It's a good ebook, especially for people who
are in MLN or MLM. I actually own two such businesses now but
chose businesses that could work well in conjunction
with the other. Both times, my uncle, who saw them first, simply wanted my insights (Is this business something that would
genuinely help people?) with the first being a "no brainer" because I'd been
in the industry and already
used some of the basic concepts for decades. To this day, I still remember precisely which two names came into my mind
immediately with neither being a friend, relative, or business associate. Both were previous individuals who had been in a position where they
needed someone who knew "the rules" and
wanted to share with them how both
they and the company where I was working at the time (15+ years earlier) would both benefit. One individual was a single parent with three school-aged daughters
and the neighbor of a married couple with whom I'd attended college; the other was a business owner.... Still, I wanted a second opinion with
other relatives (one is has been self-employed both out of his home and in a "brick-and-mortar" business over the years with the other individual having not only been an administrator but also serves on both college board of directors and an industry board of directors) whose feedback and insights I valued.
To make a long story short, LUCKY who is with SCORE and oldtimer both repeat much of the same insights and feedback as both individuals whose feedbacks and insights were sought in the first home-based, MLN business. On the second business, it's more for
repeat, use as one needs basis although the competition is fierce and competative. It's
good competition, meaning that
people have several different but similar options with price differences and services being a small factor when it comes to which option "works best" for that particular individual.
A lot of people in MLN and MLM get so "caught up" in commission structures and who endorces what that they quickly
forget that
they now have a business to run and, with it, all of the duties and responsibilities of
owning and
running their own business. I actually enjoy
helping people with
their businesses because it's fun, it's challenging, and I
know that
I'm always going to win. How? I might "actually learn something that I didn't already know" and
do learn at least
one technique, skill, or invaluable insight more often than not.
Perhaps this reason is why LUCKY and oldtimer provide much needed insights and feedback so selflessly. It's a positive reward in and of itself. Regardless of what type of business one might pursue, the key is that learning something new almost every day is one reward (or challenge, struggle, obstacle, etc.) that
every business owner must face. That's just part of owning a business.
Again, great post and good book that you mentioned.
