To assume all that endorse the ‘let them’ saying are working for a MLM

[Crofthead]

(prefacing this by stating that I don’t mean any disrespect with this question. I am genuinely curious. If you make money via MLM then good for you!)
i see ‘let them’ mindset recommendations fairly frequently on different platforms. As soon as I do I associate it with a MLM rep with a script about their digital ebook to teach how to make money online. Do people outwith MLM subscribe to it? Obviously the mindset was recognised before the title of the book was coined, but I’m talking specifically about the ‘let them’ enthusiasts. Not sure if it’s just used as an argument when they receive any questions on their ‘business’ that they want a quick rebuttal for.
YABU - I am a fan and am not associated with MLM
YANBU - yes all MLM

Yeah a lot of tiktok speak is just from these books with half filled pages of inspirational quotes

Havent read the let them theory though that might be a proper book but I still associate them all together as mum people

Yep. This is a big favourite with MLM people. They wrongly credit it to the Robbins woman but she lifted it from someone else. MLM people use “let them” as a defence against the increasing criticism MLM companies rightly get for their dishonestly and manipulation of their reps.

people criticising your business - let them
friends being unsupportive - let them
friends not signing up because they are failing at life - let them
people saying you’re trapped in a pyramid scheme when you know you’re not because your up line said so - let them

you get the idea.

I don’t even know want an MLM is ? Don’t like when people use abbreviations and assume everyone else knows what it means ?!!

Most people know what MLMs are by now though

Putting aside Mel Robbins ripped off an already published theory.....
Haven't MLMs been around for longer? I remember tupperwear parties, ann summers, virgin cosmetics & some weight loss drink (i dont remember the name)
Oh & I think i have a vague memory of a Jamie Oliver party!

That was Jamie Theakston. Brought out a collection of small china animals with no faces.

What’s a MLM again? Why cut out half your audience by not being clear - esp given people will be half asleep on top 😴

Multi Level Marketing

Where have all the posters come from that don’t know what an mlm is? Bots?

I don't.

I thought that about the ones who do!

In a long standing poster and I have never heard of mlm. I’m not on tik tok though.

Multi level marketing, where some of the sales from the person at the bottom goes to the person who recruited them, and so on up the chain. Lots of social media posts plugging product and inspirational sayings.

Even in full I don't know what it actually means. Is it a pyramid scheme?

I think MLM is quite a working class Facebook type thing, in private school mum circles I’d never heard of it. God I sound like a snob, I’m really not.

OK so it is a pyramid scheme, just with a fancy title.

Tupperware parties weren’t MLM, you were a sales rep and would only order what your friends at the party wanted - there would be no pressure as there was no loss involved. And Tupperware was popular so it was just a way of avoiding overheads in the days before Amazon.

Im not that clear on what it is, how it works. Selling stuff I presume, like Avon used to? Dont get paid until you sell it or something?

I would be willing to bet that at least someone in your private school circles is flogging Usborne books, or Tropic skincare.

Like drug running then really. Thats how criminal enterprises work.

No, pyramid schemes are illegal, this isn't.

I learnt the term MLM in 2010s it’s been around online for awhile. ‘Let Them’ is an excellent strategy to not take accountability or responsibility for your behaviour.

But sellers did recruit other sellers and take part of their profits and did pay part of their profits up to their recruiter and so on, so it was a pyramid scheme, but a fairly benign one. There was actually pressure from the people above to increase your sales so they got more too. Although I think a lot of people at the bottom just did their own thing. And you couldn't really lose money.

Edit: I knew someone who was a bit up the tree and constantly went on about which of her recruits were doing well or not and trying to persuade people to join, I think there was a finder payment as well.

Was Avon cosmetics one as well?

Some pyramid schemes are illegal and the word is certainly one no one wants associated with their company structure, hence the nice impenetrable name now used.

Absolutely. And saying I never pressurise anyone to buy.