Having Your Cake & Eating it Too

        We’ve all heard the age old saying: “Have your cake and eat it too.”   The corollary or paraphrase is probably just as familiar: “You can’t have it both ways.” I have always held the Christian value, “It’s better to give than to receive.” And throughout my life I have found it to be a good feeling when I helped others.But when it came time to dig deep and give up some of my assets, like money, I was always hesitant and caught with the “either or”.   Either I hold back some of this money for a rainy day or I trust in the Lord to provide and “give till it hurts.” I guess I’m different from other Christians, I always choose to limit my giving so it doesn’t hurt. Then I carry the guilt that I’m really not where I should be in this giving thing.  That’s just the way it is.  Right?

         But what if you found a business that allowed you to do just that?   Give money to others and still be able to keep it for yourself.  That’s not possible, right?  But it is.   Our Compensation Plan since 1992 has had the option that you can send commissions down the ladder to people who joined after you did. When I buy products from the company to sell or use myself,  I receive commissions on the wholesale purchase.  On average it is about $12.00 on a hundred dollars purchased. I am asked by the system, at time of purchase, where I want my commissions placed.  I can place all of it under myself and receive the $ 12.00. Or..., I can place it under another person, who I personally sponsored and brought into this business.  If I do that, this other person gets the $12.00.   Wow, nice gift.   But the commissions don’t stop there.  They flow up to the people above this other person and they also get $12.00. Wow  Even better, I’m giving a gift to more than one person.  Since I am above this person, who I brought into the company, I also get $12.00. Is that cool, or what? I get to keep my gift of $12.00.   I gave it away and I got to keep it. And every person in this business has the option to send his/her commissions to others he/she brought into this business as a gift while getting the same gift back.  So...., if this other person I sent my commissions to does the same thing, he gives his commissions to some other person below him who he sponsored in this business.   Then he gets his commission back. Cool.  We all get to “have our cake and eat it too.”   But even better,   when my “other” person gets his commissions back, they don’t stop with him.   It is the gift that keeps on giving.   The gift continues on to those above him.  And one of those people is me.   I get to watch my new partner share with others he has sponsored and then get his gift back and then send it on to me.  

         But what if this other person I sponsored came in later and is like way down the organizational ladder?  That would mean there are many people between him and me.   If the gift ($12.00) goes up, then shouldn’t those people also receive the $12.00?  And how can that be?  If this doesn’t pique your interest, you don’t qualify for our organization.  If it does, WE NEED TO TALK.