When it comes to some Amway executives, one of the things that irritates me the most is their obvious revisionist history. It is impossible for them to accept any responsibility for anything, save for the little amounts of success that seep through their system. Realism is neglected, or leaders pretend that real problems and issues never existed, or they just rewrite history to suit their own objectives or political aims and agendas. Undoing this by teaching their downline to take personal accountability for their failures, even when downline diligently purchases and applies teaching via resources such as voicemail, standing orders, and functions. Where is the accountability of the upline for their downline?
One particularly egregious example was the outright fabrication that no one made money from tools. Leaders have already admitted that they make money from tools after being caught red handed, but no one seems to know exactly how much or how you actually qualify to receive compensation. And there was no retaliation for telling such blatantly false statements. In the tool compensation process, there is still an element of concealment involved.
When I was in my last LOS, WWDB, the leaders used to explain why so few IBO couples ever get divorced. Amway couples have a 2 percent divorce rate, which is significantly lower than the global average of around 50 percent divorce rate for married couples. WWDB, on the other hand, employs its own revisionist history. One such individual is Howie Danzik, who, according to the WWDB, started his firm while single and then married Theresa Tsuruda. Apparently, the Emerald function I attended, where Howie and his wife at the time, Susan, stated that they had developed the company together, was a dream come true for me. There are numerous such examples of this, but what strikes me is how the downlines appear to be completely unaware of these realities.
The refusal of an IBO to acknowledge that a prominent triple diamond in WWBD had residences foreclosed on or was embroiled in bankruptcy proceedings was another recent example, despite the fact that there are sufficient public papers demonstrating that this is not the case. It's completely mind-boggling. If Tiger Woods were a diamond and claimed that he had no extramarital affairs, I'm willing to bet that his downline would believe him too. Scary.
Simply put, I'm curious as to when Independent Business Owners (IBOs), who devote their time and resources to numerous systems, would ever hold these leaders accountable for their conduct. If you purchase a television and it does not function properly, you would request a refund. If certain standing orders and functions contain critical information, and if you use them and they do not function, you should request a refund as soon as possible. People should also ask the difficult questions of their superiors. If someone provides you with incorrect advise, they should be held accountable for their actions. Someone who claims that purchasing a home with a mortgage is foolish because of the interest you will pay is a hypocrite, and if you discover that they have "interest only loans," you should consider their advise to be suspect.
Keep these well-paid leaders from simply rewriting history in order to excuse their own faults and transgressions.
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