Hey, Hun: my multiple MLM failures and "what it takes" to succeed in multi-level marketing

Hint: Hard work is not the issue.

I signed up for my first MLM at the age of 17, a few months shy of the legal age to sign a contract. I’d tagged along with my stepmother and her church friend to a sales convention for a large, well-known skincare and cosmetics company, and before the end of the meeting, I was sold on this Exciting Career Opportunity!

Sure, I was headed to college in the…