Some debates over Amway churned up some accusations once again about critics being "dream stealers". I thought I would address this but first I wanted to print the definition of a dream from dictionary.com:
dream
[dreem] Show IPA noun, verb, dreamed or dreamt, dream⋅ing, adjective
Use dreams in a Sentence
–noun
1. a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
2. the sleeping state in which this occurs.
3. an object seen in a dream.
4. an involuntary vision occurring to a person when awake.
5. a vision voluntarily indulged in while awake; daydream; reverie.
6. an aspiration; goal; aim: A trip to Europe is his dream.
7. a wild or vain fancy.
8. something of an unreal beauty, charm, or excellence.
–verb (used without object) 9. to have a dream.
10. to indulge in daydreams or reveries: He dreamed about vacation plans when he should have been working.
11. to think or conceive of something in a very remote way (usually fol. by of): I wouldn't dream of asking them.
–verb (used with object) 12. to see or imagine in sleep or in a vision.
13. to imagine as if in a dream; fancy; suppose.
14. to pass or spend (time) in dreaming (often fol. by away): to dream away the afternoon.
–adjective 15. most desirable; ideal: a dream vacation.
—Verb phrase
16. dream up, to form in the imagination; devise: They dreamed up the most impossible plan.
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Based on these definitions, I do not see how it is possible for anyone to steal a dream. This dream stealing verbiage is just more upline propaganda designed to get IBOs to shut off their critical thinking skills and to blindly commit themselves to buying more standing orders and function tickets, whose profit goes into the pockets of your beloved upline leaders. And upline profits even if you lose your house and the shirt on your back. And the sad part is, I highly doubt that they even care about it.
I believe #6 is the most appropriate definition for an IBO. A long term goal. But if an IBO's long term goal is retirement and riches, they should analyze their involvement in the Amway business and determine if that is the appropriate vehicle to achieve their goals. For the vast majority of people, this is not the appropriate vehicle and facts confirm this. It's a matter of whether or not an IBO was told to ignore the facts by his/her upline. Just looking at stats available from Amway's own disclosures show a miserable return on your investment. And that's because for the diamonds, selling tools and functions is their Amway business. Qualifying as a diamond simply gets you a license to be in on the lucrative side of the business, which is selling tools and function to the masses who trust and believe in you. The irony is that these same upline who promote accountability and loyalty, blame downline for their failures even when their advice was followed. The same upline who will turn on any IBO who walks away. They'll say the IBO walked away from the friendship/mentorship or whatever BS they are peddling.
Amway is not a useful vehicle for getting anywhere, except into debt.
ReplyDeleteI don't know when the AMO subsystems got started. The original Amway from 1959 did not have them. But the crucial thing for you as an IBO to remember is this: there is a big difference between working to make money in Amway, and paying an AMO to TEACH you how to make money in Amway.
All the AMO subsystems (WWDB, BWW, Network 21, Leadership Team, etc.) exist solely to charge you tuition fees for learning how to succeed in the Amway racket. They are not particularly interested in whether you actually make money or not. Their main interest is to keep you signed up as a student, buying books, tapes, CDs, and all the other "tools" that they insist are necessary to do well in Amway. In addition, they charge you a membership fee, various monthly fees, and above all the "function" fees for attending their conferences.
It's like going to college, and studying to be an electrical engineer. You pay plenty of cash for years, and at the end you graduate. But the college has NO OBLIGATION AT ALL to see that you actually get a job in your field. As far as they are concerned, their responsibility ended when you graduated, and when they cashed your last tuition check.
An Amway AMO is the same, except that you never graduate! You stay as a dues-paying member forever. All your up-line is concerned about is that you send money to him every month.
Does this sound like a good idea? Stop dreaming, you silly IBOs. Get a real life.
But after you pay tuition for college. After you are done you have a piece of paper called a DIPLOMA or DEGREE hehehe
ReplyDeleteTo Anonymous at 8:13 AM --
ReplyDeleteWith a diploma or degree you actually have a chance to be hired for a real job, and have a real career. In the Amway subsystems like WWDB and BWW and the rest, you pay tuition for the rest of your life, every month, and you get nothing but promises and bullshit from your up-line.