The older I get, the more I think I get in touch with human nature and dealing with previous trauma. Maybe I’m getting wiser, but I’m learning from my mistakes. Our lives are the sum of our choices and when I started my practice, 13 years ago, I wanted to break away from the practices of third-party administrators (TPAs) and law firms, that I worked for and wasn’t crazy about. I’ll never be as successful as I’d like to be, but I do well enough to make a decent living. While there are those plan providers that don’t act the way they should, it doesn’t mean you need to get in the gutter with them. Good guys and gals can achieve success as plan providers, it’s mission possible.