Reply: 3.1.1.1
From: Jakk Bass - The SLUM LORD
G'Day all,
reminds me of an interesting story from about 12 years ago.
At the time my world had crumbled, I'd lost nearly everything, I was unemployed, couldn't claim any social security as my tax returns were in a financial mess, (2+ years late), and a heap of other rubbish that I was trying to sort out and cope with.
Out of the blue I got a phone call from a bloke I knew that was a schoolteacher, he told me that he knew of the plight I was in and he had a business proposition for me that change everything and put me back on the road to financial success.
I was to meet him at this Elwood, Vic. address the following night.
He wouldn't tell me any more until then.
With nothing to lose, (and I do mean NOTHING to lose), I went to this house in Elwood.
Nice house, a lot of people there and there was a meeting in this huge rumpus room.
The people that owned the house, I found out were both Accountants but had now retired (early 40s I'd guess), and were now living off the income stream that they had generated from this business.
What really impressed me at the time was the 2 BMWs in the garage, onboard computers and all.
Anyway, there was a lot of circles being drawn on the whiteboard and the guy was talking about walkaway income etc etc etc.
After the talk, while I was making a pig of myself on the free sangers and Monte Carlo biscuits,(just love them Monte Carlo biscuits, and back then I seriously couldn't afford to buy any), the bloke that had originally rang me up, came up to me and asked what I thought.
He told me he had resigned his job as a schoolteacher so that he could put all his efforts into "Growing his business".
I didn't want to upset anyone (as that would have meant leaving and not enjoying the great taste of any more of those Monte Carlo's, and the coffee was nice also), so I just nodded and smiled and said that I would discuss it with the missus.
I drove home thinking, I need money NOW and these guys want me to sell soaps and encourage other people to do the same.
Sorry, not my cup of tea.
12 years later, today, I got up about half an hour ago, just before 10, WHY?... because I can, What am I going to do today? anything I want, I haven't decided yet. WHY? because I can. I have just realised while typing this post, I LOVE MY LIFE!
As for the schoolteacher, he went back to schoolteaching, so he's probably listening to classfull of noisy kids at the moment, once again, not my cup of tea.
He obviously couldn't "GROW HIS BUSINESS" like he had hoped even though he gave up his job to dedicate all his time to it.
To all you Amway people out there I say, YES I know that some are making bucketfuls of money by selling soap (yes I also know that you can buy other stuff from Amway, even brand new cars, I've been told).
But once again, I'm afraid, that wasn't my cup of tea.
And before anyone says that maybe this schoolteacher went back to teaching because he enjoyed the work, He told me at the time he absolutely hated it and that's why he wanted so desperately to get out of it.
If you want to try Network Marketing, go right ahead, just don't coming knocking on my door, I might be still in bed.
regards
Jakk the Slum Lord......and loving IT