Teacher said:
The point that I was making is that the definition of "success" and of
"failure" has one meaning
to you, but could be defined differently by someone else.
Of course. Ask Michael Milken, Saadam Hussein, and some unnamed
Franciscan monk living in a hermitage. Each one will have a very
different definition of "success."
Dy definition, MLM success is inexorably linked to recruiting people
and building a downline. If you don't build an MLM downline, your only
source of income is by selling wildly overpriced MLM-channel products.
Only a miniscule percentage of people who attempt this will ever have
a remote chance at long term business success and stability.
Quoted message said:For example, Amway
is about making
money, not selling "soap". It attracts "greedy" people. Most Amway
participants end up with
a basement full of "soap" and choose to think they have been duped. They
have alienated their family
and friends because they dragged them in as well. Greed does not form a very
solid basis for true
success.
In my experience, ALL MLM is based on the same general principles, and
the greed-factor is thick in all cases. There's this "achieve your
dreams" get-rich-quick lottery mentality in which up-line cheerleaders
are constantly banging the drum. This is an integral marketing
requirement of every MLM scheme I've ever seen. When recruitment is
the only way to make any real money, an almost cult-like mentality of
"get on board" religious salesmanship emerges. And this, my friend, is
terribly unhealthy.
Quoted message said:On the other hand, lets say you became invoved in a MLM plan that offered a
meaningful product
that would help people become heathier.
They ALL promote magic in some way or another.
Quoted message said:Lets say that people didn't have to
"recruit" anybody to do
this.
If you're not building a downline, then you're not personally engaged
in MLM. You're simply a reseller, and I have no problem with that.
Good luck making a living, however. At best, you'll be selling a jar
of this and a can of that to your friends. Ask yourself, is this
really how you want to live your life -- hawking magic to your friends
and family?
If you really want to "help people," I'm sure you could think of
dozens of ways within your own community to achieve this goal -- all
of which would give you a healthy and legitimate sense of
accomplishment and honorable self-worth.
Then again, if you're convinced that hawking MLM products to friends
and family is a high value in your life, who am I to argue? But I will
almost certainly guarantee you ==> if you tell this newsgroup exactly
what is you are selling, the exact chemical composition (if the mfr
tells you! many MLM companies keep it a "magic secret"😉, and the price
points per weight -- someone here will show you an identical (or
better) product that costs far less, and is not encumbered with MLM
stigma.
I'll be waiting.
Paige
