I was participating in a conversation on another site when someone made the observation that Amway is like an iceberg because you only see the beautiful clean ice on the top of the iceberg and not the rest of the iceberg. For better or worse, the diamonds show you the fine suits, jewels, care, mansions, and private jets, but what you don't see is the financial carnage that occurs in their downlines at various points during the year. It was my previous upline who would encourage audiences that they should skip meals in order to purchase more standing orders because you never know when you might hear the one thing that would make their business explode.
While you won't hear much of the unethical and "wrong" teaching on standing orders because part of it is regulated by Amway, it is during the night owls and smaller group meetings that the genuine teaching is distributed.. This is the point at which you are informed that you must practically sell your soul in order to succeed in Amway. The teaching comes into play at this point, and you should be purchasing an excessive amount of tools in order to be successful. This is the point at which you are instructed not to miss a function unless it is for your own funeral. A rookie or a casual spectator will not notice these things, but if you ever decide to pursue a career in business development, this will most likely become your world.
During functions and meetings, the backstage area is not visible. Former rubies and platinums have chimed in on the diamonds, joking about how naive the diamonds are and literally laughing at their expense. What you don't get to see is where the money gathered at meetings and functions ends up. There had been some previous comments about people practically carrying suitcases full of cash out of the building. The likelihood is that your tools money had a large role in the acquisition of your diamond if your upline resides in a house and drives a fleet of luxurious automobiles.
It's a straightforward conclusion. Amway products having a greater markup than tools, which also have fewer recipients among whom the bonuses can be divided. A $7.00 Amway product might cost $3.00 or less to manufacture, plus Amway's profit, with the remainder being bonus money distributed around the levels of IBOs in the organisation. While a $7.00 CD might only cost 50 cents to make, only platinum-level albums receive any reimbursement from this type of money. However, rank and file independent company owners (IBOs) rarely get a full and honest image of the firm. Just as the underside of an iceberg is shrouded in mystery, so is the underbelly of the moon. I challenge IBOs to conduct themselves like true businessmen and women, and to confront their uplines with the difficult questions about how the money is earned. Do not be swayed by bluster and anecdotal evidence. In the real world of business, schedule C company tax filings are the most common method of confirming the existence of business income. If you intend to "invest" your hard-earned money into the system for the benefit of your upline, you should insist on receiving this information from them.
Would any of you consider purchasing a conventional business from someone who hasn't demonstrated that it is successful? What makes you think an Amway business would be any different?
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