Site Visitor says thank you.

Scott,

Periodically I check your site to see what’s up; I credit you with saving me from total financial ruin and devastation, by just asking me some common sense questions.  Now, I’d like the opportunity to help others, hopefully, by taking them on my journey of discovery that thankfully started with a question, and believe me the question wasn’t what I heard so many times from stage which was “what if” it works.

When I was recruited, I had heard all about you within the first year; you were known as a failed distributor, and basically a real loser jerk type; my Upline even went so far as to repeat rumors that defamed your sexuality. When I look back, I marvel at how this Man could call himself a Christian, and speak so ill of another person. Some in “the business” feel that you are the one who speaks ill of people, but eventually I came to realize you were simply pointing out what was behind the glitz, glamour, smoke and mirrors, and it wasn’t very pretty. I realize now that the whole idea of this “Christian based” business is a very sad thing, as I don’t recall Jesus turning away from People because they didn’t see it his way. What type of Christian would not speak to someone because they don’t do “the business” anymore? I can find nothing in the Bible that would direct a person to act this way.

But I digress; the question you asked me when I emailed you years ago was so simple that years later I feel like a moron for even falling for the “business” in the first place. I had had emailed you to challenge you; I wanted to know why you were lambasting these good honest Men who were my Upline and mentors. To your credit, you emailed me back and said not one bad thing about my Upline; instead you asked me how much profit I was reporting on my tax return, plain and simple.  One might think this is a stupid or simple question, but when you have to face the facts, they do count!  When you asked me that question, I was scornful of you, as I felt you just didn’t get it, when in fact you did get it all along. But Scott, you planted the seed in my mind, and I had to start adding up all the time, the expenses, and I knew when you first asked the question I had not made one dime (even though others thought I was successful in the business) from all my hard work. I was hemorrhaging financially, and your question made me come face to face with it at last. I calculated that if I had taken a second job at a Hamburger joint, I would have made way more money!

I have found through the years since, that as time goes by I can now laugh at what I thought was so important when I was in the “business” and the system ruled my World. Life is so much better now, and I no longer have to worry about being seen out in public at the discount store buying household items, because I would be branded “disloyal.”  In fact, I have run into my Upline several times while shopping at a major discount store, and I always get a good laugh on the way out to the car thinking about it. As time goes on, I can’t believe I actually attended “seminars” where leaders on stage told us how to run our households, our marriages, our friendships, our families, and basically our lives. Sadly, as time has marched on, I have also seen friends lose their homes due to the pile of debt they have amassed, believing, as they were told, that they are a winner, they can do it, don’t throttle back when times are tough, throttle up and go!

Thank you so much for your common sense answer several years ago; you have been a pivotal person in my life for caring enough to not only put up this website in an attempt to help many, but for caring enough to answer a challenging email I sent to you.

Former SOT Member and system promoter