New Years Resolution for Network Marketers (and Wannabes)

It's New Year's Eve, December 31st, 2013, and a New Year is almost upon us.

So I'd like to propose some new year's resolutions for the various network marketers and wannabes. Here are 7 simple items.

• I will not be hurried into making a decision I shall regret later. 
• I will not be swayed into making a decision after only hearing a one-sided presentation, no matter how good it sounds. 
• I will learn how promoters use psychological coercion on me and others so I can avoid such 
• I will not make bad arguments by using logical fallacies and irrelevant facts as that would only make me sound ignorant and stupid if I make such bad arguments. 
• I will fact-check and perform due diligence on claims I repeat. I shall remember 'Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence'. (Arthur C. Clarke)
• I will learn about pyramid schemes and Ponzi schemes from real sources, such as lawyers and scambusters, rather than people who don't know what they are talking about. 
• I will learn all I can about the career I an interested in, such as network marketing, even "negative" stuff that nobody seem to want to talk about because I don't want to be blind-sided by anything.  

All of these are for personal improvement, and none of them are very hard.

And finaly, some well wishes.

If your heart is pure, may you never be scammed, and never forget to do due diligence. 

If you spot a scam, verify, discuss, and make your findings public. Being silent about scams is letting evil spread unchecked.  

If you are scamming others, stop. Go forth and sin no more. And may the Lord have mercy on your soul, while you make restitutions and admit your guilt. 

If you were a victim, may be you receive the maximum restitution possible, and learn to be more skeptical so you may go forth and be gullible no more. 

Happy New Year, and here's to a prosperous 2014!