Lying, The Most Important Amway Skill?

 It is my opinion that lying is a required skill in order to make it big in Amway. Before you go all crazy and disregard what I'm saying, let me explain why.

When I was an IBO, diamonds told bold faced lies (I was an IBO in 1997). Back then, the internet was not nearly as accessible as it is now and looking up things was a different task than it is now with google or yahoo. So, the WWDB diamonds stood on stage and swore that NOBODY made a cent on tools and functions. We were told that WWDB was a non-profit organization and that any profits made were simply re-invested back into the company to reduce the cost of future events and functions (which never happened). Without easy access to information, most of the audience believed the diamonds. We had no reason to doubt because they "told us" that they had our best interests at heart.  In reality, they had their own best interests at heart.

Looking back, those lies were the tip of the iceberg. The diamonds told many lies. They more than likely lied about how much income they made from Amway (probably most of them)  and I'm certain some of them lied about paying for everything they own in cash. They lied about WWDB having a nearly nonexistent divorce rate compared to the rest of the world. I'm sure they lied about the "trappings" of wealth they claimed to have. A few diamonds in the past, had some financial problems such as home foreclosures and a prominent WWDB triple diamond filed chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2009 or so. When their financials became public record, we could see debt, unpaid taxes and other problems by people we thought were wealthy beyond our dreams. They were not.

The diamonds also taught the troops to lie and be deceptive about Amway to get people to see the plan or to entice them to sign up. A previous blog post was titled "fake it till you make it", which is about lies and deception taught by upline to help downline to recruit potential IBOs. If the diamonds lie and teach lies to promote Amway, my conclusion is that lying is required in order to succeed in Amway. Apparently, it is a trait that the diamonds I saw, possessed. Even after I quit, I heard numerous lies from IBOs denying that "Quixtar" had nothing to do with Amway, when in fact Quixtar was just a new name for Amway North America. Imagine a prospect asking someone why they were selling Amway products when Quixtar had nothing to do with Amway?

It is my conclusion that lying is indeed needed for Amway success. The better and more convincing the liar you are, the better you can recruit downline and advance in the Amway pay plan. If you don't believe me, name one person who was uber successful by being upfront and open about Amway and any related questions, such as how much they actually make in Amway and how much they make from tools. You will hear crickets more than you hear answers.