Try Harder?

 I remember being an IBO sitting in emotional functions with poor saps who wanted to go diamond so bad that tears were flowing out of their eyes.  They were seemingly hard working good people who certainly did all they could to fulfill their upline’s advice to a “T” so they too could taste the good life.  

My observation as a former IBO is that most IBOs who gave an earnest effort were generally young, hard working and motivated.   They generally got sucked in by upline because they truly wanted to believe that there was a shortcut to retirement and that they’ll be retired at age 28 with more money than they ever dreamed of.  The upline wisely shows you toys and Dream houses and vacations so you can get a glimpse of the reward. 

That’s the beginning.   Then they tell you it can all be yours but you’ll need to become a student dedicated to the system tools and functions.  Do as you’re advised and you get  the same results as the diamonds!  And it’s simple!  Anyone who can copy someone else can do it!  No doubt about it!   1-2-3-4-5-6, I’m going diamond that’s it period!

Then when IBOs fail which they ultimately must, the upline narrative changes from simply copying upline to one of several outcomes.   Usually upline will say you never really tried hard enough.  That seems like a really common one.  Other upline excuses include you didn’t work the system exactly the way you were advised or you didn’t build it right. Has anyone ever heard an upline admit their advice didn’t work or that they were wrong?  

Upline will never hold themselves accountable because their advice overall is ineffective.   The number of actual successes looks like the outcome of a lottery.  Sure, once in a while an IBO will defy incredible odds and go diamond but they are far and few between.  It is my educated guess that very few IBOs who made an effort ever fail because they didn’t try hard enough.   That’s just a convenient upline excuse for their ineffective advice, which you paid for.