Thank you so much for responding with such care. I am trying to find
ways to bring this all up and failing miserably because it all seems
like it would be a challenge or a put down in some way.
She is the one woman in a one-woman construction office. She makes good
money and has insurance. Her husband is a carpenter and from what I can
tell, his work sort of ebbs and flows and they need her steady income
and insurance.
I saw her last night and helped her with her computer - she couldn't get
onto her portal at Market America. I deleted the cookies for her. I
want her to know I'm not judging her because I'm not.
She told me that she and her husband are going to some big convention in
Miami in Jan, Feb, or March - I don't remember. I've followed
discussions about these things on this board so I know they are paying
to get in. I also think that the convention will inspire her to try
harder to recruit people so she and her husband can be as successful as
the people they will see there. For now, she seems content to accept
that she doesn't know enough or whatever yet to successfully recruit people.
Her husband brought the subject up to me when I was there last night.
He said, "So you're not interested, huh." I answered that it's just not
my cup of tea. He sounded defensive as he said, "It's not illegal or
anything." [what a non-sequitur] I said I wasn't interested in
selling. He said, "There's no selling, just buy stuff from your own
portal and recruit other people or whatever. I don't care."
So, right now they're ordering from stores on their portal and Market
America's overpriced products. My friend is so happy that she gets
money back from all her purchases. I didn't ask how much stuff she has
to buy before she even breaks even on what she's spending every month on
the portal -- I remember reading $50 somewhere on the net. I held my
tongue and nodded when she talked about her portal and showed it to me.
I wonder how long until she starts doing the math . . .
jonathon wrote:
>
> MRYBB wrote:
> > One of the hard parts is knowing that now that she's stated her
> > intention to succeed at MA, it will be harder for her to admit that
> > she's not succeeding, but I guess the MLMs count on that.
>
> This is where you sit down with her, and ask her to consider:
>
> * What position in her current company can she reasonably expect to be
> in, in two years;
> * What position in his current company can her husband reasonably
> expect to be in, in two years;
> * What other employment options does she have?
> * What other employment options does her husband have?
>
> And then you go through her business plan with Market America,
> including "do or die dates". ( "Do or die dates" are dates that a
> specific target is either reached, or the project is terminated. The
> degree to which the target is missed is irrelevant. Miss a target by
> a penny, and the project is terminated.)
>
> Let her set the targets. Let her set the "do or die dates". Just be
> there with her when the target is missed on the first "do or die
> date".
>
> xan
>
> jonathon
>
>
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