The topic of how someone can establish a business in Amway without abusing their downline has been the subject of some pretty good discussion on this site in recent weeks. I was an IBO in WWDB at the time, and I received some terrible advice from my upline. These uplines are still present, and they appear to be delivering some of the same terrible advise to their downlines as they did before. Even so, I feel that there are groups within WWDB that are working in a different manner than the general public. James C., a writer to this blog, has stated how he functions in several of his comments, which is in direct opposition to the conventional WWDB doctrines. As a result, I was compelled to compose this post.
Harimoto, Wolgamott, and Duncan were my sponsors and uplines, respectively. We were told that Amway is the only organisation that can rescue marriages, and that the rest of the world is on its road to divorce. Ironically, I believe Wolgamott is now divorced and his wife has remarried, which is ironic given the circumstances. Greg Duncan was lauded for his financial ability, and he informed the audience that taking out loans, even to purchase a home, was something only stupid people did. Then we find out he was in bankruptcy with interest-only debts, which we find out later. This is only a sidebar to the main storey. I'll go into more detail about the other pieces of advice that were offered to rank and file IBOs.
My sponsor and uplines informed us that we should never skip a meeting. I believe them completely. Period. That you were absent from a meeting was a poor example for the rest of your group. As a matter of fact, we should always purchase additional tickets for meetings and festivities to serve as an incentive for attendees to invite friends and family. We were instructed that, in addition to our regular standing order, we should purchase 5-7 more tapes or CDs each week. After all, if you are core, you can't listen to the same recording every day, can you? Apparently, you could not cancel a standing order if your downline quit since it was too much work to phone upline after upline until you finally reached Greg Duncan, who could then cancel the standing order. It struck me as odd that they never complained about phoning upline after upline until they finally reached Greg Duncan and convinced him to add a standing order to their account. Our group was also informed that no one profited in any way from the use of the tools. A fabrication for which no one has ever been held accountable to this day. If the idea of selling things was ever brought up, it was merely to enable IBOs to earn money in order to purchase more function tickets and/or standing orders.
In addition to the celebrations, our upline loved conducting meeting after meeting AFTER the functions. As a result, IBOs were required to return home after 3:00 a.m. on occasion, even on evenings when the job was waiting for them the next morning. Our upline also educated more experienced IBOs that money isn't vital in the business because we are friends for life, which was helpful to them. It was explained to the group that we may ask our families to miss meals in order to purchase more tapes and CDs. IBOs were instructed that they should never resign, unless they were willing to give up on life, because they would be doomed to financial failure if they did so.
A lot of the terrible advise I received from WWDB officials was along the lines of the following. These leaders are still alive and well today, and I believe that this is still being taught in schools. What does your upline have to say about it?
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