14/09/2026
My thoughts on Zac Alvizโs MLM Ferrari post:
Naalala ko lang, ilang beses din akong nainvite sa MLM nung college. Di ako nagpush kasi wala naman ako pera pambayad haha.
Pero Iโve always found MLM interesting because some of the best agents, sellers and business owners I know today actually came from that world.
Actually, I tried doing a distributorship model with one of my brands before, somewhat similar to MLM. And doon ko na-realize kung gaano kahirap gumawa ng network of people who will consistently sell your product.
Kaya when I see people from MLM, one thing I canโt deny is their sales discipline.
Sanay kumausap ng strangers, mag-present, mag-follow up, ma-reject, mag-close, at mag-build ng team na parang kulto levels na ๐คฏ
And thatโs a fu***ng valuable skill in business ha.
Honestly, I think thatโs the part people are missing when they talk about MLM.
Whether you like the industry or not, it created people who were forced to learn how to sell. ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ
And selling is not something you can easily teach through a course. Or even sa school.
You learn it by doing it eh.
Thatโs why Iโm not surprised that some networkers eventually became good at ecommerce, real estate, insurance, agencies, and other businesses.
They already had the muscle. They just changed the arena.
Now, about doon sa Ferrariโฆ
I actually think Zac is asking the wrong question.
โ The interesting question isnโt: โ12 years ka na, bakit wala ka pang Ferrari?โ
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The better question is:
โDoes this business actually create sustainable income, or are we just looking at the lifestyle being presented to us?โ
Kasi sa totoo lang ako ha, Ferrari is not a business model. A mansion is not a business model. Luxury travel is not a business model.
Those are outcomes.
If youโre using those things to convince people that your business works, then yes, show me the numbers.
How many people actually succeed. How many quit. How much people actually earn.
Same as when selling a franchise.
Kasi that's a much more intelligent conversation.
But I disagree with the idea that โwalang Ferrari after 12 years = failure ka.โ
Thatโs just another form of measuring success through material things.
Maybe someone spent those 12 years building enough income to leave their job.
Maybe they were able to support their family.
Maybe they bought a house.
Maybe they built savings.
Nakapagpatapos na anak or kapatid.
Maybe they gained something even more valuable: Control over their time.
Thatโs success too. โค๏ธ
So I wouldnโt defend MLM as an industry. Kais marami rin talagang misrepresentation and unethical practices coming from karamihan sa mga networkers.
But I also wonโt pretend that nothing valuable came out of it.
Because Iโve seen the sales discipline it created in people.
And honestly, in ecommerce and ibang business nga, Iโve seen the opposite.
People want to sell online but donโt want to talk to customers.
ayaw magbenta
ayaw mag follow up
ayaw mereject
Ano ba?? Haha
They want to run ads and hope Facebook does the selling for them.
Thatโs not how business works eh
You can teach Meta Ads.
You can teach funnels.
But you canโt easily teach someone to have the balls to sell every single day.
MLM taught a lot of people that.
And whether you like MLM or not, thatโs a skill worth acknowledging
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