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Stay away from any of the above companies, and the thousands of others just like them spread all over the country. They are all a scam.

I know this first hand, I worked in the business for a year, was flown all over the country, won a "top-gun" achievement award and helped build an office up from nothing. I now realize EVERYTHING the owner said was a complete lie.

If you think that I am foolish for staying in such an obvious scam perhaps you are right. However, to be fair these companies are MASTERS of deception and have fooled and ruined the lives of thousands and thousands of bright young people eager to make a name for themselves. In fact thats exactly who they look for. Thus let me offer anyone reading this some advice.

If you're researching for your 1st interview with one of these companies, you can stop now and don't bother showing up for the interview. All the person that is interviewing you for is to check and make sure that you have a pulse, won't slow the field rep down, and won't give the client a bad name.

If you're about to go on a 2nd interview, definitely don't bother. If the office your interviewing at is good, you might just get sent out with a young, charismatic and exciting person who may just convince you to join the business. That would be the worst mistake you could ever make. If the office you're at is poorly run then you may end up having the worst day of your life selling pizza coupons in the ghetto, getting mugged, and having your car towed. Or maybe even worse.

If you're new to this business, please get out now! The longer you stay the more the leaders and management in your office will be able to get their hooks into you and make completely change you in ways you won't even realize. Everything that has been said to you is a lie, the fact of the matter is that the only .0000001% of people who decide to try the biz will make it to management.

And those are the UNLUCKY ones, because 99.9999% of the people who do become managers have the worst stories of all. They have debts, repossed cars, eviction notices the list goes on and on. Bottom line: The manager is not telling you the truth about how much he makes, don't be deceived by apparences.

If you've been in the business for more than a month and have found your way here, god bless you because you must be having some doubts. And I'm dying to tell you that your intuition is correct and your doubts are confirmed.

For you, I truly beg you to quit. The best way to quit is to simply not show up and don't answer your phone. If you go into the office and say you're quitting either in the morning or at night they know how to deal with you. They will peer pressure you and or try and make you feel like only losers quit, and since in your mind you dont see yourself as a loser, you won't quit.

On a personal note, I believe that just about everyone I know thats involved in smart circle (which by the way used to be called Granton, they had to change their name because if you google Granton all you will see is rip off reports) is a good person deep down, they've just been twisted by the business. In a way they have to in order to put food on their table. People like, Luke Roberts, Armon Hatcher, Tom Spiro, Paul Pauken, Dominic Boull't, Mike Doberdruk, Dana Pelak, and Todd George are just doing what they've now been conditioned to do. It's hard to even hold them responsible for their actions because I know first hand how the business strips one of freewill.

If this report helps just one person then I'll be happy, anymore is just a great bonus. I highly recommend that anyone who wants more information to google "DS MAX THE AFTERMATH" which is a HUGE MSN group full of former owners and people who have been in the biz, and is full of amazing information Also, just searching "DS-MAX" is a great idea, be sure to check out Eric Wolfram's list of known deceptions.

Mike
Bridgeville, Pennsylvania
U.S.A.

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