Is It Worth Investing in Personal Development Books Recommended by MLMs?

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I have seen that most of the MLMs promote some sort of self-help or personal development literature. Should I invest my resources in these books even if I choose not to be a part of the MLM?

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Self-advancement literature recommended by involves can also be useful for self-improvement, irrespective of being a part of the company or not. Such books as ‘The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth’, ‘The Five Love Languages’, and ‘Rich Dad Poor Dad’ as far as them getting an endorsement never cease to amaze way people think and thus influence them in a positive manner. Such books can be looked at from this angle equally and used in the manner that the teachings contained in them require the readers to adjust them to suit their lifestyles.
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I was in Amway for about two years. The only thing good I took away was to read self help books. Reading has changed my life and it was because of Amway. Never really read books until I joined. Will never be a part of another MLM again but will always be grateful I joined initially.
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Thanks so much for sharing your story! I was recently approached by someone I met in a training course who told me that he was being mentored by a group of successful business people to have financial freedom and earn passive income. But he didn't mention Amway at all and what they are actually doing to achieve that. I was curious and wanted to meet his mentor.

So we had a few meetings and I attended one of their group sessions as well, in which there were about 200+ people. To be honest, their approach in self-development and the books/resources they recommended were quite useful and I found that aspect sensible.

But after attending a few sessions as a part of the recruitment process I decided to step back and do a bit of research and reflect on how my life would look like if I proceed with them. This content is one of the rare ones I found useful but I had already told them that I don't want to continue with the process. Because although I think people in the group have the right mindset in terms of personal growth, financial freedom, and business, the problem with Amway is that the focus is always on recruiting new people, which in itself provides no value to anyone at all. You either promote products of a company in a similar fashion to a salesperson or trying to convince people to join you to do the same so it's a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy where no one is creating any value but because of the involvement and the investment that is being done by the followers there's a movement.

And also I had some conversations before with people who were in similar businesses and the problem with them is that you can never be sure if they're genuinely interested in getting to know and connect with you or if they're trying to recruit you into their business. So I didn't want to turn into one of those people. In general, I think the mindset is right but the area they apply that mindset is not so much.
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It's funny because I had the same experience years ago with amway here in Greece where I live. I also wanted to be an actor and after a while I realized that this kind of business wasn't for me. So I walked out of that. Also I agree with you about the books of self improvement are really important and helpful but you must be careful about the trap of staying in the self improvement world without really put those tools and strategies in real life where you can see results.
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I don’t know if you are aware, but they do make a cut from self development books. So if you buy them, do it from Amazon
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It's great to see you've grown a lot since then ❤ ...years later you finally realized > maybe thanks to that "baad positive thinking self-improvement books" you still reading < that if you mention Amway/MLM in your content, you can get some money for bigger amount of views I'm happy for you
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Ah, that was a fun three years for me as a PSDD.  The real money was in those books and functions, not the business itself.

My main take-away was Positive Mental Attitude is complete crap because you can't think your way out of situations you behaved yourself into.  Thanks for sharing.
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