Just Make More?

 One of the things my (WWDB) upline frequently told us, was to "just make more money". This was about how our lives are impacted by rising prices of things. For example, a friend of mine who works for a gas company has said the price of gas in the US is likely to keep rising until it exceeds $10.00 a gallon. Your Amway upline will probably just say you need to make more money by working your business harder. My upline certainly did.  But what does it mean to work harder?  Reading more books, attending more functions or many of the upline recommended activities are non-income producing activities.  The only things that make you money are selling goods and services for a profit, and to sponsor downline who actually move some volume. 

Now for most IBOs, you are likely losing money due to the "system" consisting of books, meetings, standing orders, and functions. You cannot simply "make more money" just because you want you. There was a time when I had that mindset, because it was taught by WWDB leaders. Amway was supposed to be the answer to that problem, but for most, the Amway opportunity ends up being the reason for more debt rather than a way for people to make more money. You are programmed to think you just earn more money to solve financial issues, if only you will "be core" and work your business hard. Sadly, most hard working IBOs will end up with "less money" because of the advice of their trusted "mentors and business coaches".

Ironically, in WWDB (my former LOS), some of the leaders and mentors may have been exposed as frauds as some of them experienced financial problems, including home foreclosures, thus exposing them as liars and frauds as many of these very leaders stood on a large stage claiming that WWDB diamonds pay cash for everything and that people who make loans are "stupid". Makes you wonder about the integrity if such leaders. These leaders are for the most part, still teaching this garbage today.

You may think earning more money is the simple answer to many of your problems, but you are unlikely to solve these problems by attending functions and listening to standing orders. Seriously.  Instead of blindly following upline advice, do the activities that generate income, not ones that cost you money such as standing orders and functions.