| I would like to tell you a story about a
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| | sales for Shaklee distributors. NONE (NOT
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| woman named Ginny Gemmel. She wanted to
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| | even her SPONSOR) of the successful
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| earn some extra cash to pay for art
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| | salespeople told her NOT to stockpile on
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| classes to improve her business of
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| | products, so her vitamins filled three
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| hand-painting clothes. Excited about
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| | shelves in her basement. Any money she
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| selling products for Shaklee, the Emmaus,
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| | made went into next months inventory.
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| Pa. housewife signed on as a distributor.
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| | "Sometimes I thought this is crazy, but
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| Seven months later she quit in disgust.
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| | I'm also near the 18% level. Why am I not
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| Ginny says "she and her husband Tim, 41,
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| | content selling fewer products, for a 5%
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| a computer salesman, spent so much with
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| | bonus?" She started spending a lot of
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| Shaklee that they lost their $12,000
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| | time on the phone, and the bills ran
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| college fund for their three children,
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| | between $100 and $150 a month. She would
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| now 6, 11 and 16. If someone had told me
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| | leave her kids and husband at home,
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| in advance what I'd end up doing, I never
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| | working 60 hours a week. It did a number
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| would have started selling". Her
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| | on her marriage, and her kids were
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| experience began by answering an ad in
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| | ignored. She then stated, "The sales
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| her local newspaper. The person on the
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| | leaders started laying on the guilt at
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| other end of that ad, was a Shaklee
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| | the Shaklee meetings, making us feel we
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| distributor. Ginny started by purchasing
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| | were lagging in our sales volume. They
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| an $18 sales kit. However, this is where
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| | said, 'We've got the literature. We've
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| is gets ugly.
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| | got the products. We've got the trips.
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| Her sponsor said, he would "see if she
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| | What's wrong?'" She tried a lot of
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| was good enough at sales" (now, I'm
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| | different ways to sell for Shaklee like,
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| thinking, what kind of sponsor would ever
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| | but nothing seemed to work.
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| say that to a person in their downline).
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| | So what's wrong with this picture? It's
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| She told him she wouldn't go door-to-door
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| | the SPONSORSHIP. And it's also the
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| selling. He said that "you don't sell
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| | TRAINING. Shaklee, obviously failed
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| Shaklee, you share it". When she went to
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| | miserably in these two key areas. Ginny
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| her first Shaklee meeting, (you got to
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| | should have NEVER gone through what she
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| love those hotel meetings) they all
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| | did with Shaklee. Where was her support?
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| applauded to show support for her. That
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| | Instead, all she got was a guilt trip.
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| made her feel great. They promised her
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| | Please be careful when signing up for ANY
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| trips and cars. So, she decided to try
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| | MLM. Not just Shaklee. Ask yourself these
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| for the bonus of 18% of sales of
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| | important questions:
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| distributors below her level in the
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| | *Who is my mentor/trainer?
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| company. That required ordering a total
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| | *How long have they been with the
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| of $1,500 a month of vitamins and
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| | company?
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| skin-care products for her and 36
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| | *Will I have to go door to door selling
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| distributors that she would sign up. She
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| | products?
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| would say to her husband, "Just give me
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| | *Can I physically even go door to door
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| $500 from your checking account to help
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| | selling products?
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| bring in business, and next year we'll be
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| | *Will this company take me away from my
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| in California on a trip with Shaklee"! It
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| | spouse/children?
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| was like an addiction, she stated. Her
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| | *Will I be led on a guilt trip every time
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| husband even spent $4,000 on a computer
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| | I have to attend a company meeting?
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| to set up a program keeping track of
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