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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SHARK" data-source="post: 948993" data-attributes="member: 1131">Greetings!Ulrick, my friend, I have to agree with all of the observations given by others. I have been to seminars, I've seen books and tapes, and I have known friends who have gotten into Amway and other such schemes and companies, very similar to Primerica.I have to say, don't do it. If you want a good job, do one or more of four things:(1) Join the Military. (2) Get into a Trade Union, like the Painters Union, IBEW, Carpenter's Union, etc. Trying out to be a policeman is fine work as well, and they have a union, too.(3) Attend a trade school, or a technical school, and learn about some kind of technical computer skills, technology, or finance. These skills and training packages can upgrade your resume and your own knowledge, and serve to open new doors of opportunities for you, in many directions.(4) Attend a college or university; here you can work for a bachelor's degree, and even more. Such excellent formal schooling provides perhaps the greatest diversity of opportunity and the best range in salaries and income potential over the long term.Get-rich quick schemes and all of these pyramid/uplink/diamond people companies all promise the moon, and the argue against the "40/40 plan" all the time, but I have to tell you, they're wrong. By the way, the "40/40 plan" is the everyday work 40 hours a week for 40 years plan, that many Americans get into.It's hard work. But you know what? The only people I know that have really anything in life, and indeed, all the good things in life, are people that have done just that--the 40/40 plan, or something close to it.Also, Primerica as someone stated, is keyed not on you selling anything per se--for that isn't where you make any real money. Where the money is, is in you getting "X" number of people to sign up, and they in turn have to sign up, too, and so on and so on. Unless you personally know at least 12 people that are dead-on to get into this too, then I would certainly say forget it. This kind of operation requires too many intangibles for *you* to actually earn any money--meanwhile, your not going anywhere, and your not paying any bills, because you are spending all of your time trying to sell people into buying into signing up for Primerica with you. I also have to say that these people become almost cult-like. It's like a religion to them, where they have to talk about it with everyone they meet, and in fact, all of their social contacts become merely a means to an end--are they interested in joining? How can you find ways to get your friends/relatives/coworkers/fellow church members to all sign up into your business? It becomes an endless quest for new recruits, and I have to tell you, the market is so saturated with these kinds of get-rich quick schemes and companies, that most people are gonna run the other way before you even get started. It is a frustrating, and depressing way to try and make a living, Ulrick, and I hope you can be persuaded to get hooked up with something else. I wish you the best Ulrick. I really do.Semper Fidelis,SHARK</blockquote>

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