Blog Entry #2 Network Marketing

What's up with that?

The other day at work, I was ringing up this ladies’ items when she said to me “You seem like a sharp young man that has potential.” That was weird and random. Then she went on to tell me about her friend named Drew who retired at the age of 26. She told me that I too could retire early and all I had to do was attend a few one on one meetings with her. Was she being legit or was she just asking me out on a date in a round about way? Of course, I was interested in the opportunity of early retirement but obviously I was skeptical of a get rich quick scheme. The thought of early retirement overruled the red flags in my head, so I went ahead and met her. Our first meeting was at a Starbucks on the other side of town. In this meeting she talked a lot and doodled on a paper without really giving me too much information. I was sent home with a book to read before the next meeting, so I could comprehend the information she was going to share with me. The book was Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki.

This book was very interesting, it gave information about the four quadrantes of cashflow. I could go in to detail, but that's not what this blog is about.

I met with this lady again, once again across town, and once again, she didn’t really give me any more information. What she did do was invite to attend a two-hour seminar with Drew and he would explain everything. The seminar was held, across town, in a house. I was expecting to go to a business or a conference center, not a house. There was a big crowd at this seminar and they had a chair right upfront with my name on it. In walks Drew with his white board and it was literally like watching a Ty Lopez ad for two hours in person.

Drew talked about the strategies and benefits, but never actually told me how I would be getting the money. Apparently, he was going to share that information at the next seminar. So, at that point I was pretty much done. I knew it was a network marketing thing, I just wanted to see how it worked and if I could incorporate it into my day to day life to potentially earn more money. The funny thing is, two months prior, the same lady trying to recruit me approached my cousin at his place of employment and said the same things. The seminar he attended was within walking distance of my house!

                                                                 
                                                      What’s up with that?