035: Self Employment, Networks & The Journey - with Alistair Body & Rob Thacker

<p align="justify">On today's episode, we’re tripling up! We are really excited to be chatting to Rob Thacker and Alistair Body. Both joining us from Momentum, Alistair is the Business Development Director and Rob is the CEO of Pozitive Insurance Solutions - a Momentum broker. Both joining us to talk all things pandemic, industry changes and to give us a little more information on what Momentum is, does and how it can benefit the industry as a whole.</p> <p align="justify"> </p> <p align="justify">LEARNING OBJECTIVES:</p> <ul><li> <p align="justify">When COVID hit, the industry came to a bit of a halt. Now, it’s quite exciting because the industry is beginning to develop.</p> </li> <li> <p align="justify">We should focus on teaching customers that they have options. It’s important that we encourage that kind of balanced perspective.</p> </li> <li> <p align="justify">In a time of change, people are embracing this – and that provides an opportunity for new business.</p> </li> <li> <p align="justify">The pandemic has put a fast forward on the changes that were already developing within the industry.</p> </li> <li> <p align="justify">It’s become evident that there is a pressing need to provide businesses with quality advice.</p> </li> <li> <p align="justify">Networking and networking events are an important part of a wider marketing strategy for any business.</p> </li> </ul> <p align="justify"> </p> <p align="justify">BEST MOMENTS:</p> <p align="justify">‘’I think even before COVID, there's been a sort of fundamental shift to people looking at the opportunity of self-employment and thinking to themselves, you know what, I can probably do this myself and have been gaining a little bit more confidence and gaining some momentum and that sort of frame of mind.’’</p> <p align="justify"> </p> <p align="justify">‘’…I think that's the mistake people sometimes make. If they've been an insurance broker for many years (i.e. more market facing than customer and business environment facing) then they're gonna s