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Multilevel marketing schemes exploit the most fundamental human desires.

Nu Skin, for example, lured people in by appealing to two universally coveted traits:

1. The desire to make big money (paired with the prerequisite that you must work hard to succeed);

2. The need to be loved and validated. There’s no negativity—only affirmation and praise.

Regular offline gatherings where members encourage each other are a key way they maintain customer engagement.

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It’s encouraging to see how much of daily life can now be broken down into numbers. Take pig farming, for example: the cost runs about $15 per kilogram, meaning it takes roughly $15 to raise a pig to add one kilogram of meat. (One kilogram equals two jin, or about 4.4 pounds.)

Consider that pork sells for $15–30 per jin, which implies a profit margin of around 100%.

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What you care about becomes your weakness; the more you care, the more vulnerable you become.

Strong people never concern themselves with external factors. Only by not caring can you remain unharmed.

If it took five years to save your first $50,000, the second should’ve come in three — and didn’t. Anything longer than that is a warning sign. It means your industry has fallen behind the average, and you’re stuck in one that’s on its way down.