In our Amway group, one of the things that our upline hypocritically taught us was the importance of accountability. It was taught as a component of the CORE activities, which were reportedly required in order for IBOs to be successful in their businesses. Now, I believe that people should be held accountable in business because you can't truly have working agreements or trust if someone isn't dependable and follows through on their promises. You cannot operate in Amway, where people account for a significant portion of the company's revenue, on the basis of shattered trust.
Ironically, though, it appears that upline does not pay attention to this accountability component of the training. Consider this: people are paying good money and putting their trust in the advise of their upline because they believe that if they follow their upline's advice and do what she says, they will "succeed" in Amway. Hundreds of thousands of consumers have spent billions of dollars on Amway tools and functions over the years. They are told that this is the most important factor in achieving success. As if upline guidance were an oxygen tank, and the downline would perish if they didn't have access to it All of this is taking place while there is no fruit on the trees. The tree has been stripped of its leaves. Look at the fruit on the tree, used to say the upper management. What I'm wondering is whether they still use that phrase these days when the tree is barren?
In my previous LOS, "Worldwide Group," there are less US diamonds now than they were when I was an IBO 20 years ago. Divorces and attrition have taken a toll on the diamond industry's workforce. Where has all of the success that was supposed to be produced by the flawless method gone missing? In their defence of Amway, defenders prefer to bring up the limited success of "new platinums," while disregarding the fact that there are few new diamonds, and that there are certainly fewer diamonds today than there were many years ago. Amway revenues have decreased by around 25% over the last three years, implying that there will be fewer diamonds and high pins available if sales and revenues continue to decline. However, to this day, I am not aware of a single diamond or Amway leader who has ever been held accountable for their remarks. We were taught that "core" is the key to success and that adhering to it for six months guaranteed an IBO the opportunity to achieve platinum status. However, I am aware of individuals who followed the advice of their upline only to fail and incur financial losses.
Since the Amway executives say that their tools are foolproof, it appears to be a waste of time and resources to promote the sales of tools so aggressively when there is no solid evidence that the products actually perform as said. In a recent blog piece, I mentioned how straightforward Amway is. That you purchase and sell Amway products, as well as support downline members. Because it is such a straightforward and "simple" company, there is little need for continual training of downline members, unless the goal of that training is just to supply the diamonds with a comfortable recurring income.
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