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“You Attract What You Are.” |
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Leader of #1 searched team of mortgage protection pioneers National Agents Alliance |
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Top 1% Retail Sales Nationwide Countrywide Investment Services |
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Top 1% Retail Sales Nationwide Bank One |
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Most Proud of: |
- Created James-Blackburn.com to and the Personal Growth Test to aid people in focusing on the area they desire change in the most.
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Education: |
Michigan State University |
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- Bachelors Degree Criminal Law
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The American College |
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- Completed 100% of the coursework required to become a Certified Financial Planner (CFP)
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National Association of Financial Planning |
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- Certified Estate Advisor (CEA)
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Timeline |
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1996-1997 |
Captain of high school wrestling team and all state qualifier |
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1997-2001 |
Michigan State University |
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- Discovered that criminal law did not interest me after 4 years
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- Learned to speak conversational Spanish
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- Studied democracy for 4 months in Ukraine as an exchange student
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2001-2002 |
Investment Advisor Securian Financial Services Inc. |
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- Obtained Life and Health License
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- Obtained Series 7 Securities License
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- Made hundreds of cold calls to friends and family in the first 2 months
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- Spent the next 10 months dialing thousands of random numbers from the white pages and walking into random businesses
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- Earned a grand total of $6,000 for the year in commission
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2002-2003 |
Relationship Banker Bank One (Michigan) |
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2003-2004 |
- Moved to Chicago to earn over 10 times my 1st year income
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- Top 1% in retalil sales nationwide
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2004-2007 |
Financial Consultant Countrywide Investment Services |
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- Top 1% in retail sales nationwide
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- Rewarded with Hawaii vacation
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Nov-2007 |
- Attended personal growth and financial development retreat costing $15,000
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2007-2008 |
- Spent thousands of hours studying technology and its power to connect people from all over the world.
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2008 - 2009 |
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