Being naturally curious due to my unemployed state, I have been looking at all sorts of alternative career paths on the internet.
Recently, I have come across many Internet Marketing and MLM schemes. My Inbox is now flooded with multiple videos of founders having vacations in exotic locations, sipping Piña Coladas and encouraging you to live the wonderful life of theirs by signing up for “premium” packages. Simply put : pay me a fee every month (or buy my $10,000 package) and I will show you useless encouraging videos of the type of lifestyle you see only in your dreams. Scam? Go figure.
MLM is another sophisticated ride – it sucks in willing volunteers with the promise of huge monetary rewards. You start to use words like trust and loyalty to pull in friends and love ones for this “sure thing”. Once entered, the victim is like a mouse on a treadmill and it becomes a full time obsession.
“Relax, ” said the night man,
“We are programmed to receive.
You can check-out any time you like,
But you can never leave! ” Eagles – Hotel California
As a wise man once said, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably isn’t…
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