Rayson Choo – Learn About the Product First, That’s Your Insurance

Rayson Choo is a Transformation Catalyst. What he does for a living is pick the brains of the best entrepreneurs in this world such as Gary Vaynerchuk, Grant Cardone, and others to find out simple and effective steps that millennials can take to experience success in the swiftest and most effective way possible. He does this through podcasting, where he helps millennials to experience personal transformation from the tips that they need to move forward.   “Just being friends with multi-millionaires won’t make you successful. What makes you successful is applying the knowledge that they have imparted to you.” Rayson Choo Worst investment ever Starting his entrepreneurship journey Rayson met a gentleman about three years ago, and they quickly became friends. Rayson found the friendship quite beneficial as they got along pretty well. They would attend all these seminars and conferences together. Often, they would discuss business and future projects and help each other out with the brainstorming. A caring friend lends a hand The gentleman happened to be a financial service provider, and so one day he sat Rayson down and they discussed his financial plans. They also talked about the kind of insurance coverage that he had. It so happened that Rayson didn’t have any insurance. His friend told him that it was best he considered investing in insurance. He recommended an Investment-linked Insurance Policy (ILP). He explained to him that if he invests X amount, he will get a certain amount of money back. He promised that the monthly payment would increase in a couple of years, and the investment returns would come in as well. Trusting his good friend Because Rayson didn’t have any insurance at the moment, he thought, this could be a good thing. Having been good friends for a couple of years, Rayson put his trust in his friend and signed up right away without giving it much thought. His friend knew him well so definitely he was recommending something good for him. Rayson even went on to recommend him to his other friends, some who also signed up for the insurance policy. Never mix business with friendship Rayson was excited about his new investment and he would talk about it with his friends and podcast listeners. After a while, another friend, who is also a financial consultant, told him that the kind of insurance he’d signed up for wasn’t making financial sense. Rayson, confident in the friend who sold him the policy, rubbed this off as a case of one consultant being jealous of the other. One day he met up with a listener, and as they were talking about the podcast they happened to also talk about affordable insurance. Rayson told the listener about his, and the doubts his friend has been having about it. The listener drew the insurance plan down for him and it all made sense now. It became clear that his friend had duped him into signing up for a policy that would see himself benefit more than Rayson would. It made the most sense to cancel the insurance policy right away even though the friendship was, obviously, not salvaged. At this point, Rayson had already made thousands of dollars in payments, and all he could get back was 1,000 Singapore dollars. To add salt into injury, he had to use that money to pay the remaining term of the insurance policy. Lessons learned Never allow your emotions to affect your buying power Don’t use your emotions to buy anything as it affects your buying power. Investing in anything to blindly support a friend is a no-no. Treat this investment with caution just as you...