well is a step toward doing bigthings better.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.-Harry F. Banks

Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. -Lou Holtz

Doing little things well is a step toward doing bigthings better.

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Quotes

He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master. -Hunter S Thompson

Even if you are on the right track you’ll get run over if you just sit there. –Will Rogers

He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who can give it. –Karl von Knebel

Be better prepared than you think you will need to be.

He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master. -Hunter S Thompson

Even if you are on the right track you’ll get run over if you just sit there. –Will Rogers

He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who can give it. –Karl von Knebel

Be better prepared than you think you will need to be.

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Quotes

The real opportunity for success lies within the person and not in the job. –Zig Ziglar

Remember that the only dumb question is the one you didn’t ask.

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.- Wayne Gretzky

The real opportunity for success lies within the person and not in the job. –Zig Ziglar

Remember that the only dumb question is the one you didn’t ask.

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.- Wayne Gretzky

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