Zen Garden > MLM - Why Most People DO NOT and WILL NOT Make More Money Than They Will Spend - Part Seven

One of the greatest problems that I see in Multi Level Marketing is when promises do not meet reality. I had more than ten years of experience and I saw it from day one right through until the day I quit. It is in the ultimate interest of those above you (the upline) to keep you making THEM money. They get most of the reward while you are beavering away doing all the work.

For example - a DAY 1 technique that is promoted ...

You are taught to invite all your friends over for a dinner party, assemble them in a room and then... all of a sudden...

... Captain MLM jumps out of the corner cupboard. "Hi there!"

Your (former) friends all stare goggle-eyed at this guy who is wearing a dark suit, white shirt and red tie (it has to be RED because red is the symbol of power). He carries a briefcase, a white board, an easel and has a trunk full of product samples in his vehicle.

That is your first introduction to deception - BAIT and SWITCH.

Those who join you in "the business" start off all starry eyed and full of hope that this might be something that will make them millions. That is what they are told anyway.

Then the upline slowly starts to get to WORK on them telling them they gotta do this and they gotta do that. All of a sudden they find that they gotta do all sorts of things that were never mentioned at the first "opportunity" meeting which was originally cleverly disguised as anything else just to get them there.

In other words "A" does not equal "B". This is the first conflict of the mind. If you challenge any of this then you are "counseled" just to explain why it will not only benefit YOU but ALL the people who you will sponsor. Another good name for this counseling would be brainwashing. But, as it is explained - "it is all for the greater good of the group!"

In the final instalment of this MLM expose series I will wrap up. Part eight will discuss perhaps the most heinous technique that MLM big pins will use to CONVERT you into a zombie that has one expectation for them - to keep making THEM money while you are beavering away doing all the work.

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