Most active Independent Business Owners (IBOs) in the Amway business are advised to place their complete trust in their upline. To think of your upline as a coach or a mentor is an excellent strategy. They are supposed to have your best interests at heart, and they will guide you to success if you will only be willing to learn and be open to suggestions. Many of my uplines, including some of my former uplines, were the first to use the term "copy" or "duplicate." You will be successful if you are able to accomplish this. Even the most basic of individuals can copy. The upline may make a joke about how they got through school by copying other people's work. As a result, many independent business owners (IBOs) do exactly what their upline instructs them to do.
After that, however, the uplines deflect responsibility away from themselves. The vast majority of Amway defenders will also argue that downline should not simply follow the advice of their upline leaders. Occasionally, they will make the ridiculous claim that standing orders and functions contain advice that must be discerned from other information. That information is presented in the form of a buffet. You pick and choose what you require and toss the rest out the window. Especially if you are a new Amway IBO or prospect, allow me to tell you that you are being heaped with guano (crap) on a daily basis. Your upline is credited with years of experience and wisdom in the Amway business, which is why you are paying a lot of money for things like voicemail, books, cds/audios, and other features and functions. So why would their advice be something that you could pick and choose from a list? What would a new IBO do if they didn't know what to choose?
Consider the possibility of hiring a guide for a wilderness trek. The guide is expected to be a seasoned outdoorsman, perhaps even an expert in his field. As a result, if he advises you to consume certain plants or fruits, you can be confident that he is providing you with sound advice. Take for example, eating something that made you sick to your stomach, only to have the tour guide tell you that he simply points out different types of plants and fruits, and it is up to you to decide which ones are healthy and which ones are not. You would fire the guide and tell everyone you know not to use that guide any longer, and you would be completely justified in doing so.
Although there are "systems" like Network 21, WWDB, and BWW that have been "guiding" IBOs for up to 20 years or more in some cases, the number of diamonds produced is insignificant. Sure, there are many new platinums, but it has been discovered that many tool-consuming platinums are either losing money or earning very little money for their endeavours. Furthermore, it appears that Amway is losing ground in North America, based on sales and revenue figures published by the company. One can reasonably infer that any new platinums that break are simply replacing the volume of a platinum that no longer exists or a platinum that no longer qualifies for inclusion in the platinum pool. And here's the kicker: my former upline diamond appears to have received all new qualifying platinums since the time I was in the business, which is quite remarkable. My previous diamond had a total of six downline rubies. From what I understand, none of these rubies are still considered platinum, though I have heard that one or two of them are still active in Amway, albeit as customers rather than leaders.
Uplines also instruct their subordinates to accept responsibility for any failure on their part. As a result, you have IBOs who did everything that was asked of them, only to be let down by the system. These IBOs, on the other hand, frequently blame themselves for their failure. The BBB should receive a formal complaint from former IBOs who did everything asked of them only to be let down. This is my opinion. Amway defenders like to believe that a lack of formal complaints indicates that the system is working when, in fact, there is no unbiased substantial evidence to suggest that the system is functioning properly. It appears that some people achieve success despite, rather than as a result of, the system. The vast majority of IBOs who use the system lose money.
The catch to all of this is that uplines are avoiding taking responsibility for the outcomes of those they "mentor" and benefit from. IBOs should question why, if their upline was truly concerned about their success, they are required to pay for any assistance they receive from their upline diamond.
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