Have You Succumbed To The Dark Side Of Network Marketing?

As I was watching one of my all time favorite movies, Star Wars, today, I was reminded of my first years in Network Marketing and the hotel meetings that were the "proper" way back then to build a Network Marketing business.

You may have been to one of these types of meetings before, but let me give you a quick rundown of how they usually went.

False excitement fills the crowd as someone rapidly walks on-stage, grabs the mike, and spends the next ten minutes telling you how much of a privilege it is for him to be here, and how privileged you are to be there, to listen to Mr. X, who's a super successful businessman, that only today decided to fly in from some exotic locale, just so he could show you how to be super successful too.
And won't you please give a big round of applause for Mr. X! (at this time a bunch of people in the front rows all jump up and start clapping ecstatically and whistling)

Begin Theme Music: Darth Vader March Dum Dum Dum Dum De Dum Dum De Dum

Mr. X, dressed in a professionally tailored suit, diamond cuff links, rolex, and diamond ring, slowly makes his way from the back of the room to the front, taking the time to point to people in the crowd and shake a few hands.

As he makes his way on-stage, he stops to shake the hand of the person who just spent the last ten minutes introducing him, who almost faints from the excitement of being in such close proximity to Mr. X.

Mr. X then spends the next 45 minutes explaining how he went from a dirt poor sharecropper to a multi-millionaire, with all the money, houses, cars, boats, etc, to prove it, and all because of network marketing. He even pulls out a wad of $100 dollar bills and explains that he never leaves home now without at least $10,000 in what he calls "traveling money". After that he spends less than 5 minutes "Showing The Plan", hands off the mike to another person who closes the meeting by telling you to get back with the person who brought you there.

Does any of that sound familiar? What just happened?

You were being seduced by the Dark Side of Network Marketing.

The money, the exotic vacations, the clothes, the jewelry, etc...

The Dream of Overwhelming Abundance.

These things in and of themselves are not a part of the Dark Side.
It was the tactics that were being used in those meetings that were.
The Hype, The Lies, and The Misleading Statements...

Think about it. Have you succumbed to the Dark Side?

Darryl Dunnaway is a successful network marketer who firmly believes that anyone can achieve the goals they truly desire. He freely shares what he has learned in his 15 years in the network marketing industry on his blog "Confessions of an Ex-Network Marketing Junkie" at http://www.nmjunkie.com

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