Dear Network Marketing,
I have been thinking a lot about you lately. I can’t seem to get you out of my mind. I always think about what you have done for me and for millions of others the world over. I know I am not your one and only, but I am glad, because I want to share you with everyone, that’s how much I love you Network Marketing. I have so many things to say about you, I struggled about where to begin. As they say, “start at the beginning”.
So that is where I will start my love.
Well, I did not know you when you first appeared in this world. I didn’t even know about you until many years after you came to be. When I first met you, my knowledge was shallow. I did not fully appreciate who or what you really were, so I did not show you the respect and love you deserved. For that I apologize. I guess I just had to mature, grow and get to know you better. It took a while, but once I knew enough about you, I felt I had to write this letter to tell you. I read all about you being involved in other people’s lives. You started giving all these people things, both tangible and intangible.
That is what I love about you Network Marketing; you are a giver. You give things like great products and services, a chance to personally grow, training, a chance to be self employed, but most of all, you give what is most important to people: hopes, dreams, a sense of purpose, a chance to be a part of something bigger than each of us individually, and unlike many other things in life, a chance to share, to help, to grow and to make a difference in the lives of others. Not just in my country, but all over the world. When you were “born”, people did not know much about you. Many shunned away from you; looked down on you; wanted nothing to do with you.
But through it all my Dear Network Marketing, you held your head high and proud of who you were and who you knew you were going to become. With the proverbial “tear in your eye”, you pushed forward, just waiting for that special someone who just “got” you. J.R. Watkins, Mr. Shaklee, Rich DeVos and Jay Van Andel, folks years ago seemed to understand you. I call them among your first loves.
Am I jealous of that? I guess I should be. And I would have been if I didn’t know any better. But everyone has a past and you are no exception. I admit, even if I was around back then, I don’t think I would have been ready, nor deserved you and what you could do for me. Those early people loved you enough, saw enough potential and respected you enough to share their love for you with everyone they knew. It seems in the beginning, lots of people loved you. Then more and more I myself grew to love you.
My Dear Network Marketing, that must have been a wonderful feeling for you. It brings gladness to my heart knowing how happy you were back then to be so loved, despite the many naysayers. But I think you knew your best had not been fully explored yet. You just knew you had more love to give as well as receive. All you needed my Dear, was someone to shout it from the rooftops!
Those early people set the stage for what was to come in your life. They certainly shouted their love for you; the hope you gave; the fulfillment of dreams you promised were possible; the products you offered that could change lives. Once these lovers of you started touting about all you had to offer, people started to listen.
Not to diminish any of the other early folks that all loved you in the early days, because they all did their part. They all did what they could. But, Mr. Van Andel and Mr. DeVos and a few others seemed to take their love for you to new heights. Maybe they seemed to you to overdo it. But, you didn’t stop them. You saw inside them, saw they had your best interests at heart. And because of them, other great men and women followed to tell everyone they knew about you. It was not an easy road, so on behalf of all my fellow man and woman, I apologize for some of the early pains you endured. I wish that on nobody.
Little did I know my Dear Network Marketing, the worst was yet to come.
So, as I continued to read about your love, it seems the 1970’s and 1980’s were a bad time for you. I was too young back then, but if I had been around, I would have championed for you. My heart broke for you when I learned what heart break you dealt with and how you were able to endure it all. It must have seemed at times, although you had many loves in your life, the hate you felt from many others seemed to overshadow that love. But yet, you were not going to let those haters control and ruin you. You were determined the heart was in it to win out!
Out of all people who could have made life difficult for you, never in a million years would you have thought the Government would seem to hate you the most. I mean, did they not understand your motives? You were giving people the chance to get what our Founding Fathers and people the world over wanted: Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. What was so wrong with that? That had to be a question you asked yourself and pondered, but could not answer.
Well, it seems, as with all relatively new relationships, there are hiccups due to still getting to know each other. Learning what is allowed, what is tolerated and how to do things, operate if you will, without drawing unwanted criticism and anger among lovers. We could certainly point fingers as to who did what to who, but that didn’t seem the best course of action. But it did seem some people involved in a relationship with you, may have taken advantage of you and others involved. The Government did not understand or know what to make of you, so they jumped on the bash Network Marketing bandwagon. I try not to dwell on that too much, or I may tear up as well my love. Of course, you were still so young back then and learning about yourself. We were all like that growing up. I guess the government and other people felt you did not deserve that same chance to get to know yourself. Sad really.
Oh the trials and tribulations you endured! The biggest companies that formed that bonds with you to bring hope to the world, went through the fire for many years. Despite them shouting and touting their love for you and how great you were and you meant no harm; you meant nothing but good for all. But Network Marketing, my love, you endured. You pulled through and made believers of many more people. You gave scores of average people like myself a better life. Fulfilled their dreams. Even made many others wealthy. When I think of those times, I wish I was around back then so I could have been there to do my part to comfort, nurture and tell all those who would listen and shake them by the shoulders and say, “Hey! Don’t ya see. Network Marketing is only here to help!”
Despite all the trials and tribulations you went through; all the government regulations you had to deal with (although I guess a lot of them were good and for our benefit), others jumped aboard and fell in love. It seemed it was a ripe time for other companies to introduce themselves to you and use what you had to offer people. My love, on one hand it seemed all was good for you. But the more I have learned about you, it seems haters and naysayers still had issues with you. At first, I did not understand it. They were using your great products and services, offering the fulfillment of hope and dreams, making people wealthy, friendships forming, and many other positive life enhancing things.
Then I saw it. It never crossed my mind. Never even gave it a thought. I guess I assumed everyone who got involved in a relationship with you, took the time to learn how you worked. But we all know what happens when we assume?
Many of the people who turned against you, fell out of love with you and decided you were no good, were the cause of many of your problems and heartaches! What was the meaning of this?! After experiencing your love and all you had to offer, why would they do that to you dear Network Marketing? They would say all manner of negative things about you.
Scam. Rip-off. For suckers. Too expensive. Pyramid scheme. Lies, lies and more lies!
At the expense of less than positive talk about people, I will say this to you dear Network Marketing, so you know that many people do understand you despite many others that don’t. So here I go on my soapbox, but only because I am passionate about you and don’t like you to be disrespected.
PEOPLE ARE THE REASON THEY BREAK UP WITH YOU!
They don’t take full advantage of what you offer. They don’t realize you are simple but not easy. That you require work. That you take time to nurture. That you need to be shared with others. That they need to use and consume the various products and services your are offering to make their lives better and more fulfilling. They think you are shallow and one dimensional. You are not all about money as many think. They don’t take the time to work on and personally develop themselves, instead trying to make YOU fit THEM! The nerve! No wonder they fail. Maybe they are just not ready for you. Not mature enough.
Speaking for myself, I was not always ready to receive you into my life. Maybe some are too lazy to do what they need to do what they need, so you can work miracles in their life. Network Marketing, you have been on the scene in a pretty huge way for well over 60 years now. Despite all the dreams you have fulfilled; Despite all the millionaires you have made; Despite the life changing products you have brought into the world; Despite the love you have given and received by millions all over the world; you continue to have your heart broken. Though through it all, it may not hurt as much as it used to. I want to thank you for bringing into our lives many great and inspiring men, women and companies who have “got” your love and what you are about. There are millions of us all around the world that truly love, respect and adore you my dear Network Marketing.
We will never stop believing in you, telling everyone about you and sharing the love, hopes and dreams you have for all those who believe in you. My Dear Network Marketing, people will believe what they want, there will be naysayers, lovers of self only, scammers and others of ill repute, but you my love will endure. You will endure because you are the Great Hope for the rest of us average folks who were not born into money, fame or fortune.
As I sign off, I speak for millions of those today and those of yesteryear, when I say I love you Network Marketing. I look forward to a long and prosperous life with you and I vow to always give more back to you than I take and to share the good news you have for everyone.
Love Always
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