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David Wood CEO Empower Network

David Wood – CEO Empower Network About MLM Criticisms

 

David Wood CEO Empower Network has some interesting thoughts about MLM criticisms:

David: the vast majority of criticisms to network marketing as a business model come from people who:

1. Are broke (broke is relative – most people who are adamant critics make less than $30,000 a year, which is an average north american income)

2. Joined a company, thinking that it is a lotto, and when they didn't easily make money, they quit, before they could learn the skills to build it properly.

3. Now, they assume the total reality of Network Marketing can be summed up by their short lived experience, where they didn't get the results that they want, because……what they were doing was stupid ๐Ÿ™‚

So rather than adjusting their actions to produce the result that they want, they blame the industry, and lash out with stupid, nonsensical generalizations, that bear no basis in reality – statements like:

"MLM is like building a leaking bucket" (pure stupidity, and an over generalization based on lack of correct knowledge)

"You have to get in at the top to make money" (not realizing that the vast majority of people making money in all companies, didn't, and most people who do get in at the top quit)

"Your chances for success are like playing a lotto" (again, pure stupidity, making the assumption, and generalization, that any business but gambling is based on 'odds of success' as if life is played, like you roll dice. There are no 'odds' because it is not gambling)

"If the product was so good, they would just sell it, why would they need the reps…" (a flawed assumption that a company owner has a burning desire to build their entire company via traditional advertising.)

"MLM is just pure hype…"

Now for this one, I actually had to check the definition of 'hype': Verb: "Promote or publicize (a product or idea) intensively, often exaggerating its importance or benefits." Again, this is a flawed assumption, and generalization, that the promises aren't perfectly true, when correct energy is applied to correct knowledge and correct action.

For example: Every promise made to me in all my years of Network marketing was actually an 'under-promise' – meaning that what happened when I learned the skills was dramatically better – in all dimensions, than the promise that was made. Interesting, isn't it?

Lesson:

When you criticize something because you failed, you look like a moron to everyone in the world (and there are a lot) who aren't weanies, wimps, and wussies.

Enjoy the 26 jobs you'll have between 21 and retirement, your extremely stressful finances will provide motivation to the next generation of networkers (your kids, who don't want your life) who will succeed, after they join 10,000 levels down in my organization, 30 years from now ๐Ÿ™‚

 

Empower Network Top Earners est. income for 80+ distributors:

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WW Rank Name Company Est. Month Est. Year Website
79 David Wood and David Sharpe EmpowerNetwork $150,000 $1,800,000 www.empowernetwork.com
207 Paul Olefirenko EmpowerNetwork $95,000 $1,140,000 www.empowernetwork.com
420 Anik Singal EmpowerNetwork $74,000 $888,000 www.empowernetwork.com
423 Tracey Walker EmpowerNetwork $73,000 $876,000 www.empowernetwork.com
445 Justin Verrengia EmpowerNetwork $69,000 $828,000 www.empowernetwork.com
555 Lawrence Tam EmpowerNetwork $54,000 $648,000 www.empowernetwork.com
571 Chuck and Christie Marshall EmpowerNetwork $51,000 $612,000 www.empowernetwork.com
701 Jon Mroz EmpowerNetwork $49,500 $594,000 www.empowernetwork.com
709 Aaron and Sophia Rashkin EmpowerNetwork $48,500 $582,000 www.empowernetwork.com
751 Michelangelo & Lina Lopez EmpowerNetwork $45,000 $540,000 www.empowernetwork.com
755 Paulo Barroso EmpowerNetwork $45,000 $540,000 www.Paulo-Blog.com
789 Nicole Cooper EmpowerNetwork $41,000 $492,000 www.empowernetwork.com
893 Paul Lynch EmpowerNetwork $39,500 $474,000 www.empowernetwork.com
938 Chris Campbell EmpowerNetwork $38,000 $456,000 www.empowernetwork.com
943 Kano & Ms.K EmpowerNetwork $36,000 $432,000 www.empowernetwork.com
985 B.A.M.M. Crew EmpowerNetwork $34,000 $408,000 www.empowernetwork.com
995 Silvio Fortunato EmpowerNetwork $32,500 $390,000 www.empowernetwork.com
1089 Kevin & Melissa Knecht EmpowerNetwork $29,500 $354,000 www.empowernetwork.com
1118 Rob Fore EmpowerNetwork $29,000 $348,000 www.empowernetwork.com
1127 Layla Staats EmpowerNetwork $28,750 $345,000 www.empowernetwork.com
1128 Sam Crowley EmpowerNetwork $28,700 $344,400 www.empowernetwork.com
1168 Glenn Arcaro EmpowerNetwork $27,800 $333,600 www.empowernetwork.com
1169 Chris Record EmpowerNetwork $27,500 $330,000 www.empowernetwork.com
1170 Kim Klaver EmpowerNetwork $27,400 $328,800 www.empowernetwork.com
1177 Stone Evans EmpowerNetwork $27,000 $324,000 www.empowernetwork.com
1180 Troy Shanks and Melissa Santiago EmpowerNetwork $26,500 $318,000 www.empowernetwork.com
1186 Tissa Godavitarne EmpowerNetwork $26,000 $312,000 www.TeamTissa.com
2100 Franco Gonzalez EmpowerNetwork $24,500 $294,000 www.empowernetwork.com
2190 Nicole Ramasko EmpowerNetwork $24,000 $288,000 www.empowernetwork.com
2215 Laura Parrish EmpowerNetwork $23,600 $283,200 www.empowernetwork.com
2224 Kappa Kaoma EmpowerNetwork $22,100 $265,200 www.empowernetwork.com
2275 Paul Hutchings EmpowerNetwork $21,750 $261,000 www.empowernetwork.com
2276 Alex Zubarev EmpowerNetwork $21,500 $258,000 www.empowernetwork.com
2277 Carol Douthitt EmpowerNetwork $21,500 $258,000 www.empowernetwork.com
2355 Rui Gabriel EmpowerNetwork $21,000 $252,000 www.empowernetwork.com
2367 Jeff Buchanan EmpowerNetwork $20,500 $246,000 www.empowernetwork.com
2603 John Lavenia EmpowerNetwork $19,700 $236,400 www.empowernetwork.com
2620 Simon Stepsys EmpowerNetwork $19,000 $228,000 www.empowernetwork.com
2642 Chris and Susan Beesley EmpowerNetwork $18,400 $220,800 www.empowernetwork.com
2671 Avram and Nikki EmpowerNetwork $17,500 $210,000 www.empowernetwork.com
2673 Greg Viegas EmpowerNetwork $17,400 $208,800 www.empowernetwork.com
2692 Ankur And Seema Agarwal EmpowerNetwork $16,950 $203,400 www.empowernetwork.com
2693 Cristina Munoz EmpowerNetwork $16,950 $203,400 www.empowernetwork.com
2695 Tim Edwards EmpowerNetwork $16,650 $199,800 www.empowernetwork.com
2699 Eric Bechtold EmpowerNetwork $16,375 $196,500 www.empowernetwork.com
4459 Robert Mercado EmpowerNetwork $15,000 $180,000 www.MercadoSecrets.com
4559 Jeremy Gray EmpowerNetwork $14,925 $179,100 www.empowernetwork.com
4560 Bryan Addison EmpowerNetwork $14,900 $178,800 www.empowernetwork.com
4645 Niamh Arthur EmpowerNetwork $13,600 $163,200 www.empowernetwork.com
4648 Mark Call EmpowerNetwork $13,500 $162,000 www.empowernetwork.com
4650 Brandon Koon EmpowerNetwork $13,475 $161,700 www.empowernetwork.com
4652 Chris Rocheleau EmpowerNetwork $13,350 $160,200 www.empowernetwork.com
4657 Mark and Ronda Coccio EmpowerNetwork $13,250 $159,000 www.empowernetwork.com
4731 Kameron George EmpowerNetwork $12,950 $155,400 www.empowernetwork.com
4738 Larry Rivera EmpowerNetwork $12,625 $151,500 www.empowernetwork.com
4743 Lisa Kitter EmpowerNetwork $12,550 $150,600 www.empowernetwork.com
4815 Marc Barrett EmpowerNetwork $12,275 $147,300 www.empowernetwork.com
4982 Lorina Noble & Nikki Pinkk Goddess EmpowerNetwork $11,875 $142,500 www.empowernetwork.com
4988 Dakota McLearn EmpowerNetwork $11,775 $141,300 www.empowernetwork.com
4991 Joseph Zabrosky EmpowerNetwork $11,725 $140,700 www.empowernetwork.com
4992 Matthew Kidnan EmpowerNetwork $11,700 $140,400 www.empowernetwork.com
4995 Jon Penberthy EmpowerNetwork $11,600 $139,200 www.empowernetwork.com
5010 John Chatman EmpowerNetwork $11,325 $135,900 www.empowernetwork.com
5011 Lisa Diane EmpowerNetwork $11,300 $135,600 www.empowernetwork.com
5017 Landon Stewart EmpowerNetwork $11,150 $133,800 www.empowernetwork.com
5020 Martin Wilson EmpowerNetwork $11,025 $132,300 www.empowernetwork.com
5087 Bob Ullman EmpowerNetwork $10,975 $131,700 www.empowernetwork.com
5095 Paul Gardiner EmpowerNetwork $10,850 $130,200 www.empowernetwork.com
5097 Russell Brunson EmpowerNetwork $10,825 $129,900 www.empowernetwork.com
5121 Alan Cosens EmpowerNetwork $10,500 $126,000 www.empowernetwork.com
5123 Eli Gonzalez EmpowerNetwork $10,500 $126,000 www.empowernetwork.com
5126 Greg McMahon EmpowerNetwork $10,475 $125,700 www.empowernetwork.com
5138 Alexander and Ludmila Barenboim EmpowerNetwork $10,350 $124,200 www.empowernetwork.com
5143 Des and Dana EmpowerNetwork $10,300 $123,600 www.empowernetwork.com
5144 Samuel & Shantelle Golding EmpowerNetwork $10,300 $123,600 www.empowernetwork.com
5164 Raimundo Silva EmpowerNetwork $10,125 $121,500 www.empowernetwork.com
5166 Dot Com Direct EmpowerNetwork $10,100 $121,200 www.empowernetwork.com
5167 Julius Mohacsi EmpowerNetwork $10,100 $121,200 www.empowernetwork.com
5587 Keala Kanae EmpowerNetwork $9,950 $119,400 www.empowernetwork.com
5603 Steven Jenkins EmpowerNetwork $9,750 $117,000 www.empowernetwork.com
5612 Lena EmpowerNetwork $9,625 $115,500 www.empowernetwork.com
5621 Greg Onischuk EmpowerNetwork $9,550 $114,600 www.empowernetwork.com
5625 Kristian Hoenicke EmpowerNetwork $9,525 $114,300 www.empowernetwork.com
5637 Jason Moffatt EmpowerNetwork $9,475 $113,700 www.empowernetwork.com
5641 Scott Small EmpowerNetwork $9,450 $113,400 www.empowernetwork.com
5645 Adam Whiting & Megan Christine EmpowerNetwork $9,425 $113,100 www.empowernetwork.com
5660 Eric Green EmpowerNetwork $9,275 $111,300 www.empowernetwork.com
5670 Andrea Petoskey EmpowerNetwork $9,200 $110,400 www.empowernetwork.com
5671 Robert Probst EmpowerNetwork $9,200 $110,400 www.empowernetwork.com
5681 The Stay at Home Family EmpowerNetwork $9,075 $108,900 www.empowernetwork.com
5739 Chuck Morrison EmpowerNetwork $8,825 $105,900 www.empowernetwork.com
5740 Ed Przybylski EmpowerNetwork $8,825 $105,900 www.empowernetwork.com
5741 Paul Moore EmpowerNetwork $8,825 $105,900 www.empowernetwork.com
5761 Brian Michael / Chris Farcher EmpowerNetwork $8,675 $104,100 www.empowernetwork.com
5771 Amy Starr Allen EmpowerNetwork $8,625 $103,500 www.empowernetwork.com
5776 Dwayne Pyle EmpowerNetwork $8,600 $103,200 www.empowernetwork.com
5801 Miles Segers EmpowerNetwork $8,500 $102,000 www.empowernetwork.com
5823 Peter Day EmpowerNetwork $8,400 $100,800 www.empowernetwork.com
5824 Scott Smith EmpowerNetwork $8,400 $100,800 www.empowernetwork.com
5833 Samuel Levitz EmpowerNetwork $8,375 $100,500 www.empowernetwork.com
5851 Ashley and Jermaine EmpowerNetwork $8,275 $99,300 www.empowernetwork.com
5880 Yesid Alean EmpowerNetwork $8,050 $96,600 www.empowernetwork.com
5918 Jesse and Pieter Monsma EmpowerNetwork $8,000 $96,000 www.empowernetwork.com/jessejones
5994 Jason Cardamone EmpowerNetwork $7,900 $94,800 www.empowernetwork.com
6025 Aaron Darko EmpowerNetwork $7,775 $93,300 www.empowernetwork.com
6026 Success Luminary EmpowerNetwork $7,775 $93,300 www.empowernetwork.com
6032 Tom The Furry Hat Guy EmpowerNetwork $7,750 $93,000 www.empowernetwork.com
6042 Jeff Gardner EmpowerNetwork $7,675 $92,100 www.empowernetwork.com
6059 Adam Harding EmpowerNetwork $7,575 $90,900 www.empowernetwork.com
6060 Kent Sayre EmpowerNetwork $7,575 $90,900 www.empowernetwork.com
6062 Crystal Curtis EmpowerNetwork $7,550 $90,600 www.empowernetwork.com
6063 Marc Whitting EmpowerNetwork $7,550 $90,600 www.empowernetwork.com
6121 Lisa Torres EmpowerNetwork $7,300 $87,600 www.empowernetwork.com
6125 Maurice Katz EmpowerNetwork $7,225 $86,700 www.empowernetwork.com
6126 Ron Mead EmpowerNetwork $7,225 $86,700 www.empowernetwork.com
6130 Nick Evangelista EmpowerNetwork $7,200 $86,400 www.empowernetwork.com
6133 Alex and Erica Udeanu EmpowerNetwork $7,125 $85,500 www.empowernetwork.com
6150 Adriana Pezzuto EmpowerNetwork $7,000 $84,000 www.empowernetwork.com
6215 Rob and Barbie Zabel EmpowerNetwork $6,975 $83,700 www.empowernetwork.com
6222 Brian Bear EmpowerNetwork $6,900 $82,800 www.empowernetwork.com
6230 Lourens Haasbroek EmpowerNetwork $6,825 $81,900 www.empowernetwork.com
6240 Jordan Schultz EmpowerNetwork $6,675 $80,100 www.empowernetwork.com
6242 Jaron Ferandoes EmpowerNetwork $6,625 $79,500 www.empowernetwork.com
6248 Shalonda Gordon EmpowerNetwork $6,475 $77,700 www.empowernetwork.com
6249 Mark Shanks EmpowerNetwork $6,425 $77,100 www.empowernetwork.com
6251 Wes Bartell EmpowerNetwork $6,400 $76,800 www.empowernetwork.com
6252 Nicky Price EmpowerNetwork $6,375 $76,500 www.empowernetwork.com
6253 Rob Kidman EmpowerNetwork $6,375 $76,500 www.empowernetwork.com
6254 Susanna Simon EmpowerNetwork $6,375 $76,500 www.empowernetwork.com
6259 Judi Sheehan EmpowerNetwork $6,275 $75,300 www.empowernetwork.com
6260 Elena Fraga EmpowerNetwork $6,250 $75,000 www.empowernetwork.com
6271 David Varrone EmpowerNetwork $6,125 $73,500 www.empowernetwork.com
6273 Adam Ward EmpowerNetwork $6,100 $73,200 www.empowernetwork.com
6288 Brad Campbell EmpowerNetwork $6,075 $72,900 www.empowernetwork.com
6290 Natalie Gouche EmpowerNetwork $6,025 $72,300 www.empowernetwork.com
6536 Gabe Strom EmpowerNetwork $6,000 $72,000 www.empowernetwork.com
7078 Todd Dowell EmpowerNetwork $5,750 $69,000 www.empowernetwork.com
7085 Angela James EmpowerNetwork $5,675 $68,100 www.empowernetwork.com
7087 Rheo Cabalu EmpowerNetwork $5,650 $67,800 www.empowernetwork.com
7088 Robert Anderson EmpowerNetwork $5,650 $67,800 www.empowernetwork.com
7439 Tommy & Amy Rodriguez EmpowerNetwork $5,500 $66,000 www.empowernetwork.com
7441 Jason Kendrick Brown EmpowerNetwork $5,475 $65,700 www.empowernetwork.com
7444 Calvin Aman EmpowerNetwork $5,375 $64,500 www.empowernetwork.com
7445 Peter Sorensen EmpowerNetwork $5,375 $64,500 www.empowernetwork.com
7447 Mark Soto EmpowerNetwork $5,325 $63,900 www.empowernetwork.com
7449 Andrea Sloan Goodsaid EmpowerNetwork $5,250 $63,000 www.empowernetwork.com
7450 Danny and Geoff Storie EmpowerNetwork $5,250 $63,000 www.empowernetwork.com
7451 Christi Solomon EmpowerNetwork $5,225 $62,700 www.empowernetwork.com
7452 Hugo Boarotto EmpowerNetwork $5,200 $62,400 www.empowernetwork.com
7456 Jason Nedrow EmpowerNetwork $5,175 $62,100 www.empowernetwork.com
7457 Greg Davis EmpowerNetwork $5,150 $61,800 www.empowernetwork.com
7459 Daniel Giordano EmpowerNetwork $5,125 $61,500 www.empowernetwork.com
7472 Brian Cain EmpowerNetwork $5,075 $60,900 www.empowernetwork.com
7473 Carla Antunes EmpowerNetwork $5,075 $60,900 www.empowernetwork.com
7474 Vincent W EmpowerNetwork $5,075 $60,900 www.empowernetwork.com
7475 COL14 Marketing EmpowerNetwork $5,050 $60,600 www.empowernetwork.com
7476 Valerie Haderlie EmpowerNetwork $5,050 $60,600 www.empowernetwork.com
7478 Olga Grigiene EmpowerNetwork $5,025 $60,300 www.empowernetwork.com
8372 Ola EmpowerNetwork $5,000 $60,000 www.empowernetwork.com
8587 Shawn Johnson EmpowerNetwork $5,000 $60,000 www.empowernetwork.com
8706 Terence Tam EmpowerNetwork $5,000 $60,000 www.empowernetwork.com
8852 Aaron Chen EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8853 Aniko Giampietro EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8854 Ashley and Jermaine Steele EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8855 Beau Bridgewater EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8856 Bradley Gillies EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8857 Chris Bernardo EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8858 Clay Montgomery EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8859 CS Leong EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8860 Cynthia Social Cowgirl EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8861 Dann Sanderson EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8862 Darren Little EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8863 Debbie Turner EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8864 Doc EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8865 Don Glanville EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8866 Dwayne Pyle EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8867 Jaime Soriano EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8868 James D Alesandro EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8869 Jamison Palmer EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8870 Jem Tang EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8871 Jerry Maurer EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8872 Joe McVoy EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8873 John Wells EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8874 Jordan Alfredsson EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8875 Jose Rivera EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8876 Juanita Waterman EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8877 Kelly Williams EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8878 Kit Elliott EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8879 Kris and Jessica Barty EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8880 Kris Darty EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8881 Live Free Marketing EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8882 M Kidman EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8883 Mike Hobbs and Adam Whiting EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8884 Miller Rhodes EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8885 Nick Brambie EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8886 Ola and Shota Abitogun EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8887 Raven Starre EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8888 Ronda and Mark Coccio EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8889 Ryan Colsson EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8890 Ryan Farmer EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8891 Ryan Hartman & Josh Schoenly EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8892 Scott Ziateff EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8893 Seven Figure Society EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8894 Sola Fide Holdings LLC EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8895 Stefan Dessalines EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8896 Thed Sims EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8897 Thomas McMurrain EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8898 Tom Quach EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8899 University of Internet Sciences EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8900 Vanessa Levitz EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com
8901 Will Bingham EmpowerNetwork $4,900 $58,800 www.empowernetwork.com

 

Empower Network Disclaimer:

The amount of time it takes to achieve the stated income varies by participant. The estimates provided above were the result of an informal sampling of Empower Network participants. Basically, it takes hard work to make substantial income in this business. The income statistics above are for all active affiliates world wide for the date specified above, are based in US dollars, and update daily.

An 'active affiliate' is defined as someone who: 1) Has executed an affiliate application; 2) has an active membership with a minimum of the Empower Network blogging platform; 3)has received at least one direct commission in the last 30 days; 4) has either an approved merchant account, or integrated a payment method in the members area; and 5) has not been terminated, or chosen to discontinue for any reason.

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