Yes it burns!

Yes it Burns

Once again, an MLM business proves to be a bad career choice. It is just a matter of time before it gets around that I dropped the ball again. I can already hear the sympathetic voices, “I am so glad that you came to your senses.” Please, allow me to translate that statement, “I am glad to see you failed, and I am glad you will no longer tell me about your great product and opportunity, and most of all, I am thankful that my lack of involvement was a part of your defeat.” Most people’s well wishes have always been nothing more than hidden curses.

The business idea is great until you start having to deal with people. Most folks rejoice in your failure but they usually keep it to themselves. Others just don’t care one way or another. People are a lot like sheep, but at times, they are more like cats. Sheep will follow as long as they don’t have to do anything. Cats only do what they want, when they want, with no regard for others.  When I was a kid, we had a cat that would get on top of the TV set where it was warm. That was only part of the reason for getting up there. She liked to swish her tail in front of the screen so that she could watch us get bent out of shape over it.

If you want a friend, get a dog. K-Dog loves to play but he also likes to just hang with each of us. My son’s family has a dog that is very different than K-Dog, all she wants is attention and lots of loving. When my sweat pants have dog hair from both dogs, I feel double blessed.

I learned a little more about people from this business experience.  If everyone you see is no longer of any value, unless you can use them in making money, there is something wrong. On the other hand, if you have the most simple business with a product that almost anyone can enjoy and all could benefit from, don’t count on anyone’s ability to see it. Whosoever I see, whether in person or represented online, is someone who is facing some kind of struggle. They want sympathy and not a solution. I pray for them and go on. If I try to help, that would usually make them angry with me. 

Just to show you how weird some people think, here is a true story.  There was a man who was approached with a particular MLM business opportunity. The man saw its great potential but he declined to join. Why? His reasoning was that it was so great a business that everyone would join, leaving no chance for growth. In his thinking, the market would become saturated with people in the business. Unfortunately for this man, he failed to see that businesses like Amway have been around for 50 years and not everyone has joined, but it is still thriving.