You\u2019re at a sales meeting and the current plan provider is just doing a terrible job of working on that plan. You\u2019ll be better, you\u2019ll be less expensive, and you nailed it during the pitch. You don\u2019t get the gig, the plan sponsor is allowing the status quo. You\u2019re flabbergasted, it made complete sense that you\u2019d be hired.<\/p>\n
The problem is you thought rationally and you saw things from your only side of things. You didn\u2019t see it from the plan sponsor\u2019s perspective. Perhaps, the plan sponsor is terribly loyal and I mean terrible. Perhaps, the plan provider is someone\u2019s friend or relative. Perhaps, behind the great sales pitch was a plan sponsor who didn\u2019t see things as clearly as you did.<\/p>\n
There are times when I was the right solution, but I wasn\u2019t what they wanted. Whether it was personal or business, the best of me wasn\u2019t good enough, because, for some reason, they wanted something else and something that wasn\u2019t better. I scratched my head and moved on. I realized I wasn\u2019t what they wanted. That\u2019s all you could do.<\/p>\n
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