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Have YOUR Fresh Start in 2021

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As we look back at 2020 and prepare for a new year, this is the perfect time to regroup and seize opportunities for a fresh start, and take charge of your health and fitness.

As you write your story and start a new chapter in your life, look ahead so you can have a better story in the end. Think about the lessons learned this past year, and move forward without carrying the negativity with you.

Samantha Taylor

While we know that the New Year will not erase the effects of the virus, neither will the virus suddenly end. But you can make changes that will have a profound positive affect on your life. I encourage you to choose 2021 as the year to renew your health and fitness!

Being healthy and physically fit can help you to have a robust immune system, which will allow your body to better fight off disease. Focusing on your health can help you minimize your risks of serious illness, and if you were to become ill, your health status can influence side effects that you may experience. In fact, CDC data suggests that while most people do recover from this virus, the majority of those who experience severe illness have complicating pre-existing health issues.

Some of the best ways you can help your immune system is to make healthy food choices, keep your blood sugar under control and shed body fat. CDC data shows correlations between obesity and diabetes, and the severity of the virus. It’s up to you to take responsibility for your health and work towards improving your blood sugar numbers or your weight status.

If you don’t start off the new year with health and fitness in mind, you can quickly get very busy with life, and keep telling yourself that you are going to do it tomorrow. We all know that tomorrow never actually gets here, because it is always today.

So, take action now! Make a decision for your health and fitness that YOU are going to make a change for 2021, and start to take care of your body and health!  Happy New Year – 2021!

Samantha Taylor Fitness
813-377-3739
SamanthaTaylorFitness.com

Published January 06, 2021

Roy Hooker: State Farm Agent For 23 Years

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Q. Describe your business and your typical customer.
State Farm’s mission is to help people manage the risks of everyday life, recover from the unexpected, and realize their dreams. We are people who make it our business to be like a good neighbor; who built a premier company by selling and keeping promises through our marketing partnership; who bring diverse talents and experiences to our work of serving the State Farm customer.

When not busy as State Farm agents, Roy Hooker IV, left, and his father, Roy III, share a passion for biking.
When not busy as State Farm agents, Roy Hooker IV, left, and his father, Roy III, share a passion for biking.

Our success is built on a foundation of shared values – quality service and relationships, mutual trust, integrity and financial strength. Our vision for the future is to be the customer’s first and best choice in the products and services we provide. We will continue to be the leader in the insurance industry and we will become a leader in the financial services arena. Our customers’ needs determine our path. Our values guide us.

Q. Why did you start your business?
As a second generation State Farm agent, I knew as a young man that I wanted to follow in my Dad’s footsteps. He began his career with State Farm in 1970, climbing the corporate ladder to upper management and now as a State Farm Agent in West Chase. Being a Good Neighbor is part of my DNA. I love it.

Q.) What are three things that set your business apart?
1.) High-touch personal customer service.

2.) Long-term staff members that know our customers personally.

3.) Community minded local office. We love Lutz/Land O’ Lakes and are invested in our community.

Q.) Why did you choose this profession?
As a teen, I spent my summers working in State Farm offices creating marketing plans. I love this company. Upon graduating from Chamberlain High School, I knew I needed a college degree to be considered for Agency with State Farm. I obtained a degree from the University of Florida, graduating in 1989. In the summer of 1990, I opened my State Farm office at the age of 23 – the youngest Agent to ever be hired in Florida.

Q. What about your family?
My parents moved us to Florida in 1982. I graduated from Chamberlain High School in 1985. Our family lives in Land O’ Lakes. Together my wife and I have 8 children, many of whom have worked their summers in our office. Maybe one day one of them will decide to become a Good Neighbor too.

Roy Hooker’s office is located at 17961 Hunting Bow Circle, Suite 101 in the Ballantrae Professional Plaza in Lutz.

Call him at the office at (813) 920-5141, on his cell at (813) 789-4515, or email him at .

This story was written by the advertising department.