Economic Wisdom?

 So many Amway IBOs simply adore their upline diamonds.  They practically worship the ground they walk on.  They give standing ovations, and record every word spoken by the diamond in hopes that they will hear that one thing or nugget of information or inspiration that propel their business t diamond.  They can their uplines "mentors" or coaches, although I don't really believe that mentors do their thing because they expect compensation from those they mentor.  Upline diamonds however, get paid practically every single time they speak.  And the faithful will jump through hoops and run the gauntlet just to be able to spend time with and extract wisdom from their vaunted upline diamonds.  

But the million-dollar question is what kind of economic wisdom gets passed on from the diamond to the faithful (paying) downlines?   In its simplest form, the Amway business basically consists of buying stuff, selling stuff and recruiting other downlines.   It isn't complicated or needing special skills.  So, it begs the question of why IBOs need a never-ending stream of training consisting of audios, books and functions?  Given the bottom-line dismal results seen by rank and file IBOs, I can only conclude that the training is completely ineffective, and/or the upline diamonds are full of sh*t.   

But all this begs a simple question.  With all of the teaching that goes on, what economic wisdom about business do uplines pass onto their downlines?   I know of many former IBOs who went on to do very well in life after Amway, but not much of that success has any connection to all of the business teaching and seminars that are supposed to be about running a successful Amway business, and/or business itself.  Shouldn't sound business principles be applicable to other businesses and aspects of your life?  Shouldn't you be able to apply these skills in order to succeed in other endeavors?    IMO, it's all just hooey and functions are just rah rah hype that keeps IBOs from quitting, which keeps the cash pipeline flowing upline.  

Let's examine this;  Upline teaches "buy from yourself" which solves the problem of people not enjoying sales, but it is not a sound and sustainable business concept.  Fake it till you make it was also taught.  How is being deceptive with potential business partners and associates helpful in the long run?  Another interesting common teaching is to copy or duplicated upline.  It sounds sensible on paper, but has no basis in reality.  It these concepts worked, wouldn't there be a consistent stream of new diamonds constantly emerging?   Instead, you see the same old diamonds on stage at every function.   Once in a while a new diamond will emerge, but they are far and few between.  

So, what do upline diamonds actually teach that can be beneficial to IBOs in other arenas of life?  Because their teaching has little to zero effect in helping advance the businesses of downline IBOIs working on their Amway businesses.  What information can an IBO glean from upline teaching?  Because it sure looks like they just teach hype and rah rah without any real form of substance.  Once you are not under the upline "spell" anymore, you can easily see through the BS.  The problem for most that that you suffer financial losses before you can see through the facade.