The "hard truth" is one of the factors that keeps some independent business owners going. The reason for this is that for some IBOs, after a period of time in the Amway business, it might be difficult to leave. You may have been recruited with hopes of earning a lifelong residual income and wandering on all of the world's magnificent beaches when you were recruited. Retirement at an early age and spending that time with your wife and family are two of the best things you can do. To resign would mean that an IBO would have to confront the reality that his or her aspirations of becoming a millionaire would never come true, at least not in the Amway business. The reality is that the Amway offer was unlikely to fulfil those hopes and desires in the first place. Even the most valuable diamond is unlikely to be able to fulfil their ambitions. Most diamonds, especially those that flaunt an expensive lifestyle, I would assume are either broke or heavily indebted because a diamond income cannot support a jetset lifestyle, save for a founder's crown ambassador or something like, according to my estimates. A lot of light was given on the finances of an upper level pin when the famous WWDB triple diamond bankruptcy was revealed, and it wasn't quite as amazing as I had hoped it would be, in my opinion.
But what is the brutal reality on the ground? It is exerting considerable effort merely to fluctuate between 100 and 500 PV. It has finally sponsored a new IBO, only to have a downline leave as a result of the sponsorship. What it feels like when you're talking to people about Amway and you get laughed at or rejected. It's your upline or sponsor who is pressuring you to achieve even better. If you aren't putting in the necessary effort, it's possible that your upline will doubt your manhood. A winner does not miss functions, especially the key ones, as your upline or sponsor is reminding you of this fact by phone. Night owls are those that stay up late for team meetings or who work when they require a good night's sleep in order to perform their duties the next day. It's travelling long distances to demonstrate a strategy just to have your prospect fail to appear. Deception about what you're doing is an important part of it. It's missing out on social events with family and friends so that you may focus on the business.
Do you, as IBOs, see anything like this? During my involvement, I witnessed some of this. Despite the fact that I have not been an IBO for some years, I continue to see several testimony and comments from more current and even some active IBOs that show that much of this is still going on. While Amway's apologists will claim otherwise, I see no reason why any of this should have changed over the years, given that the company has made no meaningful modifications to prevent abusive uplines from gaining control of their businesses. If Amway has made any adjustments, they are not immediately obvious, and the continuing stream of complaints and testimony does not imply that any remediation has been carried out in the meanwhile.
These are the harsh realities that may be associated with the Amway opportunity, whether for current IBOs or prospective IBOs. Much of it can be attributed to motivational groups such as WWDB, but if you notice these characteristics in your group, don't be afraid to ask the tough questions. If you come to the conclusion that the Amway opportunity is not for you, don't lose heart! If you want to reach your financial goals and aspirations, there are more efficient ways to go about it than you may be aware of. Quitting something that isn't functioning might be a good business option in some cases, and failing to quit can result in even greater losses in others. Wishing you the best of luck in whatever you chose.
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