A recent blog post by an IBO stated that your genuine friends will not abandon you or stop to be your friends as a result of your connection with Amway. I believe this to be true. Because of their participation with Amway, I do not believe your good friends will desert you or anyone else. It is possible that people will ignore you for a while if you are constantly talking about Amway or pushing them to join Amway, for example. They can also believe that it is the IBO who has abandoned the friendship in order to attend the countless Amway meetings and conventions that are held throughout the year.
As a former IBO, I can attest to the fact that I gave up many birthday celebrations and backyard barbecues in the process. In the future, our upline assured us that these small sacrifices would be repaid a hundredfold. Looking back, it appears that not a single IBO crossline or my sponsor ever received a big reward from the Amway organisation. I believe that some IBOs' relationships with friends and family may suffer as a result of their involvement in Amway, but not because of their involvement in Amway per se, but rather because the IBO is putting the relationships on hold while pursuing their Amway dream, in my opinion. It's nearly like a friend who decides to leave home to go a college outside of town. Eventually, they return home, and your friendship is still alive and kicking.
As an IBO, I recall our upline advising us that we needed to remove ourselves from one another from time to time in order to prevent being negative. Based on what I've observed from contemporary IBOs, I believe this is still valid today. IBOs may refer to it as "association," in which they believe they are "hanging out" with wealthy people, but the fact is that the vast majority of IBOs are broke dreamers who happen to be hanging out with each other on a regular basis.
Ironically, our upline told us that we were all friends for life because we were all Independent Business Owners. An IBO who "quits" is departing their friendship, according to a high-ranking WWDB official, and as a result, the remaining group is not accountable for the failing relationship between current and former IBOs. I recall this leader saying that When an IBO refers to you as "friends for life," what they really mean is that you are friends for life as long as you remain a member of the Amway organisation. One of the reasons why Amway has been compared to a cult is because of this.
My father passed away just a few months after I left the Amway organisation. There was not a single individual upline or crossline who contacted or visited to express their condolences or pay their respects to the family. Friends for life, without a doubt.
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