| As I was watching one of my all time favorite | | | | last ten minutes introducing him, who almost faints |
| movies, Star Wars, today, I was reminded of my | | | | from the excitement of being in such close |
| first years in Network Marketing and the hotel | | | | proximity to Mr. X. |
| meetings that were the "proper" way back then | | | | Mr. X then spends the next 45 minutes explaining |
| to build a Network Marketing business. | | | | how he went from a dirt poor sharecropper to a |
| You may have been to one of these types of | | | | multi-millionaire, with all the money, houses, cars, |
| meetings before, but let me give you a quick | | | | boats, etc, to prove it, and all because of |
| rundown of how they usually went. | | | | network marketing. He even pulls out a wad of |
| False excitement fills the crowd as someone | | | | $100 dollar bills and explains that he never leaves |
| rapidly walks on-stage, grabs the mike, and | | | | home now without at least $10,000 in what he |
| spends the next ten minutes telling you how | | | | calls "traveling money". After that he spends less |
| much of a privilege it is for him to be here, and | | | | than 5 minutes "Showing The Plan", hands off the |
| how privileged you are to be there, to listen to | | | | mike to another person who closes the meeting |
| Mr. X, who's a super successful businessman, that | | | | by telling you to get back with the person who |
| only today decided to fly in from some exotic | | | | brought you there. |
| locale, just so he could show you how to be | | | | Does any of that sound familiar? What just |
| super successful too. | | | | happened? |
| And won't you please give a big round of | | | | You were being seduced by the Dark Side of |
| applause for Mr. X! (at this time a bunch of people | | | | Network Marketing. |
| in the front rows all jump up and start clapping | | | | The money, the exotic vacations, the clothes, the |
| ecstatically and whistling) | | | | jewelry, etc... |
| Begin Theme Music: Darth Vader March Dum Dum | | | | The Dream of Overwhelming Abundance. |
| Dum Dum De Dum Dum De Dum | | | | These things in and of themselves are not a part |
| Mr. X, dressed in a professionally tailored suit, | | | | of the Dark Side. |
| diamond cuff links, rolex, and diamond ring, slowly | | | | It was the tactics that were being used in those |
| makes his way from the back of the room to | | | | meetings that were. |
| the front, taking the time to point to people in the | | | | The Hype, The Lies, and The Misleading |
| crowd and shake a few hands. | | | | Statements... |
| As he makes his way on-stage, he stops to | | | | Think about it. Have you succumbed to the Dark |
| shake the hand of the person who just spent the | | | | Side? |