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>Thanks for your post. It was positive and uplifting. I have some
questions. Did all that you learn influence your choice of the job
you now have? How? What is the job? Do you love what you do? What was
missing from MLM--is it the whole business model that seems to reward
those on the ground floor while the rest scramble to get nowhere?
Thanks, Troy
> Hello all.
>
> I love reading the posts, and seeing how people cope after an MLM
> experience. I too was caught up in the "pie in the sky empty
> promises." You know, it all basically came down to the money. How
much
> you were supposed to have made, how rich you are going to be, etc.
For
> a long time I felt duped. I felt like I was going to go nowhere in
> life because I did not make diamond, or national director, you get
the
> idea.
>
> I have not been in an MLM for over ten years, but I do think about
it
> from time to time. Sometimes I do miss the meetings, the people, the
> recruiting. Then I remember that being in an MLM was nothing more
than
> a waste of time and money, money that I did not have to spend in the
> first place. I got nothing from the MLM's I was in except empty
promises.
>
> But, when I think about it, there was something I got. I learned how
> to have confidence in myself. I learned success principles that no
job
> ever taught me. Believe me I read all the books, like Og Mandino,
Les
> Brown, Brian Tracy,Maxwell Maltz, Shad Helmstetter, Zig Ziglar. I
> listened to the tapes that Dale Calvert made. I realized that even
> though I never made it in network marketing, I could apply the
success
> principles in my current job and in my life.
>
> I guess what I am trying to say is that my days as a distributor in
> New Image were the best times because I learned so much about
myself.
> I may of not made any money, but I think the learning experience
> itself was worth it. Since I had started applying the success
> principles and concepts to my job and my life, things have been alot
> better than they were before. I realized that it is not the money,
it
> is how you live your life. Success is living your life towards
worthy
> goals, not working an MLM.
>
> I may not be a rich man, but I'm working on it. When I go into
> business again, I'll most likely sell merchandise at the flea market
> and online. I'll make some money, invest and save wisely. I guess
that
> what I am trying to say is use your MLM experience positively. I
know
> that for some of you, your MLM experience was a very expensive one,
> much more than I lost. But it does not have to shadow you for the
rest
> of your life. The past does not have to equal the future.
>
> Good luck to all of you and may God bless you all and your
endeavors.
>
> Till next time,
>
> P.Watkins
>
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