Monday, July 18, 2022

The Evolution Of Amway Teaching?

 One of the things that is clear. Many Amway recruits are shown fancy cars and toys, along with luxurious vacations and trappings. This is a way to get prospects excited and interested in signing up for the Amway opportunity. Many sign up, and soon enough, the excitement fades and they realize they aren't making any money or are losing money each month, and finally makes the business decision to quit. Either that or the IBO sees monthly losses and no prospects of improvement and quits. Many do little or nothing. But what many people do not understand or realize is that there is a reason for this. Many do little or nothing, I suspect because the business is much harder to build than advertised.  The name Amway already carries a stigma and most people see through the holes in the Amway plan.

Because Amway has a spotty reputation in the US (and growing in other locations), finding prospects is a daunting task. Add in the high prices of Amway products and you have major challenges that IBOs simply cannot overcome. Most simply quit and fade away into society. Some, like myself were lied to and abused, with upline leaders (WWDB)who were never held accountable for their actions. Thus I blog so others may share my experiences and can decide if they wish to climb insurmountable challenges for a less than 1% chance of financial success.

What many leaders do is evolve their teachings. They start to teach their IBOs that the Amway opportunity may have made them nicer people, better fathers or husbands and other nice to hear stories because it covers up the fact that these IBOs are not making money. Sometimes I wonder how someone can be a better person by deceiving others about the business opportunity, or how you can be a better father or husband when Amway meetings become a priority over your family and friends. Or how you can be a nicer person and leave threatening messages on forums with those who disagree about Amway being a great business opportunity?

Rather than justifying your involvement or looking are side benefits, IBOs should be looking at their bottom line. If your Amway "Business" is not generating enough money to pay for your voicemail and other expenses and leaving you with a net profit, then what exactly is your upline teaching you that is worth the ongoing expense? If you are like most, you are told that Amway has no overhead and has little risk. Well, that becomes untrue after months pass by and you have spent hundreds if not thousands on support materials that do not deliver you a net profit. Additionally, your upline is making a nice income by selling you those support materials and advising you to buy more.

Are you new or a tenured IBO? Has your teaching from upline evolved away from making money as the bottom line? If so, what do you do next? I would run in the opposite direction.  Remember, making a business decision to stop participating in Amway doesn't mean you are a failure or that you cannot succeed in life.  It just means that you will achieve your financial goals and dreams in another manner instead of Amway.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

There is a definite evolution in Amway teaching, from the time a recruit is signed up to the time when he realizes he must quit.

In the beginning, the entire focus is on wealth, freedom, and fulfilled dreams. The young IBO is told that in a short time he can have all the things he has lusted after. The emphasis on "dreams" and their attainment is very important during those first months.

When it becomes clear that these promises will not be realized quickly, the second stage of Amway teaching begins. Now the IBO is told that what is needed is an endless supply of "tools" (books, tapes, CDs, etc.), and steady attendance at "functions." And this is reinforced by weekly meetings with one's immediate up-line and others, where intense peer pressure and propaganda is employed to keep one's energy level high. This may last for a year or more.

The third level of Amway teaching is reached when the IBO eventually complains that he is getting nowhere in the business, and in fact is losing money steadily. Then the real con-job kicks in. "You're not in this business to make money primarily," his up-line tell him. "You're in it to HELP OTHERS! You're in it to become A BETTER PERSON! You're in it to learn about human communications, and how to network and make friends!"

At that point, if intelligent, the IBO quits in disgust. If he is stupid, he falls for this bullshit, and Amway becomes his new religion.