The Illusion?

 One of the things my Amway upline taught us ad nauseum was that we needed to have faith in our business and in our upline. That we needed to believe that we were going to be successful. IBOs are told that they should act successful even if they are still working their way up the ranks in the business. It is why they ask (require) IBOs to wear suits and business attire to all meetings and functions. This is one of the weird quirks about the business in my opinion. I live in Hawaii, and I remember a function they held in the middle of July in a high school auditorium and there was no air conditioning. I think my suit needed special cleaning because it was completely saturated with perspiration.   I also remember the brainwashed IBOs saying how the room was cool despite their shirts and coats being drenched with sweeat.

Anyway, with this part of the year, soon (in a few months) there will be thousands of IBOs shuffling off to a function called dream night, or in some cases, winter conference. The tickets are about $100 or more and includes a dinner. What IBOs are often unaware of is that many venues will allow you to run these conferences for $25 to $50 per person. The rest of that ticket price goes directly into your upline's pockets. Anyway, the dream night function will feature slide shows of mansions, yachts, jet skis, sports cars, fabulous vacations and other trappings of wealth.  There will be screams for financial freedom and how IBOs need to "get it done" and be free of their awful and oppressive jobs.

What many IBOs don't realize is that this display of wealth is just that. There is no Bonafide evidence to indicate that these diamonds actually own all of those toys and trappings and mansions. The diamonds probably won't verbally confirm it either, because these toys and goodies may not really be owned by them. It could be rented, or maybe some upline crown ambassador may own the mansion, but IBOs will assume that these trappings of wealth are common once you reach diamond. As an IBO, I never actually knew how much a diamond really earned. I just assumed it was a lot because we were shown all of these goodies and just assumed all diamonds had these kinds of lifestyles.  But looking back, I recall my upline diamond had a regular home, although in a decent neighborhood.  But the claim was that the house was all paid for.

If I posted a picture of a mansion and a jet and said I owe it all to my earnings as a blogger, people would cry foul, that I am lying and making things up. And they would be right. Well, I would guess that many diamonds are doing the very same thing if they appear on stage and implying that they have jets and mansions. As I said, someone may own a mansion and a jet, but to imply that this is a part of the typical diamond lifestyle is a stretch. The evidence is there. Some diamonds have lost their homes to foreclosure. My old LOS diamonds (WWDB) taught us that diamonds pay cash for everything, including homes. Now confirmed as a blatant lie. Who knows what else they may have misrepresented? 

I ask IBOs and prospects who may be attending dream night, to watch with a critical eye. What is being implied with the display of wealth? Analyze if those goodies can be purchased with a diamond income (maybe $150,000 (gross income) plus some tool income). Ask yourself if this lifestyle is truly sustainable? Ask yourself if you can live with yourself if deception is a part of earning your diamond lifestyle?  Not only that, you likely need to exploit your family, friends and faithful downline who you advise to trust in you.  I for one, could not libe with myself if I needed to do that, to achieve the illusion of success.