When my wife and I were prospected into Amway, a friend of ours tried
to get us to see the mistake we were making. He gave us a binder full
of articles and price comparisons, including an excerpt from Paul
Butterfield'
None of that worked. We were being manipulated by an expertly devised
system that would use our friend to get us involved.
Telling someone that he/she is wrong about MLM is a tactic that is
easily dismissed and will probably backfire.
I wish I could enlarge that sentence onto a billboard:
**Telling someone that he/she is wrong about MLM is a tactic that is
easily dismissed and will probably backfire.**
The only method I've found to intervene that has any realistic hope of
working is to ask questions. Learn as much as you can about MLM and
about the particular company, and then ask "I don't
understand..
thinking skills, you might have a chance. If you simply appeal to
their emotions, you lose.
You can't tell them they're wrong; they have to find that out for
themselves. They want to believe they made the right choice by
getting involved, and they want to trust the people who recruited
them. So you are fighting a battle of trust. And you don't have the
experience against their recruiting systems to win.
So the only path available to you is to get THEM thinking. "How long
do they say it will take to get to the first achievement level? What
happens if you don't get there by the proscribed date? Do they just
tell you to keep on going, even if you are losing money? All
businesses (that are really businesses) have a 'drop dead' date. Were
you encouraged to set one?"
"What about training? On my job, I've been given all the training I
need at the company's expense? I don't understand why they have to
have so much training, at YOUR expense."
"Did the leaders claim that they don't make any money unless YOU make
money? What about all those training materials? Do they disclose how
much profit they make from that? Or do they deny making anything?"
I hope you can see by now that these are the kinds of questions to
which they may offer snap answers, but they'll end up thinking about
them more deeply in their own time.
Then all you can do is hope, and maybe pray.
Keep reading. Keep learning. Don't give up on them. And most
important of all, be there for them when they discover the truth about
MLM and abandon it. Don't criticize them for ignoring you. Don't
tell them "I told you so." Just be grateful when they come out of it.
They're going to need love and support in order to come to terms with
what is happening to them. You can offer that, if you don't burn the
bridge.
Best of Luck to you.
PW
--- In mlmsurvivorsclub@
>
> Has anyone heard of Diamond Tree? What about Kendall Cho and
> Nikken ... I guess he's leading this company.
>
> My parents have just signed up and are convinced it's a great thing.
> I personally think the products are weak but very expensive. I'm just
> getting home from a seminar hosted by Linda Proctor. This is the
> first time I'm being exposed to MLM scheme. Any advice on helping my
> parents understand that this isn't a good thing and they should cut
> their losses which they still have some $ and friends?
>
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