Some say that LIFE is a ZERO-SUM GAME....

Hi Paul,

That was a great article you linked to....

> This article is called the Zero Sum Theory
> and at least for me, it opened my eyes to
> the MLM industry and how UTTERLY FOOLISH
> those who try and hype prospects into
> believing that "everyone" can make
> money in MLM, are.

I agree.... SOME things ARE a "zero-sum game." I didn't really spell that out in my original post, but that's my general belief.... SOME things fall into the "zero-sum game" category....

And SOME things don't.

Here's my usual source of wisdom.... Hollywood!

Part of the original inspiration for my post was the movie "Wall Street" starring Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen.

Michael Douglas won an Academy award for his portrayal of the corporate raider Gordon Gecko.

Somewhere in the film, Gecko espouses his belief that everything is a ZERO-SUM GAME. And that's how he lives his life. He doesn't care about the losers, because he figures that life has winners and losers, and HIS view seems to be that you can't become a winner without creating a loser.

THAT's the view I don't agree with.... Because the pie doesn't have to stay the same size.

You can EXPAND the pie, thanks to technology, which is KNOWLEDGE and its APPLICATION.

Paul Zane Pilzer's book, "Unlimited Wealth," is where I learned this from. It may be out of print, but if you can find it, it's excellent.

The point is, you DON'T have to be a DOG to get ahead (as in "dog-eat-dog").... you can think WIN/WIN/WIN.

One way to do that is through KNOWLEDGE and its APPLICATION, or technology.

Creating, distributing, and applying it yourself.

Thank you for sharing that article with us, Paul....

Don't need to be a Gecko or a dog -- think WIN/WIN/WIN through technology, which is KNOWLEDGE and its APPLICATION. :)

Cheers,

Dien