# network marketing (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover network marketing. Page: Feed: --- ## [The curiosity versus direct debate is the wrong argument.](https://robsperry1.substack.com/p/the-curiosity-versus-direct-debate) _2026-08-17 · Rob Sperry · Rob Sperry_ For the last couple of years our profession has been split into two camps. ## [The opposite of a toxic leader isn’t a nice one.](https://robsperry1.substack.com/p/the-opposite-of-a-toxic-leader-isnt) _2026-08-10 · Rob Sperry · Rob Sperry_ Brené Brown’s seven-year study on brave leadership found that more than half of leaders avoid hard conversations under the cover of being “nice and polite.” The team pays for it. ## [The seven ways your short-term promos are quietly working against you.](https://robsperry1.substack.com/p/the-seven-ways-your-short-term-promos) _2026-08-03 · Rob Sperry · Rob Sperry_ Daniel Pink's Drive laid out exactly how dangling carrots backfire. Comp plans and real recognition aren't the problem. The endless short-term contests bolted on top are. ## [The same tool that builds your business is the one that destroys it.](https://robsperry1.substack.com/p/the-same-tool-that-builds-your-business) _2026-07-27 · Rob Sperry · Rob Sperry_ Companies acquired through leveraged buyouts go bankrupt at 10 times the rate of comparable companies. The leverage was the only variable. Your business follows the same rule. ## [Most top earners are one bad quarter from financial collapse.](https://robsperry1.substack.com/p/most-top-earners-are-one-bad-quarter) _2026-07-20 · Rob Sperry · Rob Sperry_ Self-employed earners experience nearly 200% higher income volatility than traditional employees. This profession trains leaders to ignore that. The collapse that follows is predictable, and almost no ## [Personalization is the destination. Simplicity is the entry point.](https://robsperry1.substack.com/p/personalization-is-the-destination) _2026-07-13 · Rob Sperry · Rob Sperry_ Most leaders in this profession have the order backwards. They try to personalize before they have a system that works for anyone. The team collapses inside ninety days, and the leader blames the team ## [Your time horizon is shaping who you become. Most network marketers never noticed](https://robsperry1.substack.com/p/your-time-horizon-is-shaping-who) _2026-07-06 · Rob Sperry · Rob Sperry_ There’s a body of research most distributors will never read that explains more about their success or failure than any training they’ve ever consumed. ## [The most divisive word in network marketing isn't what you think.](https://robsperry1.substack.com/p/the-most-divisive-word-in-network) _2026-06-29 · Rob Sperry · Rob Sperry_ Deals. Bridges. BDAs. Leaders who agree on everything else go to war over this one. The reason: almost every argument about it is happening between two people who are looking at completely different s ## [The Crash Was Never a Surprise](https://robsperry1.substack.com/p/the-crash-was-never-a-surprise) _2026-06-22 · Rob Sperry · Rob Sperry_ I spent two years studying 53 direct selling companies that boomed and then fell apart. ## [Marketplace for AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/gA6UKhKrPnGI) _2026-06-22 · **Sponsored**_ Find professionals who use ChatGPT, Copilot, and Claude to deliver work faster. ## [The four disciplines that explain why some network marketers compound and others stall.](https://robsperry1.substack.com/p/the-four-disciplines-that-explain) _2026-06-16 · Rob Sperry · Rob Sperry_ There’s a business book called The 4 Disciplines of Execution by Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, and Jim Huling.