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Myths and Legends

In MLM network marketing, it is all about
your efforst and “Who you are.” It is how you
show up FOR people and how you show up WITH
people that makes all the difference. If you’re
looking for personal control in your financial life,
this could be your vehicle

Way too often, people have an unnecessary low opinion of network marketing. It is time the real story is told. I can speak about both the merits of network marketing, as well as its “less than stellar” public opinion, because of my own experience.

My early opinions of network marketing were solid… and ugly. I thought people who did MLM were unable to do anything else. I felt this way even though I was introduced to the business the same way many people are, by a friend of many years, Norine Arundel. Although I had every reason to believe her and trust her judgment, my prejudices were so strong I simply couldn’t see around them.

If you’re looking at network marketing to solve a financial dilemma, like I was, or simply to make a few extra bucks, for heaven’s sake, don’t let the myths get in your way. Instead, look to the real legends.

To make sure we’re on the same page here, I’ll define what I mean by myths and legends.

One of the definitions for myth from dictionary.com is “an unproved or false collective belief that is used to justify a social institution.” Two great examples of this kind of myth in MLM network marketing are:

1. Anyone can do it
2. “Gangster money” is available to everyone who decides to work a network marketing business

I isn’t a huge leap of common sense to realize that everyone cannot possibly be cut out to do network marketing, anymore than everyone is cut out to be a doctor or hairdresser.

And the notion that “gangster money”… when something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. The worse part of this kind of myth is it gets in the way of the real legends in the industry.

What do I mean by legends? Dictionary.com again: “A collection of stories about an admirable person… a person who is the center of such stories.”

So, who are these legends in network marketing? People just like you and me. They have jobs they don’t like. Or they have a business that owns them rather than them owning the business. They are often professionals, yet just as often from “blue collar” industries. Some come to MLM with no college, and some come with PhDs.

I consider myself a pretty smart person, but the myths I heard about this industry nearly kept me from one of the best financial/entrepreneurial decision of my life. My prejudices about network marketing were so strong that even though my construction business of eight-plus years was falling down around my ears, I wasn’t embracing MLM any too fast!

I thought MLM could be described in two words: hokey and unprofessional. I thought if you were in network marketing, you chased your neighbors down the street to sell them soap.

The California economy had been in a huge downturn for about four years, and I had thrown everything I had at my construction company: my savings, effort, time, and finally all the credit I had, but nothing could stop the train wreck of business disaster. I was broke and in debt to everyone, including the IRS. Under those circumstances you would think I would be open buy cheap Mr.Long online to something new – especially if a trusted friend brought it to me!

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You can get a downloadable PDF of Jillian’s complete article (along with all 52 essays) from the Free Library here: It’s Time… For Network Marketing

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