Door-to-Door

I was meant to post this last night, but BOY was i TIRED!

i went door to door last night with a colleague in an old estate in the west of Singapore and basically we spend a night knocking down the doors of the residents :)

as bad as it may sound (or desperate, or crazy) to those that have never tried going door-to-door, it was SUPER FUN!!! and i'm not just saying it because i have to do it.

i've had to go door-to-door before though, so it's not just a one-off opinion. I was doing door-to-door in a sales company when i first came out of university, and for a good one and a half years. you meet nice people, shy people, worried people, and people who are just looking for someone to talk to.

surprisingly though, people in Singapore are actually generally friendly and considerate. you don't get that many slammed doors or insults and screaming at you to "get lost". you mostly get people who will tell you politely or paiseh-ly (like embarrassed that they wasted your time) that they're not interested, or genuinely have no need for whatever it is we were doing. what's upsetting though is that the outlook of people in singapore is that they are wary of that  stranger coming around to their private residences with an ulterior motive and most people are just generally concerned.

"whatever it is we were doing" didn't seem to matter. people are preoccupied with their own business and seldom have time to spare a few minutes to listen about financial health or how Medisave/Medishield works, no matter how important it might actually be.

I mentioned in a previous post about how the most difficult part of insurance is not selling it, but getting people to give you a chance to start talking about it. and that being said, it takes a little getting used to - the rejection and the apathy to your cause.

i'm happy that Singapore is full of concerned people. it means that at least through all of the rejection that people are aware of the importance of taking care of their financial issues, their families and how everyone would be affected if something happens and there aren't contingencies in place. the most important thing is to remember that everything has its season and all you need to do, is to find the people that are ripe to receive information about insurance.

after trudging up and down the block for 3 hours, we found our ripe fruit, and i'm pleased to say that one more family has taken the first steps to the planning of their financial health.

whatever your situation may be, i hope that more people will be open to receive information about insurance. whatever you may learn the next time someone "knocks on your door" could be crucial.

be protected everyone!
Jessica