I’ll quote this again as it was on the previous thread because it could help potential MLM victims protect themselves from predatory bots who want to part them from their hard-earned money.
“No doesn’t mean ‘no’ it means ‘not right now” is in the MLM commandments! That one is a Forever Fibbing Classic.
Have you ever read Gavin de Becker’s “The Gift of Fear“? Everyone should read it - it explains how intuition keeps you safe and contains a lot of common sense. Here are some de Becker’s quotes which are apt in many situations - especially MLM situations.
‘I encourage people to remember that “no” is a complete sentence.’
‘“No” is a word that must never be negotiated, because the person who chooses not to hear it is trying to control you.’
‘There’s a lesson in real-life stalking cases that young women can benefit from learning: persistence only proves persistence—it does not prove love. The fact that a romantic pursuer is relentless doesn’t mean you are special—it means he is troubled.”
‘Niceness is a decision, a strategy of social interaction; it is not a character trait. People seeking to control others almost always present the image of a nice person in the beginning. Like rapport-building, charm and the deceptive smile, unsolicited niceness often has a discoverable motive.’
‘If you tell someone ten times that you don’t want to talk to him, you are talking to them—nine more times than you wanted to.’
Wise words indeed.
Oh my goodness, I need to read this book.