MLM can show a person's true colours?Share the same opinion?
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Hey there...
I am new here...
I've been reading some of the forums and lots of it seems to be that MLM can destroy a friendship etc.
If MLM so bad, why singapore govt. allow this business to be active in S'pore?
Care to share?
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Its not MLM that break or hurt a friendship, its the people doing it.
In any industry its still the same. Nowadays MLM is already doing better already, do not look backward ~ Look forward -
You cant separate people from the business. It makes no sense.
If generally going into the MLM business have mould a significant number of people into such and such behaviours, its quite accurate to say such industry would churn out such people. -
MLM will show you how the capitalist mentality will eventually cause many stages of greed , regret , enlightenment and stamina if you persevere to observe the learning stages of coming out from the "WORKER" mentality to an independant until you reach the inter-dependant stages of a higher class "WORKER".
This is the real politics of the world , you have to prove yourself to be useful or your product/service is useful to be profiting from anything. -
Oh I see...
My friend actually intro me this co. called Venture Era...
Is this co. realible?
I never really hear this co. before I was introduced to it...
Being my friend is in it, I heard that this industry can actually change people because they are blinded by $$$... I dun know if my friend is the same perswon coz he oso change quite a bit...
And business is a people industry, so how to actually differentiate the people and the business itself? Be absolutely clear about who you are and what you stand for. Refuse to compromise. -
do many many research and judge for ur self...
from the threads here...u can roughly know lor -
Originally posted by huzane89:
gov cannot keep baby sitting and protecting us u know
If MLM so bad, why singapore govt. allow this business to be active in S'pore?
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Lau you have you points, but MLM also turn people to good.Originally posted by laurence82:You cant separate people from the business. It makes no sense.
If generally going into the MLM business have mould a significant number of people into such and such behaviours, its quite accurate to say such industry would churn out such people.
Not everyone turn bad. eg. some people learn time management, leadership, coaching and even public speaking in MLM.
Thats why i say its not the industry fault, its the people who did it. If the industry is at fault, then why some is good and some is bad ? -
Which any other industries can do in variety of waysOriginally posted by LegacyMan:Not everyone turn bad. eg. some people learn time management, leadership, coaching and even public speaking in MLM.
Thats why i say its not the industry fault, its the people who did it. If the industry is at fault, then why some is good and some is bad ?
But since you put the humanistic aspect into MLM system, as in its holistic system, there is no longer any separation from industry from the people doing it. It would again, doesnt make sense to separate industry from people, into wishy washy concepts like good and bad.
I believe its the way MLM system is designed, again, by human hands, that mould people into such behaviours. -
Hmm there is quite a few cases on Insurance Agent cheating their clients money and also property agents working unethical when closing deals.
But of course i agree that MLM has alot of cases too, anyway one of the reason might be because of young member, and the company never did enough to educate them.
Whatever the reason, if a industry can last for so many years, it must have its values. Don't you agree ? -
Systemic issues tooOriginally posted by LegacyMan:Hmm there is quite a few cases on Insurance Agent cheating their clients money and also property agents working unethical when closing deals.
But of course i agree that MLM has alot of cases too, anyway one of the reason might be because of young member, and the company never did enough to educate them.
Whatever the reason, if a industry can last for so many years, it must have its values. Don't you agree ?
Insurance scams was rampant till the industry become more oligopolistic and regulations tightened around these companies, but recently worsen due to lack of regulations over financial linked products, gee, to be a 'financial counsellor', all you need is three months crash course....
Same for property agents, even worse when there are so many of them fighting for that same piece of pie
Values in what? Until regulations tightened and the MLM model evolves to a better one, values to distributors have not been very significant, no matter how many years it has been there. There are simply too few successful and strong uplines compared to masses of distributors who joined in
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I have actually make my research in this forum...
I realised that there is so many -ve points on mlm...
Y is that?
If it's that bad, the govt. would definitely band it right?
Like the casino thing, govt. do gain the profits when people lose their $$$... But in mlm, the govt. dun earn anything, plus, if people really bieing cheated by mlm, won't the police have the rights to arrest us... Somemore, people will be poorer, govt. at lost also right?
So, if it's that bad, the govt. would ban it right?
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Again you got your point, and i believe there will be no end for our issue on the value and good/bad about the industry. I guess only time can tellOriginally posted by laurence82:Systemic issues too
Insurance scams was rampant till the industry become more oligopolistic and regulations tightened around these companies, but recently worsen due to lack of regulations over financial linked products, gee, to be a 'financial counsellor', all you need is three months crash course....
Same for property agents, even worse when there are so many of them fighting for that same piece of pie
Values in what? Until regulations tightened and the MLM model evolves to a better one, values to distributors have not been very significant, no matter how many years it has been there. There are simply too few successful and strong uplines compared to masses of distributors who joined in
Again, systemic issues... -
Time did tell
for the last 50 years at least -
I heard that S'pore allowed mlm only in the past 5 years... Before that, it was banned...
But I heard that in the states, it's been there for 50 years already...
And from what I have researched upon, most millionaires in states are because they are in mlm that makes them rich...
Even billionaire Donald Trump quoted that if he could start everything all over again, he would have done network marketing... -
And 50 years still can't totally tell anything yet.Originally posted by laurence82:Time did tell
for the last 50 years at least -
50 years is too long, even for a company, even excessively longer for an industry.Originally posted by LegacyMan:And 50 years still can't totally tell anything yet. -
i dun think you can live up to 50 year. so dun worry/Originally posted by LegacyMan:And 50 years still can't totally tell anything yet. -
Originally posted by godbowenX2:i dun think you can live up to 50 year. so dun worry/
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I do believe i can live more than 50 years. I am 24 only.Originally posted by godbowenX2:i dun think you can live up to 50 year. so dun worry/ -
What are you asking?
Does MLM work? Sure! Can MLM make money for people? Yeah!
Does it teach people how to make money from other people? YUP~
Does it also make some people view every other acquaintance as a moneymaking honeypot? Definitely.
Does it compromise friendships? Yes.
Just because a thing has been long enough doesnt mean it has good VALUES. -
Hey there everyone.
Who knows. We can never predict our future. Who knows we may be gone the next day so treasure our time well.
No doubt, I do agree that multi-level marketing can either mould a person into someone better or into someone who's more rotten, but it shall depend on the mindset a person has. Whether he's there solely for money, to learn, or to benefit others out from it. But still I believe that there are other better alternatives out there to learn than venturing yourself into multi-level marketing.
Yes. Multi-level Marketing can indeed show a person's true colours. My friend's sadly one of the examples I could give. He seem a very humble guy on the outside because he's friendly towards people, helpful and cheerful always. However deep down inside, he has that overambitious mentality that he wants to achieve more $$$ by trying to convince people to buy his products vigorously so that he can reach his marketing manager position by end of the year, etc.
Everyone have ambitions, be it good or bad. But it seem to me that Multi-level marketing has been over-emphasising on achieving cars, etc that makes people overambitious and hence show the true colours of mankind. That we can do everything to all extents to achieve what we want.
And there are higher-level managers who would try to "encourage" or force their downlines to sell stuff to let them earn more money when they were previously good to them when they train them. So isnt that true colours exposed?