You hang out with your pals, who are usually folks you enjoy and who share similar interests with you. You will have good and bad times, but your loyal friends will always be there for you. You're relocating, and your pals are there to assist you. They might join you for a game of golf or to watch athletic events, dinners, or backyard barbeques, for example. These are the people you'll most likely retire with and spend your golden years with. Sure, circumstances can tear apart friendships or force people to make decisions they don't want to make. These people, on the other hand, are likely to remain your pals for a long time.
However, you are persuaded to join Amway. You perceive the "opportunity" to become wealthy by taking a shortcut (not get rich quick, but a "shortcut"). When you join, your sponsor becomes your new "best" buddy. The majority of the people you had fun with think Amway is a risky business to get engaged in. Because of what you've been told or taught, you now regard these same wonderful individuals as "broke" or "losers," simply because they don't share your desire for untold money by working 12-15 hours a week. Suddenly, your buddies have turned into prospects or people you want to sponsor, so you begin recruiting them. Some may join, but the majority will not. Suddenly, you're swamped with recruiting meetings, functions, and avoiding "negative" individuals and situations that are detrimental to your Amway business.
You're starting to miss birthday parties, barbeques, and other social gatherings. Recruitment meetings, seminars, and Amway business events have replaced your social gatherings. You've been taught that these occurrences may be postponed and that your enjoyment can be postponed. When you reach diamond status, you are free to do whatever you want. (Even if only one (1) diamond is found in every ten or twenty thousand IBOs) Your hard work will pay off, right? Unfortunately, most people, even the most diligent, will only show losses on their annual tax returns, owing to purchases of CDs, books, voicemail, and function tickets. But aren't these your "friends"?
Here's how I see it. Miss a few meetings or gatherings to see what happens. Stop buying CDs and count how many "friends" the company has left. Your upline is likely to argue that you abandoned the friendship by slowing down on the "system." If this occurs, you will have conditional or fairweather pals. They are your "friends" when you are both working towards the same goal. When you go to functions, they are your buddies. Are they there for you when you need them?
My father died not long after I left my final function (I was still an IBO, just not a business builder). My IBO "friends" didn't bother to show up for the memorial ceremony. No one from my IBO group contacted or came to the house to give their respects. All of my "true" friends phoned to chat to me and/or attended the memorial ceremony after seeing through the AMO smoke and mirrors.
Is it possible that your IBO pals are conditional friends? That was the case with me.
You hang out with your pals, who are usually folks you enjoy and who share similar interests with you. You will have good and bad times, but your loyal friends will always be there for you. You're relocating, and your pals are there to assist you. They might join you for a game of golf or to watch athletic events, dinners, or backyard barbeques, for example. These are the people you'll most likely retire with and spend your golden years with. Sure, circumstances can tear apart friendships or force people to make decisions they don't want to make. These people, on the other hand, are likely to remain your pals for a long time.
However, you are persuaded to join Amway. You perceive the "opportunity" to become wealthy by taking a shortcut (not get rich quick, but a "shortcut"). When you join, your sponsor becomes your new "best" buddy. The majority of the people you had fun with think Amway is a risky business to get engaged in. Because of what you've been told or taught, you now regard these same wonderful individuals as "broke" or "losers," simply because they don't share your desire for untold money by working 12-15 hours a week. Suddenly, your buddies have turned into prospects or people you want to sponsor, so you begin recruiting them. Some may join, but the majority will not. Suddenly, you're swamped with recruiting meetings, functions, and avoiding "negative" individuals and situations that are detrimental to your Amway business.
You're starting to miss birthday parties, barbeques, and other social gatherings. Recruitment meetings, seminars, and Amway business events have replaced your social gatherings. You've been taught that these occurrences may be postponed and that your enjoyment can be postponed. When you reach diamond status, you are free to do whatever you want. (Even if only one (1) diamond is found in every ten or twenty thousand IBOs) Your hard work will pay off, right? Unfortunately, most people, even the most diligent, will only show losses on their annual tax returns, owing to purchases of CDs, books, voicemail, and function tickets. But aren't these your "friends"?
Here's how I see it. Miss a few meetings or gatherings to see what happens. Stop buying CDs and count how many "friends" the company has left. Your upline is likely to argue that you abandoned the friendship by slowing down on the "system." If this occurs, you will have conditional or fairweather pals. They are your "friends" when you are both working towards the same goal. When you go to functions, they are your buddies. Are they there for you when you need them?
My father died not long after I left my final function (I was still an IBO, just not a business builder). My IBO "friends" didn't bother to show up for the memorial ceremony. No one from my IBO group contacted or came to the house to give their respects. All of my "true" friends phoned to chat to me and/or attended the memorial ceremony after seeing through the AMO smoke and mirrors.
Is it possible that your IBO pals are conditional friends? That was the case with me.
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