Here’s an adapted version of a Lin Chi ‘s (ninth century Buddhist master) tale: A young network marketing monk walks into a Starbucks. He’s out of breath, and is barely able to order a cup of oolong tea with froth and nutmeg sprinkles. He finds an empty table, pulls his laptop out of a tattered black bag, and logs into Skype. Feverishly, he contacts his upline sponsor and says via video chat, “you’ll never believe it, I was trolling online and came across the MLM Marketing Guru, his highness, the Lead Slayer.” His upline sponsor listens with eyebrow raised and mechanically opens a  tin can of Savinelli tobacco and stuffs his pipe. “Go on” he says, and proceeds to stuff his worn, but trusty, pipe, light and inhale. The young [...]