While visiting a friend's house a few days ago, Ambot shared with us his honest and genuine belief that he was a loser after leaving Amway, which we found to be rather amusing. In part, this was because he had been brainwashed into believing that the very fact of his leaving Amway automatically made him a loser, something he didn't want to believe.
The use of this technique is part of the brainwashing technique used by our Platinum team members on a regular basis, as well as from the stage when we heard Emerald and Diamond speakers refer to anyone who quits Amway or who is otherwise not interested in signing up with Amway, according to our Platinum team members.
When I was growing up, the term "loser" referred to a member of the baseball team who did not participate in the game and hence did not win it. I suppose that because of the way I was raised, I was never taught that the term "loser" was a negative term to be used as an insult against other people. It was a word that, to be honest, never stuck with me for very long. Just though someone was on the baseball team that lost the game on that particular day, it's possible that the outcomes would be flipped the next day and I'd be on the team that lost.
As we were being shifted from one team to another on a weekly basis, the phrase simply sailed off our backs. It took us a couple of hours after the game to realise that we had been labelled losers, and we were fine with that. For a brief while, it was just a bunch of kids making fun of each other. If we didn't win this time, we were losers all the same. We'd do better the next time, and we'd come out on top.
Unfortunately, it is not how the Amway cult's adherents perceive the term "loser." The upline refers to others as "losers" in an insulting manner. They threaten ambots with the term "loser" in order to deter them from quitting.
So, who is it that is calling me and Ambot losers now that we have left Amway? The unattractive young man in his twenties who drives about in a junker car that is constantly breaking down. The one who has a part-time job as a salesperson and works 40 hours per week for $10 an hour. The child who is still living at home with his or her mother and father. The adolescent who spends his money as quickly as he earns it. Even more quickly now that he is an Amway Independent Firm Owner (IBO) and is required to invest all of his money in his own business.
What about our Platinum, who is still employed in a full-time position? Oh, he spouts some nonsense about how God has instructed him to continue working there in order to "assist" his poor co-workers in need. Wow, what a gentleman! What a dedication to one's profession! Later, out of the kindness of his heart, he spends his evenings and weekends "assisting" others who are trying to start their own businesses in the same field.
Is it true that my Ambot is a loser? Who has been in business for many years, has lived in a lovely house for many years, drives great automobiles that don't break down frequently, has retirement money, takes nice trips, and generally leads a very good life? That person.
Our acquaintances were driving around in ancient junkers, had horrible credit, were behind on their rent (none of them owned homes), and were being harassed by bill collectors on the phone, among other things.
Ambot and I, on the other hand, do not have any of those issues.
As previously stated, I had never given much thought to the term "loser" outside of the context of a losing baseball team. Since becoming involved with Amway, I have come to associate the term "loser" with IBOs - people who believe they are better than everyone else, who offer fake friendship, who lie, and who generally make other people's lives miserable by causing them emotional and financial distress - with which I disagree.
Since we were able to break free from those Amway losers, our lives have returned to normal. Actually, it's better than usual. The albatross has been freed from its tangle of feathers. We are able to take a deep breath once more. We can see Amway and its loser independent business owners (IBOs) for what they truly are.
Those Amway failures weren't going to be able to manipulate me. In my experience, the only people who have suffered are the IBOs who point fingers and sling that epithet around.
So here's a finger pointing directly at you. You IBO losers are the most obnoxious bunch of jerks I've ever encountered.
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