MLM Survivors Club: Re: [MLM Survivors Club] Re: Positive reinforcement

Hi Troy!

Thank you for responding to my post, and to all the others who have responded, a thousand kudos to you all as well.

Troy, I can honestly say that with all that I have learned, and all that I continue to learn it has influenced my thinking to reach for better. Instead of those crazy call center jobs, and those nightmare retail jobs, I believed that I could do better. At that time in my life I was living in Oklahoma working go nowhere jobs.However, there were not too many jobs out there to begin with, and I was going nowhere fast. I knew if my life were to change, I was going to have to make some changes. And the first thing that I had to change was my mind.

It is utterly amazing how your whole life can change once you simply change how you think about yourself and the world around you. I thought what could I use to get me back on track and get somewhere in life. I may not be necessarily become rich, but to be able to stand on my own two feet, make better decisions and take responsibility for my actions. At that time I was 30 years old and did not have much to show for it.

So I thought about, well what about all those self help books and tapes you have. Why can't you use the success principles and concepts in your life? So I started training myself again, but not to go back to MLM, but to regain the confidence I had when I was in one. And for real, actually practice and use those success principles into a realistic practice, so that I just might start to succeed in life. The first thing I had to do was decide what I wanted to do with my life. I had to look where I was at and start making positive changes. As for a job, I love computers, so why not get a job working with computers?

So, I said goodbye to my folks and moved back to Austin. I got a contract job at Dell and while working there, I learned more about computers than I previously had. Austin if a funny town. The employers don't like to hire right away, they like to contract out the job, so it is not exactly easy to get on board permanently at the tech companies. However, if you can learn how to survive as a contractor and continue to develop your skill and education, you get better and better positions, at least that is my case.

Right now I work as a media backup support, server management. You know, an IT geek. But I love it. But I don't think I would of ever gotten to where I am at if I had not applied the success principles I learned. I'd probably still be working some call center, which I can tell you is not a fun job. Yes, I work for a living, there is honor in putting in a good day's work. I go in every morning and give it my best 100 per cent. I like walking away from the job knowing I did a job well done. The money is not exactly what I would want in a salary, but I can work with what I earn as long as take good financial care of my money. It's not easy, but becoming financially stable and secure is never easy. But as a man who has no children, and no debit; owns his own car, refuses to get cable or try to keep up with the jonses, I think I am confident that I will be financially stable here in the next year. By the way, I suggest reading "Financial Peace Revisited" by
Dave Ramsey. Very very good financial advice.

What was missing from the MLM's I was in? It's simple really. Ready? Here it is:

Honesty.

The whole business model was a sham because it was never designed to make the distributor any money. The general rule is your upline will always make more money than you. Amway was so corrupt at that point, that they recruited by saying just about anything to get you in. If my ex upline had been honest about Amway; I never would have joined. But that is another story for another day.

A good friend of mine back in California told me this: The most important asset a man can have is his integrity. I guess all that goes out the window when it came to perusing the "dream" of becoming Diamond. I was in the Britt organization, I think a dude by the name of Paul Dabney was my pearl.

So there you have it. I could write so much more but I have things I need to do. All of you just remember this: Your past does not have to equal your future. If you want to make some changes, you must first start by changing the way you think about yourself. I may not have that monthly bonus check from the corrupt tools business, but I got my integrity, and make an honest living. That's the best anyone can ever ask from someone. Forget about making money. Quit chasing the dollar, it is an elusive rabbit, build yourself up first as the kind of person that money comes to. Then realistically, allow the money to come to you. It may not be as much as you want, but it you take care of it, make some good financial decisions, you'll start to accumulate the kind of money that you can later invest and make the kind of returns that will lead to financial security. As for me, well I'm still working on it. But I am a lot further ahead in life than I ever was before.

Thank you for reading my post and may God continue to bless each and every one of you!

Till next time.

P.Watkins

----- Original Message ----
From: senorblanco222 <troytate@torquesolutions.com>
To: mlmsurvivorsclub@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:31:10 PM
Subject: [MLM Survivors Club] Re: Positive reinforcement

--- In mlmsurvivorsclub@ yahoogroups. com, "p_watkins72"
<p_watkins72@ ...> wrote:
>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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