Business & Professional
PROFILE
Climbing The Ladder
Insurance agent snags top sales award
in just his first year on the job.
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Special to the Jewish News
M
oshe (Mark) Paley is
working on writing
his own story. And
it's a success story.
Paley, 28, was recently hon-
ored with the Bronze Leader
Award for outstanding sales
achievement as a financial rep-
resentative with Northwestern
Mutual, the nation's largest
direct provider of individual
life insurance. Only 10 months
into a new career, he posted the
most sales among the thou-
sands of representatives that
have been with his company
for less than four years. This
was especially impressive given
the local economy.
"I've always been an ambi-
tious guy:' Paley says, explain-
Moshe Paley strives to build relationships.
ing his early success in a new
field.
He says it has to do with his drive, rather on building thousands of
relationships with people of all
his mentors, his family and the
walks of life:' he says.
desire to do right by people.
Paley has tips for
Four years ago Paley,
others who are look-
his wife, Sarah, and
ing to start a new
daughter Tova, now 5,
career in our tough
moved to Southfield
economy. Number one
from New Haven,
is to have a strong
Conn. After three years
support system.
as associate regional
"Support is the
director for the Central
most important thing
East Region of the
— a spouse, rabbi or
National Conference
other mentor. Changing careers is
of Synagogue Youth — the youth
very, very difficult without a strong
movement of the Orthodox Union
support system. You've got to have
— he made his move.
"Detroit is a great community, not people who believe in you."
He admits that he was very ner-
too big, not too small:' Paley says. "I
vous entering an industry with a
wanted to provide for my family a
little better [since moving to Detroit very higher turnover rate for new
representatives.
he and Sarah had a son, Yosef
In Paley's case, he gets support
Chaim, 3] and use the resources I
from "a very supportive wife," a
learned in school. I like that I get to
help people, though I'm also in busi- group of young professionals at
his synagogue, Ahavas Shalom in
ness to make a good living!'
Southfield, and mentors like Rabbi
Paley's motto is: "Success breeds
E.B. "Bunny" Friedman, executive
success" and he works hard to keep
director of the Jewish Hospice &
those successes coming.
Chaplaincy Network of Metropolitan
"I built and continued to build
my business, not on the amount
of money people earn or have, but
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Paley's motto:
"Succes s breeds
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