Episode 42: Eddie Arriola
Life After MLM
Roberta Blevins
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2021
⏱️ 103 minutes
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Summary
Eddie was a massage therapist in Tucson, Arizona looking for a more stable and rewarding career when an insurance agent walked though the spa's doors offering options. Though his time in insurance, he found himself working for World Financial Group, an insurance service MLM that seemed more interested in recruiting than selling appropriate policies. Eddie offers some practical advice, we share our love of Jewish bakeries and food, and where he's headed next.
Show Notes
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World Financial Group - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Financial_Group
Types of Life Insurance - https://www.iii.org/article/what-are-principal-types-life-insurance
The Great Recession - https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/great-recession.asp
Index Funds - https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/investing/how-to-invest-in-index-funds
BNI - https://www.bni.com/
Insurance Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/Insurance/
Personal Finance Reddit Wiki - https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/wiki/insurance/
Securities - https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/security.asp
The Jetsons Meet The Flintstones - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jetsons_Meet_the_Flintstones
People Helping People MLM Scam - https://www.reddit.com/r/antiMLM/comments/eule06/php_agency_is_an_mlm_scam_heres_the_facts/
Class Action Lawsuits & Insurance - https://uphelp.org/claim-guidance-publications/whats-up-with-insurance-class-action-lawsuits/
Finra fines WFG Investments $700,000 - https://www.investmentnews.com/finra-fines-wfg-investments-700000-60279
Jewish Funerals and Burial - https://www.shiva.com/learning-center/death-and-mourning/jewish-funerals-and-burial/
Dutch insurer's U.S. unit draws scrutiny from regulators - https://web.archive.org/web/20080531211002/http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/28/business/regs.php
Los Pollos Hermanos - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Pollos_Hermanos
How Money Works: Stop being a SUCKER - https://amzn.to/3xlmDT8
WealthWave MLM Scam - https://www.reddit.com/r/antiMLM/comments/bqnz2f/wealthwave/
WA State Long Term Care Insurance News - https://www.spokanejournal.com/special-report/long-term-insurance-short-term-confusion/
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How can you help?
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, I'm Roberta Blovins, and this is life after M. L. M. L. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. A. A podcast where we work to end the stigma of failure in an industry designed for you to fail. |
| 0:17.0 | Okay, so if you've been following along on Tik-Tok, you know what's going on right now. |
| 0:27.7 | I am like a Tik-Tok felon, I think. I'm just in and out of jail like every day like it doesn't matter like I'm in and then I'm out and then I'm back in back out again I'm on a five day ban right now. Actually, I was on a five day ban when I started editing |
| 0:49.2 | this podcast this morning and then halfway through a video that I had made that had been |
| 0:55.1 | taken down for bullying had been restored because it wasn't bullying and then my |
| 1:01.2 | ban was lifted and I got out on time served. |
| 1:05.7 | So I've had like, let me see, I think I've had like four or five |
| 1:11.6 | 24 hour bands in the last like two weeks and then I think 3 48 hours and I think |
| 1:21.1 | one of those was was ended early as well with time served and then a five day ban. |
| 1:30.0 | So it's just it's it's getting a little ridiculous. It's getting a little outrageous I think, but I don't really know what else I can do about it other than just using my backup account which I had to make |
| 1:46.4 | unfortunately I was really hoping that I wouldn't have to do that but I did have to |
| 1:51.1 | do it so I now have a backup account which is Bertalike Woe 2.0. |
| 1:59.3 | So you can find me there if you are following me on Tic-tac and you were noticing oh I haven't seen her in a few days |
| 2:06.3 | most likely I'm on a band and what is included on a five-day band that I found out is like I'm not even allowed to comment on stuff so I can like things |
| 2:17.3 | But I cannot comment on things so |
| 2:20.2 | Keep an eye on the comments my other account will comment to let you know where I'm at. |
| 2:26.0 | It is just really crazy and until either Tik-Tok figures it out or I figure it out, we're just going to have to deal this for a while. |
| 2:35.0 | So I appreciate your guys patience. |
| 2:36.8 | I appreciate you guys going over to the backup account and following me there, |
| 2:42.0 | just so that we keep updated and all of that. and I was editing this episode. Eddie and I went on so many tangents. So this episode took me a little bit longer to edit. |
| 2:57.2 | We really did talk about all kinds of different crazy things. I left in some of my favorites |
| 3:06.4 | because I love getting to know how real and authentic my guests are outside of their MLM element. This was a really |
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