Storytelling for Business: Wow! What a Story!
“You were not created to be average, you were created to be amazing.”
– Troy McQuagge, CEO of USHEALTH Advisors, A UnitedHealthcare Company
Amazing is an understatement. You are, I am, we are and this company, USHEATLH Advisors is, so much so you might just want to consider being a part of history, one in which you could literally rewrite your own story.
But first, you should hear this story.
It’s the story of the little company that could. A company built on a foundation of people first and inspired by a mission of HOPE, Helping Other People Everyday. Because when that happens, everyone wins.
The purpose here is simple and necessary, helping and serving.
“Helping and serving is not a problem, it’s a privilege. It’s the rent we pay for our service here on earth.” – Troy McQuagge
Who needs help? Literally millions of people across this country – individuals, families and the self-employed – who are underserved, under-recognized and frustrated in their search to find affordable health coverage.
Enter, USHEALTH Advisors.
Over the course of a decade, USHEALTH Advisors has served and served big – to the tune of more than a billion dollars in sales, redefining the health coverage space with a unique suite of products offered to its niche market and doing it with a defined strategy, then belief and the sheer will, determination, dedication and most importantly the caring attitude of thousands of agents and leaders who make up this incredible company. Thousands of lives have been changed for the better, the customers, the agents, and leaders of USHEALTH Advisors.
It’s never been done before in the history of the American marketplace, where a single distribution agency, in the under-65 marketplace, has submitted more than a billion dollars in sales.
But we’re far from done.
“I’m not inspired by only one billion in sales. Know what else I’m not? I’m not done!” – Troy McQuagge
When the leader of your company puts everything he has, every single day, into changing the lives of people in the American marketplace looking for help, and in turn changing the lives of agents and other leaders in this company, how can you not be inspired?
Perhaps more than anyone I have ever met, Troy knows his place and his path in life. In this world, great leadership defines the vision, inspires the momentum, and gives life to the journey. When your leader says he’s ready for more, well then, get ready!
We are. Because the billion was just the beginning. So many lives are waiting for, wanting and needing our help. And while the billion in sales was a great accomplishment and a great start, the one thing it did was make us attractive to others who want what we’ve got.
Enter, UnitedHealthcare.
In the annals of history, there is the biblical tale of David vs. Goliath. It is a lesson of courage, faith and overcoming what seems impossible. But while history is being read, it is also being written.
So why not turn history upside down?
Why does the little guy have to fight the bigger one? Why does David have to battle and defeat Goliath? Why can’t they join forces? And by doing so, why can’t they change the course of history?
Like I said, while history is being read, it is also being written… or in this case, re-written.
Now it’s USHEALTH Advisors, a UnitedHealthcare company. David AND Goliath.
There’s a founding principle in life that success is not something you pursue, it’s something you attract, by becoming an attractive person, or in this case becoming an attractive company. The success of USHEALTH Advisors attracted suitors, and one of those, the true giant in the industry, UnitedHealthcare, came calling. UHC is a worldwide company with an outstanding reputation for care and service in the health insurance space. USHA is serving a mission of HOPE. By joining forces, the possibilities to change the lives of customers and those who work for both companies, are limitless.
“Today’s decision determines tomorrow’s destiny.” – Troy McQuagge
Look, I know a good story when I see one. After all, I’m the story guy. Besides my other contributions as an agent and Satellite Division Leader at this company, I am also called to share my gift of the written word. I tell stories of courage, hope, and inspiration for USHEALTH Advisors. After writing 90 stories, (and counting), about the lives of the people that make up this amazing company, I can, with great clarity, tell you the story being written here is a real page-turner, filled with people living a mission of HOPE and finding a way to serve the American marketplace as few have ever done.
“This company can, this company will… change your life.” – Travis Yoder, Executive VP of Sales, USHEALTH Advisors
It’s not just a company – it’s a calling – the calling we all aspire to reach in this life – to live a life that matters. The goal is to give back and to leave someone better than you found them. To make your mark, to leave a legacy. Greatness is a life mission.
“Life changes when your purpose becomes bigger than your problems, and your determination becomes deeper than your doubt…”- Troy McQuagge
Make no doubt about it, in ten short years we have transformed ourselves from the little company that could to the dominant selling organization of any kind, in any industry in America, bar none.
Leadership drives the train, captains the ship and moves mountains. You won’t find a better, more dedicated, devoted and loving team of leaders than the one powering this history-making opportunity. The opportunity is one you just don’t find out there in the workforce and the culture is something you have to see to believe. It’s a unicorn in American business.
We just finished a week together, as leaders, recognizing our accomplishments, giving back to the community in Ft. Worth Texas and also knowing there is so much more work to be done. Troy’s not done, neither are we, far from it. So many people need our help in redefining their own lives, whether it be with access to the suite of health products that can give them a better life, or the opportunity to join our sales force and not just change, but transform their life.
And make no mistake, as the momentum builds and our influence expands in partnership with UnitedHealthcare, our mission will never, ever change. It’s HOPE, always, HOPE: Helping Other People Everyday. When you put people first, the lives we serve in the marketplace, and the lives we are responsible for as leaders in our own company, you then build a history-making business.
Leadership is many things, first and foremost it’s about helping and guiding people.
“You don’t build a business, you build people, then you build the business. Build people and the results will take care of themselves.” – – Troy McQuagge
The book on creating not just a world-class business, but a life-changing business is being written here, day-by-day, word-by-word, chapter-by-chapter, person by person, all helping and serving. As Troy tells us time and time again, what we’re doing here is about choice, commitment, and sacrifice. The secret to being great? Never back down when that commitment collides with convenience. Push through, battle the obstacles and never, ever give up.
“We’re the reason we grow, or we slow.” – Troy McQuagge
Results matter, people matter, and the road to two billion in sales begins now. Not tomorrow, not next week, not next year, today. In life you only get so much time, you can attempt to control the time you invest, but you have no control over when your time is up. So why wouldn’t you want to make the most of your time, with all that you’ve been given, giving it everything you’ve got and showing everyone the absolute best version of yourself? And do it in a way that does something good for someone else. You don’t ever want to miss the opportunity to let people know how much you care. And while it might sound cliche, it does because it’s the truth, no one cares how much you know until they know how much you care.
Make someone know they matter and it won’t matter what happens next.
“It’s one thing to make a living. It’s another to do it with those you love and care about.” – Travis Yoder
If you’ve made it this far in this story, then I ask you a favor. If you are an agent or leader in this company, share the dream of this opportunity. We are in the midst of the greatest transformation and change this company has ever seen. But while change is inevitable, growth is optional. We want to grow, we need to grow and others who might attach their own wagon to this star, will get the opportunity to grow beyond their wildest dreams, to earn what they’re worth, to control their time and to feel valued and appreciated. That’s the hat trick in business, and in life. You will NEVER, EVER control your destiny until your work for yourself. Yet, here you work for yourself, but not by yourself.
If you’re reading this simply as a spectator, still on the sidelines, but not yet on the field and in the game with a company that is changing the lives of others, then I would ask you to click the link below and take a chance on changing your own life. Opportunities are fleeting, they come along maybe just a few times in your lifetime, don’t let this one pass you by. Bet on yourself, your abundant future and live a life with no limits.
“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” – Nelson Mandela
Live the life you were meant to live… big, bold and without regret. Give in a way that changes the lives of other people. Become part of a mission of HOPE.
And never, ever forget, you matter. Make your life matter even more by helping and serving as an agent or leader with USHEALTH Advisors and then you too can be one of those who say what we all want to say as we look back on our lives – not would of, could of, should of, but instead – ‘Wow! What a Story!’
Click here and change your life: https://www.ushacareers.com/apply/
Your Storyteller,
Mark Brodinsky
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Become part of The Billion. You can learn more about Mark Brodinsky and his #onebillion mission at, (http://markbrodinsky.life/)