How old is the fallacy of get-rich-quick? How believeable is it? And how honest is it?
From an outsider, to a semi-insider and back out again, I can tell you the experience isn't much more than what you might think it is.
This is not to say that one cannot become rich by being self-made. Winning the lottery or using your talents to get ahead in life are the main and most legal ways of becoming comfortable from a fiscal standpoint. Who can believe that a private corporation could make it possible?
I couldn't believe I got suckered in to one of those pyramid schemes three years ago, more in an effort to win the respect & affections of the neighbor's grand-daughter at the time. This is an online business which shall go nameless for the sake of argument, which states that if you buy enough of a company's product and sell that name to others, you are not only promoting the "shopping-at-home" concept, you are making money for yourself by becoming an online salesman.
It seemed strange to me from the beginning that it required so much effort from you just to get ahead. I believe in hard work, but when it comes to sacrificing your meager household budget to get a less-than-100% return, it doesn't seem to make sense. Thankfully, though I got involved, I did not get involved too heavily to where I couldn't afford rent or other bills.
This group was billed as a caring, team-oriented effort who helped the weaker members as well as the strong; not unlike a union at an auto company. You were not provided pressure as you were encouraged to promote the service at your leisure. Now the granddaughter has elected to switch companies because the old one began telling her what to buy, from whom, in what quantities, and when. Looking for moral support, she didn't get it. What about when I had the breakdown last year? Not one call from that group, so I dumped it like a bad habit. The whole thing ended up a sham and dictatorship, and at least it got to her.
But then she switches to a company that is more vague than the other, and keeps believing in the fruitless promise that she'll be rich, retired, and well-off in a year or less. That's as believeable these days as Publisher's Clearinghouse.
In this tight economy, we may as well consider ourselves working stiffs who don't get the money we deserve. It's important to stay realistic, live within our means, and not let some fallacy or misinterpreted story put us in trouble.
Honest, self-made work always prevails in the end. As cumbersome as it sounds, doesn't it truly make a person more fulfilled than any company claims it can?
The jury shouldn't be out for long.
