re: Insurance sales? Good bad or okay career?

I'm not going to advise the OP to not do insurance sales, but at least the company that hired my step brother, and buddy to sell life insurance, did similar to what slinger1317 was saying. In order for them to build their market and confidence, they were advised to seek out friends and family to present to and work on building a working clientele base. That rubbed some of us the wrong way when they would call and have a normal conversation then turn it into a "Are you or your parents interested in buying life insurance?" or "Do you have any relatives or friends that need life insurance?"