What changed my mind.

Before being a network marketer, I was probably the most negative person in the world when it comes to MLM business. This is because the people who previously introduced me to it gave me misleading info just to get me to join:

Scenario 1:

"Kat are you looking for a job right now? There's a sales manager position that I want you to try."

"Ah talaga, what's the name of the company?"

"Basta when you get here explain ko sayo, mahirap kasi sa phone eh.."

"Ano nga??"

"NuSkin." (Another networking business)

"Ugh. No thanks."

Scenario 2:

"Uy friend, miss na kita. Catch-up naman tayo, let's have coffee or something."

"Sure!"

At the coffee place, after a few chats, friend brings out a blue folder.

"Friend, kaya kita ininvite for coffee kasi may ippresent sana ako sayong business.."

To self: Here we go...

Sounds familiar? It happened to me too many times believe me. Personally, I don't mind being offered any business opportunity, kahit ano pa yan. Just don't freakin mislead me by telling me you miss me only to find out na may hidden agenda ka pala. Lalo lang ako mawawalan ng gana sa kung anuman ang ippresent mo.

And I think this is the reason why the reputation of networking in the Philippines is really bad. Make no mistake, malaki talaga ang pera sa MLM. But some resort to deception just to get their prospects to join. And I absolutely hate that. In the first scenario above, just Google the name of the business and you will be bombarded with blogs exposing the questionable recruiting strategy of the company. This makes me sad because I actually believe that there is huge potential in MLM, pero nadudungisan just bec some people resort to misrepresentation and intransparency when recruiting other people. This is the reason why I have always dismissed the idea of networking, until recently when a close friend of mine reintroduced AIM Global to me. Reintroduced, because the business was already offered to me by a former colleague two years ago but I dismissed it kasi nga I thought it's "just another networking sh*t.." This time though, I decided to have an open mind and learn more about the products, do my own research, and study their marketing system.

I guess what pushed me even more is the fact that those friends of mine who have offered me in the past are now living the dream. I'm not sure if they are millionaires already, but boy they are sure hell of a lot richer than before. One was able to buy a car 6 months after joining AIM Global, another was able to go to a European cruise with her husband a year after joining Usana, and a nurse friend of mine got 15k A WEEK after joining AIM Global. Hindi na siya kunwaring success stories that I see on the Internet, I actually know people now who succeeded in networking!

I mean, hindi naman ako mahirap at lalong hindi rin ako mukhang pera, pero gusto ko kumita ng 15k a week w/o having to work my ass in the corporate world. Who doesn't want residual income? And when I saw it in my very own eyes, I decided I couldn't let the opportunity pass by anymore. I owe it to myself to give it a try. It's time, I'm ready.

I want to have my own success story too, y'know.