"In times of profound change, the learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists." — Al Rogers

Note:

Its not so much a case of "old" is "bad" and "new" is "good". The "old to new" distinction above simply represents another evolution in business economies. Depending on one's level of awareness in how values are generated in the "business world" one can either make use of that knowledge or not.

As a "futurist" I can get overwhelmed by the apparent endless possibilites of doing MLM whilst I still have to remember that a good ol' corporation was developed from underlying "old" principles that reliably makes money today albeit not necessarily in the "best" way by the standards of today's "Nintendo Generation".

The "21st Century" to me means more self-opportunities than ever before to "succeed" without having to renounce one's self entirely to the needs of the "old" collectivists who constantly need "new blood" for their aging organizations.

So, to combine the "old" with the "new" to produce that all-important thing: RESULTS. Hence why they usually say "don't give up your day job" and build one's MLM business in one's spare time until one can comfortably "retire" by any means logically possible. Its not a case of join the MLM cult because working for a corporation is outright dumb. No. Its about understanding the benefits of a different paradigm in business, leverage and distribution of values, products and services.

Also remember that "MLM" is a "new" paradigm for economic distribution of wealth essentially allowing the average joe to compete head-on with the "big boys" already established. I'm not talking exclusively about the notorious network marketing company Amway. Indeed some wise man said that if you're not making money on-line then you have no business being there. Getting paid on affiliate commissions through one's own self-efforts to market a company's products or service is yet another form of "MLM". Its just a case of how deep does this rabbit hole go with regards to the business possibilities.

Is it any wonder that "non-profit" charity organizations (such as Barnardo's — you see how I've just advertised them for free) have to start thinking like "real businesses" to compete in the "21st Century" or else perish? I don't think so. This fits in nicely with a favorite "atheist" quote of mine as follows:

So, what if…

• The man poised with the greenish block removed it. The pyramid would surely collapse and everyone would get affected from top to bottom whilst the "short-circuit" remains.
• A node (or person) in the network went "off-line". The remaining network would carry on unaffected with minimal interruption as the flow of distribution dynamically adjusts to compensate.

So what is an economy?

An economy is the system of human activities related to the production, distribution, exchange, and consumption of goods and services of a country or other area.

The composition of a given economy is inseparable from technological evolution, civilization's history and social organization, as well as from Earth's geography and ecology, e.g. ecoregions which represent different agricultural and resource extraction opportunities, among other factors.

Economy refers also to the measure of how a country or region is progressing in terms of product.

Economy, Wikipedia.org

What is a corporate pyramid?

"The strongest structure known to man that restricts your prosperity until new positions, jobs, roles, tasks, responsibilities become available."

In the OLD economy the pyramid is too strong to the point of inflexibility and rigidness. Thus the guys at the top make all the money and the guys at the bottom don't. In other words, my success is directly proportional to my time and rate-of-pay as set forth by "the authorities" within the organization for a particular role.

What is a business network?

"An association of men and women who mutually prosper through free-exchange and voluntary choices."

In the NEW economy the network is "the missing link" that promotes true laissez-faire capitalism¹ for the average person. A person administrates their own network then moderates the administration of immediately connected networks. In other words, my success is directly proportional to my efforts and rate-of-commission as set forth by the universal marketing scheme within the company. Thus my self-corporate "rate-of-pay" is self-defined according to self-efforts and self-risks.

When its RESULTS that matter…

An established corporate pyramid with huge amounts of (amoral) profits can use all that excess capital for only one thing. Overzealous advertising of mediocre products and services. Ignorance is the malady of the ignorant in regards to consumer loyalty.

A self-lead business network of self-leaders with (pure) performance-related incomes can use all that extra capital for one thing. More "freedom" to live a dream life, and pump all that "free" time back into the network. Thus knowledge is the power to conquering one's nature on getting what really matters: RESULTS.

Pyramids vs Networks

A pyramid structure is indicative of GAMMA "narrow-scoped employers" with DELTA "narrow-scoped employees" to make workable. To maintain "unequal opportunities" everything must be RESTRICTED including knowledge on how the business actually makes money to strategically promoting employees to provide an illusion of false hope to an unachievable prosperity. Whether an employee rises to the "top" in 5, 10, 25 or 50 years the result will inevitably be the same: What do I do with all this capital? Hence the cliche that "the love of money is the root of all evil".

A network of networks (ad infinitum) is indicative of ALPHA "wide-scoped accounting" with BETA "instant action" to actually realize the thing. Since the inevitable goal is (true) "equal opportunities" for any person regardless of age, skills or education etc. everything must be SHARED, from knowledge on how to do the business to all available tactics you might find useful to assist in doing it. The "top" of your business is self-defined thus all income generated is the root of all good because every penny can be accounted for in relation to all self-efforts.

Conclusions

A well-established (and growing) business network is a sure-fire way to prosperity for the average Joe that those pesky GAMMA corporations don't want us to know about with the odd DELTA religious follower to strike fear into our hearts with how "evil" it is to achieve wealth and riches, whilst hypocritically they live a paradoxical life of psuedo-prosperity. I know this to be true because my Science of Getting Rich publication by Wallace D. Wattles always insults my DELTA INFj friend just from the cover. Talk about narrow-mindedness and creating "realities" from emotional whims.

Anyway… begin the self-revolution today by being the change you want to see in the world!

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