Making your time count.
By Lisa Tomcko
Bill Kuhlman, CRS, wasn’t originally scheduled to speak at Sell-a-bration® 2016. But then, he wasn’t planning on being diagnosed with lung cancer in December 2015, either.
Kuhlman bravely spoke about this jarring discovery following Tuesday’s morning keynote. The Massachusetts-based agent was kept busy in 2015 attending to his business and spending time with his wife and daughter. Though he wasn’t idle, some things were shuffled to the back-burner.
When he began to experience persistent aches and pains, Kuhlman went in for testing. On New Year’s Eve, it was confirmed: He had cancer. Originating in his lung, it had spread throughout his body in just a few months. The prognosis was uncertain. Depending on the type of cancer, he might have only a year to live. He was stuck waiting on more test results.
When test results did arrive, they indicated that his cancer was the type that responds best to medication. Now undergoing therapy, he is using this ordeal as a wake-up call to take action. ”This experience has forced me, the great procrastinator, to re-examine how I do things,” he said. “If all I have left is one year, I have to set up a well-oiled machine that can run on its own while I’m traveling around the world or after I walk away from my day-to-day business.”
He encouraged his fellow CRSs to adopt the same deadline for implementing the tactics and ideas learned at this years Sell-a-bration®.
”The time to take action, to make positive changes in my life—or your life—is today,” Kuhlman said. ”See you at Sell-a-bration® 2017!”
