One of the things that keeps some independent business owners going is the concept of "alternative reality." The reason for this is that for some IBOs, after a period of time in the Amway business, it might be difficult to leave. It is possible that you were lured in by the prospect of earning a lifelong residual income and wandering on all of the world's wonderful beaches. 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 imply that an IBO would have to confront the fact that his or her aspirations would not come true, at least not in the Amway business environment. 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 shed on the economics of an upper level pin when the well-known WWDB triple diamond bankruptcy was revealed, and it wasn't quite as amazing as I had anticipated.
But what is the 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 a lot 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. I recently sent some information to Amway regarding some unethical actions on the part of an Independent Business Owner (IBO). Although they failed to publish my objection on their now defunct Answers blog, they also failed to reply to it and appear to have done nothing in the case of the unscrupulous IBO. So much for not turning a blind eye to what was going on.
Active IBOs and prospects should be aware of the following realities that may be associated with the Amway opportunity. Much of it can be attributed to motivational groups such as WWDB or BWW, but if you notice these characteristics in your group, you should ask the difficult 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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