Imagine you're at work one day... and your boss comes to
you and says,

"Bad news, we're going to have to fire you. Business is
bad. And the economy stinks."

You feel depressed. No more career. No more regular paychecks.

And then the boss says,

"You know what? If you were to work just one extra hour
overtime every day for free, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., Monday
through Friday, we'll let you keep your job and you can
continue collecting your same paycheck."

Now, what would you do?

Well, most people would say,

"Well, I will work the extra hour of overtime just to keep
my job. I know I will be working the extra hour for free,
but it is important to keep my present job."

And then the boss says,

"Well, I know it's kind of bad news for you but there is
some good news. If you work an hour of overtime, Monday
through Friday for no pay, just one extra hour a day . . .
at the end of two years, we'll let you retire at full pay."

All of a sudden, how do you feel?

You feel like saying,

"Wow! Excellent! What an opportunity!
Just work one hour overtime for free, Monday through Friday,
and two years from now . . . I retire at full pay!"

So what would happen?

You're working overtime and six months later one of your
friends says,

"Hey, why don't you quit doing that? You're working an
hour overtime and not getting paid for it."

You say to your friend,

"No way! I only have 18 more months to go and then I'm
going to retire!"

A year from now, maybe your spouse says,

"You know what, dear? You've been working that free hour
of overtime for the past 12 months. Why don't you spend
more time here at home instead of working that hour overtime?"

You say,

"No, no, no! Just one more year and I can retire at full pay."

And you would be at work faithfully, Monday through Friday,
working that overtime so you could retire.

And you would be excited about the opportunity.

Well, we have the same opportunity to retire with our
network marketing business.

We ask people to spend one hour a day, Monday through
Friday building a network marketing business. And all
you have to do is . . . talk to some people.

And you don't have to worry too much about what you say
or how good you are, because you know what? You'll get
better. The longer you do network marketing, the more
you'll learn.

So maybe after the first month you say,

"Gee, I really don't know what to say."

The second month you get a little better and say,

"Well, I know the name of the company is the Wonderful
Company."

The third month you get better at this and say,

"I think this is a neat business. You might want to
look at it."

And the fourth month you get better and better.

Just invest an hour a day. And at the end of two years
you might be pleasantly surprised and say,

"You know what, I can replace my full-time income and
retire for the rest of my life."

So . . . would you take advantage of that opportunity?

If you are like most people, you will want to take
advantage of this wonderful opportunity . . . but,
you won't do it.

Here is why you won't do it.

A little voice inside of your head is saying,

"But what if it doesn't work? What if I waste an hour
a day over those two years? What if I'm not good at
this? I don't know anyone who has retired in network
marketing. I only know people who retired with a pension
from a job. This might not be a sure thing."

Yes, you're going to have some doubt. You will have
a belief problem.

And that's pretty natural.

So here is what we are going to do to help you with
your belief.

To encourage you along the way, every so often we're
going to send you a check in the mail -- just to keep
your spirits up as you build your two-year business.
When you get these occasional checks, you will say,

"I know it works! I've got these checks to prove it."

And that is why you want to start your business today...

by the way the conclusion is, for a long term career the best thing to do is business.Anyone?

i guess this passage is no more than an introductory passage from some networking marketing strategy company.
it's similar to wat i hv heard so far and their 2 year retirement scheme seems attractive. but it really depends on individual on how they intepret it.

From my understanding, 1 hour overtime unpaid.. 5-6 pm okay wat.. not asking u to take back till 9-10 pm

i think the thread starter must be from some MLM thingie.... hahahahha

Well allets... while it's true that doing ur own business is more rewarding... try and have a look at see how many ppl are successful in their businesses...

i think the key thing is you can work for ppl but must learn how to invest your money...

Smells like a possible thread for MLM. FYI thread starter, MLM offers are not welcomed here. If it is indeed true that you're moving towards there, then you should close this thread. Thanks.

I smell MLM thingy without even reading the story itself.

Look at the title Have you ever think about ur career/job? and you know it has something to do with MLM.

i duno what field the threadstarter works in but i'm 200% sure he's not in IT

network marketing = MLM all the same.

it says, read your work contract clauses carefully, and never sign and let them ask you to sign on the spot....

1. I will not work 1 hour for free, if my working contract does not say that.

2. Compensation or severance package for firing me, will suit the situation... IF I sue, I will have my lawyer validate it is due to business is bad, hiring an external auditor to validate the facts....else... the company is gonna eat humble pie!.

It seems easy to say "Fire you" ...said then done....
when you know contacts in legal rights, it not that easy to abuse Labour law that easy.

boo! boo! boo! to MLM

Yup. Threadstarter is a hardcore MLMer through and through. In fact this story even popped up in another totally unrelated thread. The funniest thing?

His/Her English is nowhere near the level exhibited in this "story". Cut and paste does wonders.

this seems forwarded from friendster.... look at the length of passage