You Just Might Be A Networker If...
• You refer to your kids as your Downline. • You refer to your spouse as your Upline. • You have a garage full of water filters. • You have a wallet full of pre-paid phone cards. • You refer to friends and relatives as your warm market. • You no longer have a warm market. So everyone has encountered this at some point of time - desi guys selling MLM (Multi-level Marketing) to other desis. The other day I got a call from a guy who I met while waiting to be seated at an Indian restaurant. Nice guy, and our kids got along great as well. Well he calls me and says that its been a while (5 months, and I was surprised he even had my number) and that he wanted to talk to someone entrepreneurial, and he believed I was that (that got my attention!). And then, he wanted to meet me right away to discuss his new eCommerce venture. I said sure, let's meet at the nearest starbucks. No, No he says, its gotta be at your house. Hmm. why? I ask. Well, its important I meet you in person, he says. OK I agree rather naively. Immediately after that, my wife asks me - did you consider that he may be from Amway?! Whoopsie. I call him back, and ask him politely - is this for Quixtar? He says YES! So I slowly start to back out of this, but its not easy. Me: "Sorry Im not interested" Him:"But Why?" "doesn't work for me" "why ?" "not for my personality type" "have you tried it?" "yes, in the past" (been accosted several times to attend the cult meetings) "what level were you involved at?" ,"it is a great source of income" yada yada Just managed to squeeze out of it. Whew!
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