We were taught by our Amway upline that when you have a dream, the facts don't matter. This was one of the most bizarre things we learned. There is evidence that this is still taught today, and in particular, I have heard this from IBOs who claim to be affiliated with WWDB, which is concerning. Independent Business Owners (IBOs) are instructed to avoid facts since facts make their Amway company appear to be a joke. Why would you spend $300 a month on things in order to receive a $10 rebate when you could have purchased the same or comparable products at WalMart for a fraction of the cost instead? After that, many IBOs spend an additional $200 or more to be trained to ignore facts or to believe that this is a fantastic deal in some way.
Any legitimate business owner would never choose to ignore the facts. A real business owner takes decisions about his or her company based on facts. IBOs are being tricked into making business decisions based on emotions and hype rather than rational considerations. Currently, the Amway opportunity is overburdened with handicaps and challenges, particularly in the United States and Canada, where the reputations and previous antics of fellow IBOs have so tarnished Amway's reputation that it appears to be negatively impacting sales and preventing any meaningful growth. Amway sales are shrinking (around 25% reduction from 2013 to 2017), despite what Amway apologists claim, and will continue to shrink unless adjustments and corrections are done, in my opinion. Amway defenders argue that the company is growing. It's also possible that it's too late to turn the ship around at this point in the voyage.
It's also why so many Amway Independent Business Owners (IBOs) remark about how Amway has saved their marriages or made them nicer individuals. This is something that uplines will teach because it diverts a business owner's attention away from their bottom line, which is their profit or loss. Alternatively, IBOs are taught that a loss simply indicates that they are investing in their business, despite the fact that they have been promised from the beginning that little or no investment is required and that profits can be generated rapidly in Amway. Neither Amway nor its downlines have held these uplines accountable for years, despite the fact that they have benefited from their efforts. Any "incidents" are simply disregarded, or the history of the organisation is altered by higher-ups.
In one blog, a WWDB IBO writes about buying homes in cash, and Amway IBOs have a 2 percent divorce rate in comparison to the rest of the world, yet Amway apologists insist that this isn't being taught, despite the fact that it clearly is. Cover it up all you want; the evidence is right in front of you; yet, these people aren't interested in the truth at all. To anyone who are pursuing an Amway dream despite the reality, I strongly advise extreme caution.
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