Stealing An IBO's Dream?

 Recently, certain disputes over Amway resurfaced, this time with allegations of "dream stealers" being levelled at those who disagree with the company's business model. The following is the definition of a dream from dictionary.com, which I thought you would find interesting:dreamDisplay...

Rich Dad or Bankrupt Dad?

 I came discovered the following article, which was rather interesting:http://amthrax.wordpress.com/2012/10/12/rich-dad-poor-dad-bankrupt-dad/12th of October, 2012Robert Kiyosaki is a well-known businessman.Robert Kiyosaki, author of the best-selling book "Rich Dad, Poor Dad," has filed...

Is Your Upline A Mentor Or A Lousy Consultant?

 When it comes to some LOS leaders, such as those I had at WWDB, what is really insidious about them is that they appear to be cutthroat, vicious businessmen dressed in fine suits, who are disguising themselves as your mentors and friends. They will convince you that they have your...

Is Your Amway Upline Your "Coach"?

 Many engaged IBOs in the Amway industry are advised to put their faith in their upline. To think of your upline as a coach or a mentor is an excellent strategy. They are supposed to have your best interests at heart, and they will steer you to success if you will only be willing to...

Build Your Amway Business Right, and Build It Once?

 I believe that Amway independent business owners (IBOs) have a 50 percent attrition rate in their first year of business. Taking a 5-year perspective, I estimate the attrition rate is somewhere in the neighbourhood of 95 percent. This means that just 5 IBOs will be around in 5 years...

Amway Makes You "Rich"?

 Amway has the potential to make you wealthy. Many Independent Business Owners (IBOs) claim they were advised that Amway was not a "get rich quick" scheme. However, it is clear that someone must have given them the sense that Amway will eventually make them wealthy; otherwise, why would...

Amway Is Not A Pyramid, It's An Iceberg?

 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,...

Amway IBOs Reap What They Sow?

 One of the things that many prospects and IBOs believe is that they will make an investment of time and money into Amway and that they will eventually receive their time and money back in such abundance that they will be able to walk away from their jobs and walk the beaches of the...

Amway IBO Tidbits Or Sad facts?

 So many people are deceived into believing that by joining an Amway Independent Business Owner (IBO), they will magically become wealthy. Many recruiters will relate stories about how they were previously broke, but that they signed up, overcame obstacles, and are now gems enjoying...

Why Amway Diamonds Appear Wealthy?

 One of the things that many independent business owners (IBOs) do not understand is where the actual upline revenues come from. They believe they will get passive residual income, but the majority of them are unsure of how it works or where the money comes from, if at all. In its place,...

What Is A Likely Amway Experience?

 When it comes to advertising Amway, one of the things that promoters and apologists prefer to do is depict the best case scenario. The desire to demonstrate the best case scenario is understandable, and I have no problem with a promoter doing so. However, in my informed view, it is...

What Is A Business Owner Mentality?

 When it comes to IBOs, one of the most common catchphrases they use is that you need a "business attitude." Those of us who have a "employee attitude" will not be able to make it in the Amway organisation. This strikes me as amusing, given that the vast majority of Amway Independent...

What Amway Prospects Should Know

 While working as an IBO, I was completely oblivious of the fact that our uplines were making money off of our tool purchases. As a member of the WWDB team at the time, I was told unequivocally that no money was generated from the tools and, in fact, I was informed that WWDB was a non-profit...

The Residual Income Fairy Tale?

 Another misconception that many IBOs have is that they will establish their Amway business and then be able to "walk away" from it while the income continues to flow in. This is not the case. In my opinion, if Amway offered such an outstanding benefit as the ability to generate everlasting...

I Didn't Work Hard Enough?

 In addition to not working the business hard enough or not doing things correctly, IBOs are trained to blame themselves for not doing things correctly, even if they follow their upline's instructions to the letter. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth than this statement....

Don't Quit And You Will Succeed In Amway?

 When I was an IBO, one of the mantras I heard over and over was "Never Give Up." As an IBO, quitting felt like a sure way to meet your demise. I believe that the never quit mantra can be beneficial if it is understood to mean "never give up trying" or "never give up striving to develop...

Comments About Amway?

 When it comes to some Amway executives, one of the things that irritates me the most is their obvious revisionist history. It is impossible for them to accept any responsibility for anything, save for the little amounts of success that seep through their system. Realism is neglected,...

Amway WWDB Revised History?

 When it comes to some Amway executives, one of the things that irritates me the most is their obvious revisionist history. It is impossible for them to accept any responsibility for anything, save for the little amounts of success that seep through their system. Realism is neglected,...

Amway Or A J-O-B?

 There have been many meetings and functions where the diamonds have mentioned how your employment is causing you to be "just over broke" or that you are the "jackass of the boss." They attempted to denigrate jobs, as if doing one's job were some sort of horrible punishment for the...

Amway Diamonds Pay Cash For Everything?

 In my previous life as an IBO, I was always told that diamonds would pay cash for anything. that, after following the failsafe WWDB system, I too would be strolling on the beaches of every continent, with riches pouring into my bank account and not a worry in the world, one day We...

Amway And The Tools System Conflict Of Interest?

 Over the course of my Amway and blogging experiences, I've arrived to a decision that I intend to stick to. And this, in my professional view, is a significant flaw in the Amway business potential as a whole. Rich Devos, the owner of Amway, acknowledged the problem in his "directly...