Jim was an old party chief of mine. He was a spunky old piece of leather that taught me a lot.
Once, in 1974, I told him I needed a raise. He said, "I believe you...you can't even afford a hair-cut!" (It took a few years for our friendship to "meld".)
Anyway, the last time I saw Jim was at the Annual OSLS Convention. We used to sit together and cut-up like a couple of school kids. We were enduring a seminar on "Liability Assessment", or something of the sort. In the course of the speaker's feeble attempts to make a point Jim leaned over to me and whispered, "What ever happened to being right?"
We laughed at the time about something so basic it would surely get lost in today's world. I guess Jim's been gone about 3 years now, but I will always remember that remark.
> "What ever happened to being right?"
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I like that. It's real simple and to the point.
Like asking a simple yes/no question and you get mired with a 30 minute dissertation that is borderline off-topic.
Payden, I can appreciate that.
Why carry insurance?
I mean, do the job right!
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> Why carry insurance?
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> I mean, do the job right!
I adhered to that concept for the first dozen or so years of my business, but the need to satisfy contractual requirements eventually forced me choose between doing jobs I like for clients I like, and keeping insurance costs low. I bit the bullet and got the insurance. No regrets, but I sure hate writing that check every year.
Because nobody is perfect.
"What ever happened to being right?"
Ain't that the truth.
Because even being right, you could spend $ defending
Your survey.
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I've never looked at professional liability insurance as something to cover my a$$. The way I see it, no one is infallible and if I were to make a mistake that caused a client financial harm, it's my responsibility as a professional to make sure I have the means to make them whole.
Well if you are going to do wrong:
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