Happy Freedom Friday Friend,

Hope you're having a great day. So today's email will be a bit different from my normal style of content BUT if you read it all the way through there may be some interesting insights for you and your biz.

Last night I was chatting with Jeff, one of my buddies. I was telling him about the awesome culture we have in our community and he jokingly compared the word community with the word cult.

That got me thinking about a recent book I read called Chaos by Tom O'Neil which was on the secret (but pretty verifiable) history of the CIA and The Charles Manson Murders.

This is definitely not the type of book I normally read but I heard the author interviewed on a Joe Rogan podcast and it caught my attention because of the psychological aspects of the story, and I've always been interested in those types of things.

Anyway, this book was about how the CIA back in the day, had a top secret program called MK Ultra and the stated goal was to develop techniques for controlling people and making them do things like actually killing people, without their knowledge or even memory of having done so.

(This has all been verified via de-classified government documents by the way)

As if that wasn't crazy enough, I learned that one of their head guys, a man named Jolly West, just so happened to be conducting his experiments (which were all performed on un-knowing citizens) at the exact same location and building that Charles Manson was spending a lot of time prior to the infamous crimes.

Coincidence?  Perhaps, but if you read the book or listen to the podcast episode you might be blown away by how convincing the evidence surrounding this 'coincidence' seems to be.

With all the talk about whether free speech should or should not be a thing, this fact, along with plenty of others, seems to me to be a pretty good indicator that what Fezzik on the princess bride said, may carry some weight.

If you remember the movie, he said 'You be careful. People in masks cannot be trusted.'

Back to the cult issue.

It's true that the word 'Cult' IS related to the world 'culture', but there are some important differences.

One of the hallmarks of what people tend to define as cultish is the effort to control the thoughts and actions of the people within the community.

They will go so far as to tell their members to never ever read anything outside of what the 'leaders' recommend.

This produces a group of people who are enslaved to the thoughts decided upon by their mental masters, and are prevented from doing their own thinking or coming to their own conclusions.

Our community is the exact opposite of that. We encourage people to use their own minds, read, study, grow and live life on their own terms.

In fact, if people do choose to leave our company - we love them and celebrate them on the next phase of their journey.

This is not what cults do.

If you're building a business from home, it's likely this 'cult' word may pop up from time to time from people who just don't know any better.

For your own sanity's sake it's good to know what nonsense looks like if it's being spewed on you from a prospect or anyone else.

Stay true to your purpose Friend, hold fast to your dreams and never let anyone take you off your path, as long as you know that path is the right one for you to be on.

Thanks for reading and I so appreciate the opportunity to strive to send you ideas that may interest you or help you on your freedom journey.

Have a fantastic a weekend,

Paul