From: Kamchatka Charlie
Newsgroups: alt.business.multi-level
Subject: Before you join an MLM...
Date: 10 Apr 92 20:02:28 GMT
Organization: Psychosis Unlimited International


     I meant to post this earlier, but got sidetracked.  Sorry for the delay,
please don't flame me for being a wet blaket on your party.

     What to think about before you become an MLM distributor.

1)  Are you willing to put for the personality adjustment necessary to be
successful in this business?
     Many people know and accept the fact that lots of $$ can be made off MLM's
if you're dedicated enough.  The problem which arises is that, to create a
majorly successful MLM business you will have to become the most friendly
person half the world has ever seen, fixate constantly upon the process of
making more money and creating new opportunities for doing so, and always
looking for people who will be able to sell your products.  Not only that, but
you'll have to work constantly in an atmosphere which is hostile to salespeople
coming in and selling them something they don't believe they need.  Do you have
the personality type to go in and create markets out of hostile people, and to
turn some into salesmen?  If not, are you willing to totally overhaul your
personality in order to become such a person?

2)  Are you willing to put in the time necessary to become a success in the
business?
     To become successful in anything takes time.  MLM's can take up to 5-10
years of day in, day out work during which time you also have to live out your
regular life (raise children, church, work, vacations, etc.)  Are you willing
to invest so much time that your MLM business will become your life's work? 
Also: Can you not frighten away the friends who do not like MLM's?

3)  Life after MLM Success:  Will  it come?
     What happens when you get to the point that you need only a few hours a
week to upkeep your business?  Will you be able to handle the extra hours you
will have once you get up to the income you feel necessary to be able to live
well?  Will that day ever come (will your spending habits continue to fly
upward beyond your means)?  Will you be able to relax enough to enjoy your
early retirement?
     Don't laugh; too many people have earned and earned and earned only to die
from lack of activity within two years of "RETIREMENT."  While it's not
necessary to think about this point all the time, it is a smart thing to keep
it in the back of your mind until you get near the point of retirement.

4)  Changes in personality.
     This constant selling of the dream is necessary to keep people in the
business; after all why do something unpopular and unliked and immediately
unprofitable just for the sake of it?  However; what will happen when you
retire and find all your non-material interests have dissapeared?  Will you be
able to revive or recreate interests OR will the business become your life. 
Will you consider material enjoyment the only reason for existance?

5)  Stupid notes and questions.  Note:  These aren't meant to be answered out
loud.  These questions are answered by people's actions.  I put these here
because they exist, even if their answers don't come direct.
     Not everyone was meant to be rich!  Most people need some sort of stick up
the rear (i.e. bills and need to pay them) to get them to keep themselves up. 
Can you handle the ability to pay your bills without stress?  Can you handle
13-week vacations?
     Again, these questions; while serious, do not demand personal answers. 
Actions, not words answer these question.

my $.22

kamchatka charlie
kamchar@ibm.cl.msu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.business.multi-level