Bigger conversations

Author: Drew Browne

If you think it's just about life insurance, you've missed the point. It's about taking HIV out of your identity

One of our favorite quotes is from the late Dag Hammarskjöld a Swedish diplomat, the second United Nations Secretary-General, and one of just three people to be posthumously awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses'. - Dag Hammarskjöld

The team behind unUsualrisks believe that the one thing that unites us all is that we're part of a bigger community, bigger than ourselves, our ideas and even our interests.

It's the bigger conversations of value and significance that are needed to help create a stable better future for everyone.

We believe that letting small things get in the way of participating in those conversations, robs us all from living a bigger and more meaningful life. So if you think it's just about life insurance, you've missed the point.

But then if you're like us, you get that.

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Drew Browne

Drew specialises in helping people protect and provide for what matters most in their lives. He's an award-winning writer, speaker, financial adviser and business strategy mentor. His company Sapience Financial is committed to using business solutions for good in the community. In 2015 his company certified as a B Corp. and in 2017 Drew was recognised in the inaugural Australian Westpac Businesses of Tomorrow national awards. He writes for successful Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs at Smallville, his blogs can be read on Amazon.com and you can connect with him on LinkedIn.

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