“I joined TLC on July 5, 2014,” Phillip Squires recalls. He doesn’t need to consult his records to make sure he has the date right. “I still remember like it was yesterday.” According to Squires, it’s the day he found his true calling, one that would take him all the way to the National Director rank with multi-level marketing company Total Life Changes.
“My sponsor was Phillip Birchfield,” Squires says. The two Phillips had worked together at a previous company and hit it off thanks to a shared interest in health and entrepreneurship. “Phillip [Birchfield] called and invited me to his house because he had something to show me. He sat me in front of his computer and showed a presentation. Like anyone with a television, I know how many people are desperate to lose weight, which is why so many MLM businesses focus on health products. I have confidence in my ability to sell, and thought to myself, if it’s as good as product as they say it is, I’ll have no problem. But what I was really impressed with was the compensation plan. In our last company, the largest residual percentage was 8%. When I saw that TLC paid