[nabentre] Get The Whole Story!

[Daniel Perry]

Peter, I don't doubt what you say at all, and it may be absolutely true for 
you. Again. I meant you absolutely no disrespect what so ever when I first 
spoke on here. I'm not even really desperate for work to be honest with you, 
just looking for that something to do on the side. I'm just not the type of 
person to do these kinds of opportunities like Amway first of all because I 
don't have that kind of personality, I know because I tried and failed 
Scentsy after only my first little while of doing it. I simply can not get 
around as much as I would love to because the public transportation options 
in my town are very limited indeed since I live in a mid-sized country town 
where there is literally almost no ambition to speak of and most of the 
people here can't seem to understand that we as blind people are very 
capable people. I've only recently discovered a church that's a good bible 
believing church and my blindness and prosthetic leg aren't even an issue. 
Recently, we had our 25th year anniversary carnivl, and I was chosen to hand 
out the prize bags at the table for the kids to put their prizes in at the 
different games we had set up. Also for a job, I work for a company as a 
personal contractor for right now where I actually test web sites, software 
applications and apps for the smart devices and see how accessible they are 
and then answer a questionnaire after each work flow providing my feedback 
on how accessible that particular area of the site or what ever type of 
project I'm working on happened to be and what needs fixing if anything. I 
absolutely love the people I work with and they love me. They're wanting to 
make me a full employee at some point so I'll no longer be an independent 
contractor but a full employee which for me, is one hek of a milestone and 
one that's taken me 15 years to reach. So please do not insult my 
intelligence and integrity by calling us losers just because not everyone 
wants to do what you do. I agree with Brad. Not everyone has either the 
personality or in my case, the personality or the transportation resources 
or the money to get involved with something like Amway. I know you're 
passionate about blind people having opportunities to become entrepreneurs, 
and I'm right there beside you. I'm just saying that Amway isn't my cup of 
tea but that for those of you who are involved and successful with it I 
wasn't trying to slap in the face and you have got to stop taking things 
like so seriously. You're successful with Amway. Alright good. I hope you 
continue to be as successful as you say you are. I truly am glad for you. 
But to call us losers just because not everyone wants to do what you do and 
saying that some of us might be looking for wellfare plans instead of what 
you call workfare plans is an unfair statement. Have a wonderful day to 
everyone here and I hope to hear more soon. Oh, and I'm a very proud member 
of the nfb as well.

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From: "Peter Donahue via nabentre" <nabentre at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 1, 2018 2:23 PM
To: "'NAB Entrepreneurs Mailing List'" <nabentre at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com>
Subject: [nabentre] Get The Whole Story!

> Hello Jordan and everyone,
>
> Posts like this kill opportunities for everyone including the unemployed
> blind. It's not just MLM's that we've heard blind people say are a "Waste 
> of
> time." Both of us have suggested that several blind individuals become
> Braille proofreaders only to hear the same kind of garbage. It makes us
> wonder if blind people are truly looking for work or for welfare! Any
> opportunity reguardless of its nature is going to require effort and
> commitment on your part. If it's not working for you it's most likely your
> fault! These are workfare not welfare plans and require you to do 
> something
> to make them bear fruit.
>
> People like Mary and I are busting our behinds to make our
> particular business more doable by the blind such as spending thousands of
> dollars to meet with our teams' project coordinator to improve the
> accessibility of our mobile suite of management tools with smartphones and
> tablets. We've been very successful in these efforts to the point that one
> of our partners who is also blind is using one of these apps with success
> and won't have to spend that sum of money. She's going where this fire has
> already been.
>
> Those who believe that MLM opportunities don't work had  better
> become better informed. Many of these operations have ways to receive
> accurate and reliable information about what they have to offer. Those who
> continue to pollute this water do budding blind engtrepreneurs a terrible
> disservice. It must be stopped! We'll know the landscape is changing when
> more blind individuals show up at our local, regional, and national
> gatherings just as others in the disabled community do. Our particular
> operation has a  very large number of deaf entrepreneurs and has had them
> for many years. We've also noticed a number of individuals of all ages in
> wheelchairs at these gatherings too. At one gathering last spring only one
> blind individual was present the one writing this message. Let's see how
> many show up in Louisville in a few weeks. There will be at least two
> possibly three that we know of.
>
> These losers on here weren't around last January when we ordered
> Mary's Braille-Edge 40 along with a copy of Duxbury for Windows and an
> upgrade of Jaws for Windows. We did this with money we raised through our
> MLM operation and were relieved of having to crawl to rehab for assistance
> with these purchases. Yay!! When you put in the effort the rewards are
> wonderful!
>
> Now to buy our Labor Day feast. All the best to everyone for a great
> weekend. Please! Stop stealing other people's dreams and plug interested
> members into reliable and credible sources of information. Let's keep 
> these
> waters clean so all can swim!
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
>
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