If your paycheck stops the day you stop, you’re carrying buckets.
The Parable of the Pipeline is the short story leaders have handed to new people for 25 years. Read the first chapter free, and you’ll know which cousin you are.
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“A life built on
purpose leaves
a lasting legacy.”
Read by Burke.
THE STORY
Two cousins. Same village. Same job.
Two very different lives.
Pablo and Bruno were hired for the same job: carry water from the river to the village, a penny a bucket.
Bruno was thrilled. A hundred buckets a day. Steady money. Nothing to think about.
Pablo couldn’t stop thinking about it. Every bucket he carried was a bucket he’d have to carry again tomorrow. And the day he couldn’t carry buckets was the day the money stopped.
So while Bruno spent his evenings at the tavern, Pablo spent his digging. A pipeline. By hand. After a full day of carrying buckets of his own.
For a long time, Pablo looked like a fool. Then the pipeline reached the village.
That’s the whole story. It doesn’t ask you to believe anything. It just asks you to notice which one you’ve been.
WHY LEADERS STILL HAND IT OUT
More than four million copies.
Most of them handed from one person to the next.
Burke’s ten books have been published in 20 languages. Almost nobody found them in a bookstore. Somebody who cared about them put a copy in their hands and said, “Read this.”
“One of the classics in this field.”
“Burke Hedges is an absolute legend in network marketing.”
“Burke Hedges is considered to be a legend in the network marketing industry.”
A NOTE TO LONG-TIME READERS
If somebody handed you this book years ago, welcome back.
Maybe it was at a kitchen table. Maybe it was in the back of a hotel ballroom. You remember Pablo and Bruno, or a line that made you look at your job differently.
Burke is updating the books for today. The facts have changed. The principles haven’t.
He’d like to know one thing: who handed you the book, and what happened next?
CHOOSE YOUR STARTING POINT
Where are you right now?
BUILDING MY BUSINESS
I’m building my own business.
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I'm part of a corporate team.
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The story. The system. The person.
The Parable of the Pipeline shows you why. Copycat Marketing 101 answers the “I could never do this” in your head. You, Inc. is the one that changes how you see your own life, not just your business.
Three short books, each readable in an evening, in ebook or audio.
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A SECOND CHANCE
A new heart.
Unfinished work.
On December 17, 2024, after years of heart trouble, Burke received a heart transplant. In recovery, he asked himself a hard question: had he done enough?
His answer is this site. He’s updating the books, reconnecting with readers, and putting the ideas back in the hands of people who need them. As he puts it: “Four million copies later, I’m still not done.”
Read Burke’s Story ↗“A second chance
isn’t just more time.
It’s a greater purpose.”
BEGIN WITH THE BOOK THAT STARTED A CONVERSATION
One chapter will tell you if this is for you.
Read the introduction and first chapter of The Parable of the Pipeline tonight. Then decide for yourself.
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