I heard a storey about how someone boils a frog, and it intrigued me. Warming the water in little increments until the frog is relaxed takes time, and after the frog is relaxed and the muscles are all mushy, you turn up the heat and boil the frog quickly. This narrative was given by Amway executives to demonstrate how we, as individuals, can get complacent in our lives and how we might become stuck in a rut. We sit back and let the bills pile up. Before you know it, you're working harder than ever but still struggling to make ends meet.
The reason for this is that we live in a society where keeping up with the Joneses and consumerism with no regard for delayed gratification are pervasive in American society. Your friend purchases a new automobile, and you not only desire a new automobile, but you also desire a better automobile. It's extremely frequent in the United States, which explains why so many Americans are living paycheck to paycheck in debt. No one is a bad person as a result of this, but you are one paycheck away from financial ruin as a result of this.
I just attended a retirement planning conference where I learned that many people do not have or will not have even $100,000 put up for their retirement. A sad state of affairs, and one that is not going to improve any time in the near future. I hope our readers keep this in mind and make the necessary preparations.
What does this have to do with Amway, you might wonder. Amway's top executives, on the other hand, are cooking frogs. Alternatively, you could say that they are boiling their downline. You are lulled into a false sense of security and trust, and then you are suddenly expected to be a serious business owner, attending ALL seminars and purchasing ALL products. They'll also try to entice you into a long-term relationship by showing you photographs of their allegedly luxurious diamond lifestyle. Someone's bonus check may be shown to you, but a profit and loss statement will not be shown to you by the management team. However, they will just show you a photograph of a Ferarri car and not the ownership documents. A mansion will be displayed, but not the mortgage papers that were signed by the occupants.
The gems will most likely lead you to believe that they are financially independent, living their lives on their own with no financial problems in the world, when in truth, the picture may be quite different. When you consider that a diamond who earns $500,000 a year is revered, but when you factor in taxes, business expenditures, medical insurance, and other expenses, what's left is not a jetset lifestyle, but one that is closer to the middle class, where you must continue to work, it becomes clear why. However difficult a diamond's "work" may be, the fact that one must go there at a specific time in order to make money does not equate to financial independence.
IBOs, on the other hand, are the frogs that are being boiled one function or one CD at a time. They simply are not aware of it.
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