I've seen some interesting discussion recently about how an Amway diamond pin is like winning a gold medal. That you don't get it taken away from you later even if you don't qualify anymore. The discussion also flowed as to where they mentioned that former US President Jimmy Carter is still addressed as Mr. President. Or that someone with a Superbowl ring can be addressed as a Superbowl champion. While I agree with that to some degree, I think the issue of diamond or former diamond is significant and different from former President Carter or a former Superbowl Champion. Terry Bradshaw or Joe Montana don't parade around as if they just won the Superbowl last year.
The diamond pin is a significant achievement for sure. Seems that recently, it's even harder to achieve in North America. I don't know of more than a few new diamonds emerging in the last twenty years or so in the US. But if say a diamond qualified in 1988 and never qualified again, how would you as an IBO feel about paying to see this diamond speak function after function and how many would continue to buy standing orders from a guy who may have achieved diamond 20 years ago and never again? Would the audiences be "fired up" to see these speakers? I find this ironic also, because many Amway defenders like to criticize Amway critics for having an outdated experience. Well, conversely, a one-time diamond would be basically the same thing. If not, then Joecool should command the respect of a 4000 PV Eagle since that was my highest level.I actually have no issue with Amway allowing the achiever to carry their highest pin as a recognized achievement, but I do believe that those who use their former pin status to exploit and profit from new IBOs and prospects should be stopped. I know I would not have been so excited attending a function where the keynote speaker went diamond for 6 months a decade ago and was no longer qualified. Else, by upline's definition, he will teach me to go diamond and fall apart? I believe there are fewer North American diamonds now than twenty years ago. Some diamonds resigned and some outright quit. So much for residual/passive income. Obviously if these things existed, then nobody would quit or walk away from residual income.
BTW, an article on an Amway Corporate website says this about passive income:
"Passive income is a term we do not permit distributors to use and it’s not a term the Corporation uses. In our business, there is no such thing as doing no work, and expecting money to still come in.” Link:
http://blogs.amway.com/answers/2010/11/02/unwelcome-words/#comments
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People who are trapped in the Amway dream want to think of their Amway business as something like a pension, Social Security, or dividend income from stocks. They think this because they have been told so by the corrupt scum in the AMO subsystems.
The Amway Corporation has made it very clear: There is no residual, passive income in the Amway business. No one can leave the business and expect to receive money after that.
When I was in URA, we actually had a guy that was promoted as a Diamond everywhere he went. However, at the time, he wasn't a qualified Diamond. He sort of let it slip that he and his wife were "working towards Diamond" which was a head scratcher because he was being promoted as a Diamond.
Then, the overly caffeinated leader of the organization said that the guy was going to "qualify the right way and go URA Diamond". Again, this was confusing to people who caught on to it. He did requalify in the Fall of 2017 and I am not sure if he's still qualified since I left shortly after.
But things like this should be questioned. Is your Diamond really a Diamond? A legit question in a game full of smoke and mirrors.
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