Can You Get Someone Out of Amway?

 Every day, I receive readers to my blog who are looking for information on how to get someone out of Amway. Recently, I've had a few comments from folks who are looking for advice on how to pull a friend or family member out of Amway.

Unfortunately, there is no one-size-fits-all solution to the problem of how to pull someone out of the Amway organisation. This is a nefarious cult. The Amway commissioned salespeople are conditioned to believe that they are large and important business owners, and they are given the ridiculous term of IBO, which stands for Independent Business Owner. Countless Amway meetings, where they are reportedly given business advise but are essentially brainwashing sessions, are attended by Independent Business Owners (IBOs).

And yes, I am aware of this because I was coerced into attending numerous Amway cult meetings. There is never any specific business advice given. There is no information on registering as a business, obtaining tax identification numbers, opening a business bank account, obtaining a business licence, obtaining business insurance, preparing a business plan, creating a profit and loss statement, or any of the other necessary steps. When attending Amway meetings, some "business advise" is given, such as buying from your own store and purchasing tickets to the next Amway function. People who will not support your Amway business should not be associated with you. I have a whole bunch more dumb ass "business advice" provided at Amway meetings, such as "don't dress like a slut," but I'm not going to go over them right now because I don't have time.

Oh, and let's not forget this piece of business advise that I have only heard from Amway and not from anyone else in the business world. Before you do anything or purchase anything, you must first obtain authorization from your Amway upline. !!!!! Cult, cult, and more cult, and more cult!!!!!

Because the Amway cult instructs you to forsake your family and friends, the people in Amway quickly become your sole companions and friends. They are the only ones who can be relied upon. The only individuals who have your best interests at heart are your family and friends. In order to avoid “negative” people, Amway cult leaders brainwash their members to avoid anyone who does not wish to join the Amway cult or buy their shoddy, overpriced items from them.

The Amway cult member has made some new friends and spends hours each night with them, loving and worshipping their Amway cult leader, as well as with them. It is necessary for them to purchase everything their cult leader instructs them to purchase, including premier membership to WWDB, Communikate voice mail, tickets to Amway gatherings, CDs, books, and anything else on the market that will make their upline wealthy.

A good little ambot will receive lots of praise and attention from the Amway cult leader who will then bring them up on stage at the next Scamway meeting to show them off. For bad behaviour, like as failing to show up for a meeting or not purchasing enough trash, the cult leader will punish them with a fiery sermon, followed by scorn and mocking at the following Scamway gathering.

However, how does one get someone out of Amway's clutches? Unfortunately, the only thing you can generally do is stand by and watch as the deluded ambot digs his own grave. Once they've maxed up their credit cards and depleted their bank accounts, they'll be unable to continue tithing to the great Amway deity. They are most likely facing foreclosure, bankruptcy, and possibly divorce. When people quit listening to brainwashing CDs and attending cult meetings, their minds begin to become clearer and more rational. And then they gave up. Usually, it takes less than a year, sometimes even less than two years. Anyone who stays in the Amway cult for more than a year is considered a lifer in the organisation.

I've had a few of frantic visitors post comments asking how they might get their loved one out of the house. There is no easy answer, but here are some resources that might be of assistance.

Merchants of Deception is a free ebook authored by former Emerald Eric Scheibeler, who is also the author of the book. During the interview, he discusses the brainwashing and how he only earned about $35,000/year despite the fact that he was at a level where he expected to be making at least $100,000 based on Amway propaganda and what he had heard from Diamond speakers. After investigating, he discovered that the most profitable part of the Amway business was the sale of motivational materials such as books, tapes/CDs, and speaking at events. At moments, it's a genuinely frightening read. Everything he said regarding Amway meetings was something I'd heard before as well. I wish I had been able to attend. What he described was exactly what I had gone through. And, perhaps most crucially, he explains why 99 percent of Amway Independent Business Owners will never generate money. Reading it reveals that the lies we were taught were the same lies he heard, as well as the conclusion that no matter how hard we tried to make money at Amway, it simply wasn't feasible for us to succeed.

http://www.transgallaxys.com/~emerald/

Amway was revealed as a hoax by NBC Dateline a few years ago. In addition to covering indoctrination, they displayed scenes from arenas that depicted this cult in action. They catch IBO in the act of lying - which isn't difficult to do! They are all deceivers! This television episode features an interview with the aforementioned author, Eric Scheibeler.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot31XhgE XE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc4-34V75SQ

Steve Hassan has assisted former Amway cult members as well as members of other mind control cults in their deprogramming efforts. There is a two-part interview about the Amway cult available on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CApMzIX46kw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2kQii3WC9Y

They have resources and are concerned with all pyramid schemes, not only Amway, according to Pyramid Scheme Alert.

http://pyramidschemealert.org/

Can Cancer Be Cured By Amway Products?

 Oh my god. A searcher finds their way to my blog after Googling "can cancer be healed by Amway products," which leads them to my blog.

All of this is part of the Amway bullshit propaganda machine, which is working overtime to defraud people out of their money and instil false optimism in their hearts.

I have no evidence that anyone from Amway's corporate headquarters is making ridiculous claims about their goods' ability to heal cancer. I'm not sure how I feel about it either way. Instead, I believe they will be hit with litigation from the FDA and victims of deceptive advertising who claim that their goods can cure cancer if they do not refrain from doing so. I faintly recall some half-assed memo from Amway headquarters recommending that independent business owners (IBOs) refrain from making deceptive statements about their products. That is the only way to deter a money-obsessed ambot because head office does nothing to stop their lying, scamming IBO ambots from operating. Can you imagine what would happen if they did? Customers who purchase in their own store, commonly known as commissioned sales force, will be completely eliminated! Because less than 5% of Amway items are sold to clients who are not Independent Business Owners (IBOs), the whole company's revenues would be lost.

The Amway propaganda machine is comprised of the Amway cult leaders and their followers, all of whom spew out lies and blatant misinformation.

Amway ambots are devoid of morals and conscience. They will cheat and lie to anyone in order to make a buck in order to try to recover some of the millions of dollars they have sunk into the Amway pyramid scheme over the years.

An Amway ambot will, of course, lie and persuade a potential customer that cancer may be cured with Amway products in order to generate revenue. They're a bunch of lying little bastards, these Amway jerks.

Amway is all about selling the prospect of a better future.

Hope is sought by people suffering from incurable illnesses, or even illnesses that are not life threatening but are painful or progressing downward in severity. There is no such thing as a miracle cure. Amway jerks with their snake oil items are there to defraud patients out of their money while also lying to them about how they would feel better in a short period of time.

When we were at Amway, I was able to observe all of the lying ambots in the vicinity who couldn't give a flying fuck about anything other than their own greedy quest of being insanely wealthy and retiring before everyone else they knew.

You can certainly dream on, you AMWASSULS!!

In addition, what happens when a cancer patient believes the lies of a dishonest Amway jerk and purchases pricey, shoddy Amway products that are "guaranteed" to cure their cancer but do not cure them, and then complains to the rotten Amway bastard who sold them the shit? Amway is a scam in which the victim is held responsible. The Amway jerk will blame the cancer patient of doing something wrong, and the patient will believe him. They did not eat the Amway product in the proper manner. It is the patient's responsibility for failing to follow the directions.

Someone who has cancer must pay attention to their doctor's instructions. Consider getting a second, third, or fourth opinion, as well as established medical procedures. Although some cancer patients seek alternative holistic treatments, they cannot forego surgery, chemotherapy, or prescription medications simply because some fucking Amway asshole claims that drinking a case of Perfect Water a week will flush the cancer from their system if they drink a case of Perfect Water a week.

Because Amway refuses to accept responsibility for the acts of their representatives, they will almost certainly find themselves on the wrong side of a lawsuit nevertheless, because they are ultimately liable for the actions of their sales force. Amway is a multi-billion dollar corporation.

I observed our sack of shit Platinum instructing his cult members to lie to people in order to persuade them to purchase Amway items. I was disgusted. Continue to promote Amway products in a favourable manner and tell clients what they want to hear. Amway products are of high quality, so fill them with lies about how good they are. There is nothing they can't fix for your problems!

Scam artists and snake oil salesmen!

That people are looking for evidence to support claims that Amway products cure cancer on the Internet is sufficient proof to me that there are independent business owners (IBOs) that represent Amway propagating such lies somewhere in the world.

And it is the final conclusion. Amway Independent Business Owners (IBOs) are the biggest jerks in the world, and they would lie about everything, trample over everyone, and do whatever it takes in their greed-driven frenzy to become wealthy in Amway business.

People, if you are suffering from cancer, DO NOT follow medical advice given by Amway salespersons.

Brainwashed Ambots!

 My attention is not consumed by others who are pursuing a higher goal, contrary to popular belief.

I've been obsessed with informing others about my dissatisfaction with our Amway upline's assholes.

I've been accused of bringing down business owners because I'm too lazy to do it myself. Do you believe this? True enough, I'm a slacker in the corporate world. I'm sure there are many IBOs out there that wish they could have my level of laziness, which comes in the guise of a six-figure salary. If I wasn't so sluggish, I'd definitely be earning in the seven figures! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

It's only the fucking bastards in my upline who get knocked down by me when it comes to Amway "company owners." Instead of knocking them down because they are “owners” of a business or are attempting to better their own situation, I knock them down because they are fucking bastards. If they believe that Amway is the answer to their prayers and the path to financial independence, they have a dilemma on their hands. Pay attention to the fine print!

IBOs who have been brainwashed are the most judgmental people you will ever meet. Some people pop up on anti-Amway blogs, either by accident or on purpose, and accuse the author of passing judgement on others! Ha! Take a good look in the mirror! The majority of us have our own agendas, and they have absolutely nothing to do with you individually. If we can assist any IBOs in gaining the courage to leave Amway, that will be a positive development. Honestly, it doesn't bother me at all if an IBO decides to turn a blind eye to the horrors I've through as a result of our fucking upline's indoctrination of my spouse. It's my tale, and I'm going to tell it the way I want. Do not come here and read my blog if you do not want to hear about the misery I went through while working in Amway hell.

I particularly enjoy how brainwashed ambots blame legitimate business owners of being lethargic, despite the fact that those brainwashed ambots are too lazy to become true business owners instead of wasting their money on a fictitious business. They place their unstable future in the hands of Amway, which has a less than 1 percent chance of earning a profit in the long run. It's fantastic!

If any of these horrified IBO's come back to my site, I hope that they will gain an understanding of what it is like to be a successful business owner in the future. You have complete control over running a genuine business, including your working hours, establishing your own policies, choosing your own rates, determining your own attire in the morning, and deciding when and how long to take vacations. Visit your local library and check out books on how to start your own business to gain some inspiration and ideas. It is possible to start a firm with inexpensive start-up and operating costs in a variety of industries. Most likely, you'll be investing less money than you would if you were to invest in Amway.

It may be necessary for you ambots to seek counselling in order to overcome your negative attitudes toward people who are not affiliated with Amway as a result of the cult's influence over your thinking and behaviour. You must realise that there is absolutely nothing wrong with folks who have work. In the same way, there is nothing wrong with people who own their own enterprises that are not affiliated with the Amway Corporation. Those of you who sneer at others and look down your nose at them simply because they are not affiliated with Amway will not be successful in Amway or in anything else in which you engage in this behaviour. You might be more open to getting true knowledge on how to manage a reputable business once you've gotten that thought out of your head. Wishing you the best of luck.

Amway and our jerk of an upline are no longer causing me and my spouse any problems. Now it's my turn to turn the tables by writing a blog post exposing our terrible Amway experience, as well as the abuse we received from our upline.

Amway Ambots Hate Their Jobs and Teach Others to do the Same

 When I attended Amway meetings, one of the things I was told was how simple the company was. The only thing you had to do was consume one Amway food bar and one Amway beverage per day, and then teach others to do the same thing.

Well, it's not quite that simple because no one wants to consume awful, yummy, shitty items that are also extremely expensive to purchase. Unless, of course, they are an ambot who has been brainwashed into believing that they genuinely taste nice and are beneficial to your health. Hell. Amway snack bars do not compare to the flavour of caramel covered cardboard!

When it comes to Amway, it's all about inspiring people to accomplish the same thing you are. Duplicating your upline is a term commonly used to describe this practise.

People who had jobs were sneered at at every Scamway meeting by the sack of shit Platinum, who sneered even more. J.O.B. I'm a little over broke. Because they weren't wealthy business owners like Amway's (fake) business owners, people who were employed by others and held jobs were held in the lowest regard and regarded as second-class citizens.

Platinum said that after a couple of years in Amway, people could quit their jobs and sit back on their asses as large sums of money poured in every month as residual income.

Freedom! This is something that none of those poor suckers who were employed would ever be aware of.

Alternatively, he could be awarded the Platinum because he is still employed in a position he despises after 15 years or such. He despises his job, so he devotes his time and energy to educating others to despise their employment as well.

When the Platinum cult leader would roll his or her followers' noses into the giant shithole known as a job, the followers would scream. Making a living by doing work for someone else and getting compensated for it is called self-employment. It would continue indefinitely. How jobs are dreadful, wicked things that only lowly bastards are fortunate enough to have. People who have jobs must set their alarm clocks and get up every day in order to perform their duties under the supervision of others. And then, when they reach the age of 65, they either die or go bankrupt.

And what about the people in the room who were self-employed or had their own businesses? In most cases, Ambot was the only one present, although there were a few of other males in crossline who were possibly present at some of the Amway cult meetings we visited. That it was only people who already owned their own businesses who answered his question about how many people in the room earned 75 or 100k, which is the imaginary number you can make in Amway at Platinum or Emerald level, must have enraged bag of crap Platinum beyond measure. In order to do this, Amway Platinum must poison the minds of business owners and mock them for their choice of industry as well as how hard they work, among other things. This is known as Amway brainwashing crap.

The Platinum sneers at them, implying that they are stupid for owning another type of business while Amway is the ideal business for anyone to own. Okay, so it's a wonderful business to own for the individuals who actually control the Amway corporation, but it's not a good business to own for the commissioned salespeople Amway hires and barely pays to flog their overpriced lousy items under the bogus title of Independent Business Owner.

We saw that many of the folks who attended cult meetings were unemployed while we were in Amway. During our tenure in this hellhole cult, other IBOs were forced to find new employment.

These people had all been brainwashed into despising their occupations, despising their employers, and despising their coworkers. Having to deal with someone who shows up to work every day and despises everything about their job is not nice. Everyone in the workplace is regarded with suspicion by Ambots, who consider themselves to be a bunch of dumb fucker employees who don't run their own firm. The Amway jerk, on the other hand, does not! It is a fictitious business in which they can make a meagre $10 commission if they purchase $300 worth of Amway products every month from their own store, which is what they do. A typical employment pays $10 per hour, yet the majority of employees do not require any further purchases to obtain that $10!

The reason for this is because because ambots have been trained to become intolerant Amway assholes and they carry their shabby attitude to the workplace, they don't tend to remain around for very long. Eventually, they either depart because they don't want to continue working with these losers who aren't interested in supporting their company, or their manager gives them the old heave ho.

What happens if the ambots descended on a prospect who already has a position? They will inquire as to whether or not the individual enjoys their employment. Some people enjoy their jobs, while others despise them. It's a hit or miss proposition. I'd guess that those who are dissatisfied with their current position are seeking for another one, and they may be interested in attending a Scamway meeting to learn more about this once in a lifetime opportunity schlocky schlock. Others will maintain their position and state that they enjoy their jobs. The ambot will sneer at them, as if it were impossible for someone to enjoy their job. Afterwards, because Amway ambots are such dumb fucks, they will almost certainly make some dumb ass comment like, "Would you still do your job if you weren't compensated for it?" Uh, what do you think you're talking about, you dumb ass ambot? As soon as I don't get paid, I'm out of here like fuck you, I'm outta here! If they are not paid for their work, most people will not stay at their jobs, no matter how much they enjoy them. Not to mention that it is a violation of employment regulations almost everywhere in the world!

Not everyone shares the negative attitude that Amway ambots have instilled in them just because they are trained to despise their employment.

Who Loves/Hates their Amway Upline?

 My door was opened by a newly joined up IBO who claimed that they would never spend "crazy" amounts of money on Amway. In this piece, I discussed some of the fundamental monthly charges that each IBO must incur in order to maintain good standing with the assholes in their Amway upline. Surprisingly, such "crazy" sums were in fact quite small. IBOs would spend much more than that on Amway products and tools, and they would spend even more time praising and adoring the asses in their upline in exchange for a few fleeting moments of attention and adulation.

Moreover, this new ambot had the following to say about their upline:

My uplines are wonderful folks who are patient, never pushy, and generally wonderful people.

It's a joke, of course! Please excuse me while I go to the bathroom!!!!!!!

As a newbie, I'm sure most ambots will say something similar about their upline when they are being gushed over and love bombed.

One of the first things an Amway ambot is persuaded to do is to make a purchase of at least 100 PV in Amway items during the first month after joining the company. And, of course, each and every month after that. 100 PV is approximately $300. 100 PV = the magic number that qualifies you to obtain an Amway commission check. Purchasing 100 PV of Amway products results in a commission check in the amount of approximately $10. If you are successful in persuading any of your friends and family to purchase Amway products, you will receive a commission on those sales as well. Commission would be paid out in additional PV plus depending on whether you sold the goods to your friends at a wholesale or retail price to Amway.

What if you don't spend at least 100 PV on Amway items in a month? You will not receive your meagre Amway commission payment. Furthermore, at the end of the month, some fucking asshole in your Amway upline will call and nag you until you bring out your credit card. However, even if you have purchased at least 100 PV, some asshole farther up the Amway upline may phone and beg you to purchase more Amway nonsense because they have a "target" to accomplish that month and require the support of the cult followers to achieve whatever level they choose.

How many Amway meetings are held in a typical week? That may or may not be dependent on your upline and how many meetings they have booked, as well as what they have determined to be a meeting. Sometimes they call you into a meeting at the last minute and demand your instant presence at a coffee shop or a prospect sniping session at the grocery store, for example. There could be anywhere from 2 to 5 Amway meetings per week. On one of such nights, perhaps you have something more important to attend to and you decide to skip the meeting. Expect a phone call or a series of texts from some jerk in your Amway upline to chastise you for your actions. Prior to and following the meeting This means that your phone will be ringing and your texts will be arriving until and after midnight. If you miss a meeting, you will be punished by the jerks in your Amway upline.

Attending an Amway event out of town isn't something you want to do? What's the harm in trying? in your upline's requirements from some jackass. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that must not be missed. It was a life-altering experience. This is the most important Amway event of the year. For starters, it is prohibitively expensive. The cost of tickets, transportation, hotel, meals, and other expenses is approximately $1000, possibly more. There are a lot more worthwhile things that you can do with that $1000, such as making your mortgage payment. For starters, plan a trip to a destination that you truly want to visit. To be honest, who would really want the opportunity to travel to for an Amway brainwashing convention? I'll leave it up to the readers to fill in the gaps. Not everyone is interested in attending a Scamway gathering at a remote place in the middle of nowhere. In the event that you fail to attend an Amway function or even mention that you will not be attending, you will receive a scathing reprimand from the Amway cult leaders.

Amazing, patient, never pushy, and all-around wonderful are the people in the Amway upline right now!!!! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Of course, when you first start working for Amway, everyone will be friendly to you. Once this is accomplished, they will begin working on brainwashing you. Otherwise, you will suffer the wrath of God from the jerks in your Amway upline if you do not learn to be an obedient ambot.

For example, as I mentioned in my response to the other thread, even Jim Jones was nice and kind to his parishioners when he first met them. He wanted to grow the People's Temple, and he realised that he could attract more members by love bombing them rather than by telling them straight up what a jerk he is from the beginning of the process. He persuaded people that by giving their money to the church, they were assisting the poor and disadvantaged, as well as curing the sick, and he received their blessings. Bringing blessings to others and assisting them. Holy fucking fuck! Our Amway upline was using those words, and they were jerks!!!! Jim Jones was a superb con artist, and the leaders of the Amway cult have taken cues from his methods. Unlike many other organisations, Jim Jones did not begin by ordering new recruits around and demanding slave labour from them. Similar to this, the jerks in our Amway upline waited a couple of months before demanding that their tasks be done around the house and that their every whim be attended to. Jim Jones used mind control to get people to relocate to Guyana, which he claimed was a paradise. Nothing different from Amway cult leaders who brainwash their followers into believing they will be living in paradise after 2 to 5 years of membership in the Amway organisation. People's Temple adherents found themselves trapped in a jungle that required extensive human labour to maintain under control, rather than in a tropical paradise as they had expected. Instead of enjoying the luxurious lifestyle promised by Amway, cult members find themselves losing money and losing their family and friends. Jim Jones persuaded his followers to consume cyanide-laced Kool Aid in order to save their lives. Those who refused to comply were shot. Ambots who do not follow the orders of their Amway cult leader are psychologically slaughtered.

With their Amway cult followers, the Amway cult leaders have a love-hate relationship. Cult leaders in the Amway organisation are to be admired and revered, but they are also to be feared. If you dare to disobey, you will face the full force of the law.

What happened to your adoring, supportive Amway upline that was gushing over you and encouraging you to become the next "leader" when you first joined the company? Once they had you brainwashed and placed you in the middle of their twisted love/hate relationship in order to keep you under control, their true colours emerged on the scene.

Amway guys at the top of the organisation are the most fucked up two-faced phonies on the planet!

What Happens When You Don’t Pay Amway

 I've been having a lot of fun recently with the search parameters that people use to find my site and it's making me laugh.

What happens when you don't pay Amway is a question that one of my recent searches has asked me.

Starting with the fact that you will not be paying Amway is a very good thing since it means you will not be duped into purchasing subpar products at a high price.

Amway is only your friend as long as you continue to do business with them.

There is no shop. There are no more friends!

I would say that the answer is as straightforward as shopping from any online retailer. If you do not pay them, they will not ship you the items that you have placed in your shopping basket.

Additionally, the yearly membership cost Amway charges you for the “privilege” of purchasing at their store is the same as the annual membership fee. If you do not pay your annual fee, you will not be able to shop there. And some Amway hedonist has a little less money in their bank account as a result of this.

Costco operates in a similar manner. If you fail to pay your annual membership fee, the Costco bouncer who stands at the door will not let you into the store.

The fact that you are not required to pay Amway is a very positive development. That signifies you've stopped doing business with them and aren't getting taken advantage of any longer..

I strongly advise everyone to avoid paying Amway!

Waking Up When I’m Not Done Sleeping

Last night was one of those nights where I couldn't sleep because I kept waking up. I couldn't sleep for the life of me. I finally woke up just after 6 a.m., which for me is an unholy hour of the day. I'm going to go outside and sit in the lounge chair with a book, and I'm going to end up falling asleep in the sun, which will leave me feeling foggy for the rest of the day!

The cult leader speaking to the group at one of the numerous Amway meetings I attended would remark something to the effect of "wouldn't it be nice to wake up in the morning when you're done sleeping?" Every Scamway meeting, I know for a fact that our piece of shit Platinum has stated that his wife gets up once she is finished sleeping, which I believe is true. When you have school-age children, it appears to be a little reckless. Their children were teenagers at the time - a boy and a girl who were, I believe, 13 and 14 years old. Why would Mom want to make sure her children are getting themselves out of bed on time, eating a nutritious breakfast, preparing their lunches, and making sure they get out the door in the morning? Would Platinum Dad be the one to do all of this? Unlikely. That idiot is a male chauvinist pig, and childcare is something he would classify as "women's labour." When the bag of shit wakes her awake and tells her, "you're done sleeping," his wife is quite likely to get out of bed. Get to your feet! “I want my fucking breakfast!” I exclaimed.

It is the Platinum's belief that the primary reason his wife gets out of bed after she has completed her sleep is to scoff at the downline who have jobs and who set their alarm clocks daily and get out of bed in time to get to work

To understand the concept of "waking up when you're done sleeping" is something that I have a difficult time grasping. First and foremost, most parents of school-age children do not lie in bed until they are "done sleeping" and then get out of bed again. Maybe, and this is a big maybe, until the youngster is a junior or senior and capable of getting himself or herself out of bed on time, dressed, eating breakfast, and getting to and from school every day. Parents of younger children must get them out of bed and dressed, prepare breakfast, pack a lunch, and walk them to school unless the younger child has older siblings who can accompany him or her to school. I would imagine that the majority of stay-at-home moms are up by 7 a.m. or earlier. After everyone has left the house, it is likely that they will not return to their beds.

The exception to this is of course a lazy asses IBO who is following the upline's advice to not get out of bed until you've finished sleeping.

Unlike what the Amway jerks say about how it would be good not to have to wake up to an alarm clock every morning, I only use my alarm clock on rare occasions. If I set an alarm, it's because I have to be somewhere early in the morning. Whether I use an alarm clock or not, I would say that I rarely wake up when I am "done sleeping." Let's take today as an example! I haven't finished sleeping yet! As a result, I'm writing a blog entry!

Being praised for staying in bed until you are "done sleeping" by Platinums and Diamonds does not imply that it is something everyone should strive to accomplish or that it is necessarily a viable option. Most of them, I'm sure, have never heard of Benjamin Franklin or the adage "early in the morning, early in the evening makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."

I wouldn't say that I go to bed early in general, but now that we're no longer in Amway, I'm able to get to bed before midnight more often than not. Is it beneficial to my health to get up early in the morning? When I wake up, I go for a walk with the dog, eat something light, and then go swimming or do yoga. I suppose I'm in good health. Alternatively, it is more healthy than lounging around in bed till I am "done sleeping."

Let's make a comparison with an Amway Independent Business Owner (IBO). Let's say the slacker drags his or her arse out of bed at noon. A dinner consisting of an energy drink, a snack bar, and vitamins is being prepared in the kitchen. Following that, it's likely that you'll be checking your email, sending text messages, and making a lot of phone calls. The next thing you know, it's late in the afternoon and the laundry and housecleaning are still unfinished. What about mowing the lawn? When was the last time you mowed the grass or weeded the garden? Do you remember? Who has the luxury of time for that? Next comes downline counselling because people are starting to get off work now, followed by the board plan meeting at 8pm and the night owl meeting at 11pm. Arrive back to your house around 2 a.m. and repeat the process the next day.

Many individuals consider lying in bed to be a complete waste of time. As a general rule, I've operated on the assumption that the sooner I can complete tasks, the sooner I can unwind. Because the day is slipping away from me, I refuse to stay in bed till noon even if I could.

Getting out of bed when I am finished sleeping does not work for me.

Neither does waking up when I'm still in the middle of my sleep!

But I'm determined to keep going.

At the very least, I am not an Amway asshole who spends half of the day lying around in bed because they have a sense of entitlement since that is what their upline teaches them to strive to - wake up when they are finished sleeping.