I was reminded yesterday of a nickname I was given almost 20 years ago, when someone (sorry, I can’t remember who) introduced me at a conference I was speaking at as “the Jiminy Cricket of network marketing“. (The nickname has stuck ever since.)

In case you’re not familiar, Jiminy Cricket was a pivotal supporting character in the early Disney cartoon “Pinocchio”. He was appointed, reluctantly, to help Pinnocchio — a puppet brought to life to learn to become a real boy — stay out of trouble by acting as his conscience.

It got me to thinking, and I discovered that Jiminy and I shared at least SEVEN common attributes…

1. We share the same initials. (Okay, that’s trivia — but maybe it fits? An omen? *lol*)
2. We both have strong, active consciences — and we use them to help others.
3. We’re reluctant warrior-philosophers. We’d really rather not have to be the voice of reason.
4. We’re no strangers to failure in our quests. Most of the time, our advice is ignored.
5. But we CARE… so we keep on in the hope that we can make a difference.
6. We’re both committed to the cause — we’re determined, dedicated and disciplined.
7. Despite everything, we’re both optimists. The glass is half full. We keep the faith.

Jiminy’s reluctance, his stumbling first efforts, his constant frustration when his well meant advice was blithely ignored by the person he wanted to help all struck a chord with me. Especially when Pinnocchio — naive, ignorant, desperate and gullible — was sucked in by sly, deceptive, manipulative, abusive predators and parasites, like the fox and the cat, who were recruiting gullible boys for a very sinister purpose.

It reminds me of so many network marketers (and Internet marketers) who wander innocently into the clutches of “Heavy Hitter” MLM mega-recruiters and IM “Gurus”, who immediately latch onto them, sink their fangs, suckers, probosci, etc, ever-deeper into their blood supply (cashflow) and begin the relentless bleeding of their newfound victim until, like all parasites and predators, their victim is bled dry and they have to go in search of new prey.

Or, like vampires — the supreme parasites — they infect their victims, then send them out to find fresh victims.

Does this sound depressingly like YOUR network marketing or Internet marketing experience?

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Isn’t it time to DO something before you’re consigned forever to the MLM carnival island where everyone turns into what they always were…?

DONKEYS!

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