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🍕 Good Evening Claims Tribe! 🍕 Before we wrap up the day, I wanted to address something I’ve been hearing lately. Some folks think I’m opposite the carrier adjuster. Let me clear that up—that couldn’t be further from the truth. Look at this pizza. Yep, this pizza right here. 🍕 The Claims Tribe is just like this pizza—we’re ALL the same pizza, facing different directions at times, but we are still the same pizza. To me, every member of the Claims Tribe is wearing the same jersey. And here’s the thing: a team doesn’t get better unless its players are willing to call each other out, to challenge and improve the way we play. That’s how we all win. I’m here for fair, honest, passionate love for this job. Period. There’s a reason I get so many umpire gigs, and it’s not because I lean toward one “slice” of this pizza over another. It’s because I care about making this process work for everyone involved. Let’s keep it real and keep it fair, Tribe. That’s how we all get better. #ClaimsTribe #OnePizzaOneTeam #FairAndHonest #ClaimsAdjusterLife RiseDocument Inc. Property Damage Consulting Appraisal, Umpire, & Expert Consulting Contact Us at RiseDoc.com Property Damage Consulting Appraisal, Unbiased Umpire, & Expert Consulting Contact Us at RiseDoc.com #RiseDocument #PropertyDamageConsulting #AppraisalServices #UmpireConsulting #ExpertWitness #InsuranceClaims #LargeLoss #DamageEstimates #BuildingConsultants #ClaimsExperts #LegalSupport #InsuranceSupport #UnbiasedUmpire #UnbiasedExpert RiseDocument Inc. | RiseDoc.com

🍕 Good Evening Claims Tribe! 🍕 Before we wrap up the day, I wanted to address something I’ve been hearing lately. Some folks think I’m opposite the carrier adjuster. Let me clear that up—that couldn’t be further from the truth. Look at this pizza. Yep, this pizza right here. 🍕 The Claims Tribe is just like this pizza—we’re ALL the same pizza, facing different directions at times, but we are still the same pizza. To me, every member of the Claims Tribe is wearing the same jersey. And here’s the thing: a team doesn’t get better unless its players are willing to call each other out, to challenge and improve the way we play. That’s how we all win. I’m here for fair, honest, passionate love for this job. Period. There’s a reason I get so many umpire gigs, and it’s not because I lean toward one “slice” of this pizza over another. It’s because I care about making this process work for everyone involved. Let’s keep it real and keep it fair, Tribe. That’s how we all get better. #ClaimsTribe #OnePizzaOneTeam #FairAndHonest #ClaimsAdjusterLife RiseDocument Inc. Property Damage Consulting Appraisal, Umpire, & Expert Consulting Contact Us at RiseDoc.com Property Damage Consulting Appraisal, Unbiased Umpire, & Expert Consulting Contact Us at RiseDoc.com #RiseDocument #PropertyDamageConsulting #AppraisalServices #UmpireConsulting #ExpertWitness #InsuranceClaims #LargeLoss #DamageEstimates #BuildingConsultants #ClaimsExperts #LegalSupport #InsuranceSupport #UnbiasedUmpire #UnbiasedExpert RiseDocument Inc. | RiseDoc.com

Attending Used Car Week? We've got tomorrow morning covered. Join Allied Solutions’ E. Anne Holtzman, Brooks Stewart, and Mike Batchelor, and Verisk's Stacy Howard in Kierland 4 for an insightful panel on "Covering Your Assets." Explore the key factors shaping the risk landscape in insurance verification and the crucial role of accurate insurance tracking in today's economy.

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Two hours before I was heading to the airport for our company’s Sales Kickoff, my water heater decided to kick the bucket. Unfortunately, a bucket couldn’t contain the 40 gallons of water that dumped into my condo’s crawl space. 🤦🏼♀️ Thanks to my friend who’s a firefighter in our town, his crew came, shut off the water and gas to the water heater so nothing else could go wrong while I was out of town. The water in the crawl space had to wait until I get home. Was I having a bit of a meltdown trying to figure what to do before I was getting picked up to head out of town, you bet, especially since there’s no one that could handle things while I was away. Once I got the immediate issue addressed, and mini-meltdown over, I had the mental capacity to pause and think about what needed to be done. 1) call insurance to file a claim; and 2) call a plumbing company to get an appointment scheduled to replace the water heater for as soon as I got home. With those done, it was time to fly to Jacksonville, put my game-face on and get to work. We had a big event to execute after all. Why am I sharing this you ask…. As a type-A person, I try to keep it together…all the time. But as I’ve gotten older, and wiser (I hope), I realized that it’s ok to not be ok 100% every moment of every day. Life is messy & 2024 was an absolute nightmare for me personally. This was one more thing tossed on my plate to handle and I was fed up. But after pulling myself together, I came out on the other side with a clearer picture of what was needed immediately, what I needed to address while I was away, & what could wait until I got home. With that in order, I could focus on the job at hand and hopefully deliver a great program for my PM’s & Partners. The lesson here: Give yourself some grace & feel your feelings. It’s better in the longrun.

I got my first job in 1985, bagging groceries. Here's what it taught me: 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲: I wanted to drive, because bmx bikes can only get you so far. My mom said get a job to pay for your car insurance (which was through the roof because teenagers = high risk).  𝗜𝘁𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗿𝘆: bagging groceries, stocking shelves and mopping up pickle juice might not be prestigious, but it's gotta get done. 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝗽, 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁: Hungover? too bad. Get your butt into work, your headache is your own fault. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿: Some personalities just clash. You don't need to be liked by the whole team. 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗷𝗲𝗿𝗸𝘀: I was shocked by the graffiti in the men's bathroom talking shit about the owner, who, honestly was signing all the checks. He got pretty pissed off too. 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼: No matter what it is, there's a good way and a bad way to work. The good way is when you care about details, look back and smile. When my path had come full circle and it was time to leave this job, I went to see John Wade, the owner, in his office over the storeroom. I had to tell him I was quitting. I was terrified. But, character was built.  And, as I looked down to avoid eye contact, I noticed something I still remember 40 years later: His hands. They looked shockingly old, weathered, and strong.  Those two hands had taken a small-town grocery store and built it into a 200,000-square-foot supermarket. Through hard work. I think somehow the entrepreneurial seed was planted in my young mind: I thought, dang, he did all this with those two hands.  You can do anything! I've been working ever since, but I never forgot that first job. Persistence and determination are omnipotent.

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