Shortcut to Success?!
Well, it has been quite a while since I posted an article in this blog. That's due to the change in my dwelling place as well as my entry into the corporate world. Now I'm residing in the beautiful garden city, Bengaluru (Bangalore). I'm not going to write more about that now, but let me discuss an issue in which the current generation is getting attracted towards: finding shortcuts to success.
What is the most sought thing today? Probably, for most of us, it's money and nothing else. A more important issue regarding this matter is that everyone wants money, but without or minimal effort. But is it achievable?
There have been a lot of organizations which offer a huge money for a small investment, and there are a lot more people who go for them. With the advancement of the Internet and the means of online payments, it is growing even more rapidly nowadays. From offline firms like Amway to the online communities like agloco, from the antiquated firms like AllAdvantage to the emerging ones like eBiz and GISH, each of these firms has its own claims as to how the customer is able to earn a lumpsome amount. They promise to make you a millionaire in a year or two, but none of them has succeeded in this regard till now. Has anyone seen a person who is competing for a place in top 100 in the Forbes magazine just by participating in such organizations and making people members?
I'm not here to accuse these firms as frauds or to compell people not to join them. Each one has the right to do what he/she wants to do. Then why am I writing this article? I just want to share my yesterday's experience here.
My friend called me up requesting me to come to ITPL yesterday evening. He didn't tell any reason, but still I made sure that I went there. It was only after I met him that I came to know that he had called me to give a presentation about GISH, and now, I know that it has turned out to be a very good reason for me to write this article.
It was all about joining this organization by investing some amount initially and then urging others to be a part of it too. For every pair of members that you make, they give you 1000 bucks. And if you are able to have a certain fixed number of customers downline in a prescribed time period, you are eligible for some extra privileges by GISH. But that's not what matters here. An interesting figure he told was that even if you do only one pair of members in a month and consider the same rate of logins by those members and their downlines also, you'll end up with 212=4096 members at the last level in one year. So it's not a big deal to have a large number of people down the line. Seems interesting right? Just think, can you continue with the same growth rate for the next couple of years?? You'll have to have 230 pairs, which means 68,719,476,736 people. Current population of the world is just 10% of that. Where on the Earth do we find those many homosapiens then? Do we have count and include ancestors too and make them members?? There is no shortcut to success. Hard work can only fetch you what you want.
I forgot to mention, the presentation started with the expansion of GISH: Goals, Income, Savings and Happiness. According to the presentor, achieving Goals brings you Income, which when Saved, will give you Happiness. But does money alone ever bring happiness? Every insightful word or adage or Shloka tells that money is the cause of all the sorrows of man. As Adi Shankaracharya has described in Bhajagovindam:
Now tell me, do you still think that you can become rich overnight? And even if you do, does that bring you happiness? It is up to you to think and decide what you want to go. Whichever path you take, I wish you all the best!
What is the most sought thing today? Probably, for most of us, it's money and nothing else. A more important issue regarding this matter is that everyone wants money, but without or minimal effort. But is it achievable?
There have been a lot of organizations which offer a huge money for a small investment, and there are a lot more people who go for them. With the advancement of the Internet and the means of online payments, it is growing even more rapidly nowadays. From offline firms like Amway to the online communities like agloco, from the antiquated firms like AllAdvantage to the emerging ones like eBiz and GISH, each of these firms has its own claims as to how the customer is able to earn a lumpsome amount. They promise to make you a millionaire in a year or two, but none of them has succeeded in this regard till now. Has anyone seen a person who is competing for a place in top 100 in the Forbes magazine just by participating in such organizations and making people members?
I'm not here to accuse these firms as frauds or to compell people not to join them. Each one has the right to do what he/she wants to do. Then why am I writing this article? I just want to share my yesterday's experience here.
My friend called me up requesting me to come to ITPL yesterday evening. He didn't tell any reason, but still I made sure that I went there. It was only after I met him that I came to know that he had called me to give a presentation about GISH, and now, I know that it has turned out to be a very good reason for me to write this article.
It was all about joining this organization by investing some amount initially and then urging others to be a part of it too. For every pair of members that you make, they give you 1000 bucks. And if you are able to have a certain fixed number of customers downline in a prescribed time period, you are eligible for some extra privileges by GISH. But that's not what matters here. An interesting figure he told was that even if you do only one pair of members in a month and consider the same rate of logins by those members and their downlines also, you'll end up with 212=4096 members at the last level in one year. So it's not a big deal to have a large number of people down the line. Seems interesting right? Just think, can you continue with the same growth rate for the next couple of years?? You'll have to have 230 pairs, which means 68,719,476,736 people. Current population of the world is just 10% of that. Where on the Earth do we find those many homosapiens then? Do we have count and include ancestors too and make them members?? There is no shortcut to success. Hard work can only fetch you what you want.
I forgot to mention, the presentation started with the expansion of GISH: Goals, Income, Savings and Happiness. According to the presentor, achieving Goals brings you Income, which when Saved, will give you Happiness. But does money alone ever bring happiness? Every insightful word or adage or Shloka tells that money is the cause of all the sorrows of man. As Adi Shankaracharya has described in Bhajagovindam:
अर्थमनर्थं भावय नित्यं
नास्ति ततः सुखलेशः सत्यम् |
पुत्रादपि धनभाजां भीतिः
सर्वत्रैषा विहिता रीतिः ||
arthamanartham bhaavaya nityam
naasti tataH sukhaleshaH satyam ||
putraadapi dhanabhaajaam bheetiH
sarvatraiShaa vihitaa reetiH ||
Meaning:नास्ति ततः सुखलेशः सत्यम् |
पुत्रादपि धनभाजां भीतिः
सर्वत्रैषा विहिता रीतिः ||
arthamanartham bhaavaya nityam
naasti tataH sukhaleshaH satyam ||
putraadapi dhanabhaajaam bheetiH
sarvatraiShaa vihitaa reetiH ||
Wealth is problem - think deeply on this
There is no true happiness from that
A rich man is afraid even of his own sons
This is true everywhere and forever
There is no true happiness from that
A rich man is afraid even of his own sons
This is true everywhere and forever
Now tell me, do you still think that you can become rich overnight? And even if you do, does that bring you happiness? It is up to you to think and decide what you want to go. Whichever path you take, I wish you all the best!
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9 comments:
I completely agree with you da. There is this guy who is eagerly waiting to drill me with that so-called 'BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY' offered by Amway! I'm battling it hard to escape from him! I dunno why they don't get to know how impracticable it is to get those numbers, they predict they would be getting at the end of a year or two. Reading ur article was truly solacing:) Thanks a TON!!
Yeah, I see not even one such firm which has succeeded. Amway is very old, but those who join it leave after an year or so.
Hi,
Harish What u said was 100% true. Im always thinking why people are always wanted to make money that to without any efforts.
They r thinking money itself is their life. But truth is Work satisfication makes us very happines which may give money or not which is secondary.
Absolutely right Harish. Money won't give happiness in our life. It is so called "SATISFACTION" in work drives us to be happy forever. Thanx for the nice post.
Thanks Harish and Sriram for your comments.
@Harish: People always have a tendency to do the things which are bad for them. (Says Murphy's law)
@Sriram: Yes, work satisfaction is a lot more important than money. It not only gives you happiness and satisfaction, but makes you feel that you have achieved something in your life.
Hello Harish,
I(we) was(were) one of the haunted person(s) with this kind of organisation/cult/brainwashing camps. I dont have any prejudice about these systems. I found out that they use the variation of their own tactics from the books written by Dale Carnegie.
Reading his books will give out the true flavour :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Carnegie
Cheers
Couple more of recent news:
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/all-that-glitters-is-not-gold-in-network-marketing/59685-7.html
http://www.falseprofits.com/MLM%20Lies.html
http://www.falseprofits.com/MythofMLMIncome.doc.pdf
I know my response is very late, but I came across this article only today. Hope you manage to find my comment. I would disagree on most of the things you have mentioned Harish.
Firstly, network marketing is no easy business. This is definitely not a shortcut to success. Getting two people and building a chain sounds simple, but nowhere on earth its easy. How do I know this? Personal exprience my friend. :)
Secondly, as you mentioned, there are no people in the list of richest men who went there in the path of network marketing. That's true. But you need atleast a billion dollars in your bank account to be there, while this sector promises you to be a lakhpati in a matter of months. And I have seen people doing this, also heard a lecture from them.
Refer : http://www.myvideotalkindia.com/intro_2/index.asp
Thats the one I know. There are thousands of such people.
Thirdly, I again accept, that money is the root cause of all problems. But I would like to think in the other way. We all goto work daily, for what? You may give 100 reasons but in the end, it all boils down to one factor which spells M, O, N, E, Y. Whats wrong in earning it in this way and find time to do in what I would love to do?
These are my personal opinions. However, I respect your and your friends thoughts.
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