Back in 2021, I was introduced to Isagenix and the industry of network marketing.
Using Isagenix’s nutrition program I experienced great results. I dropped 5kg in 30 days. The last bit of stubborn fat from my belly was torched away. And I went on to have one of my best years of footy at the age of 30. We won the premiership that year.
I enjoyed the business aspect as well. I quickly realised that network marketing is a leadership business. To do well, you must become a leader and help develop other leaders. That’s how you experience leveraged and residual income with this business model.
We built a great team of likeminded people. We were having lots of fun building together, and earning some extra income on the side to help us achieve our goals.
Things were going well.
Until one nasty comment derailed us.
It was early Saturday afternoon. I was getting ready before footy. I checked my Facebook notifications and saw I’d been tagged in a post.
A guy I used to go to school with (who was notorious for being a pot-stirrer) posted:
“Isagenix and the Side Hustle Secret are a pyramid scheme. Prove me wrong.”
And he tagged myself and my teammates who I was building the business with.
He wanted a reaction and an argument.
None of us gave him that satisfaction.
But I felt angry. I felt attacked. And the thing that annoyed me the most, was that he was attacking my team mates. I knew my skin was thick enough to brush off his nasty attack, but how would it affect my teammates?
I messaged him to find out why he’d posted this. He accused me of using my influence as a financial coach to scam people.
He attacked my character and my integrity. And that hurt. Because I knew that was never my intention.
His comment would continue to haunt me for the next couple of years. I would often think about it and get angry. Wishing I had written a smart comeback to counter his attack. His nasty comment was living in my head rent free. Causing damage.