The Standing Ovation?

 One of the weird things I observed about Amway IBOS is how they worship the diamond as if he is some kind of divine being.  When you look at it logically, what has the diamond done to deserve such adulation?  The diamond qualified for the diamond pin one time and possibly one time only.  Heck, Joecool was a 4000 pin.   Does that mean new IBOs can or should take counsel from me since I achieved a fairly high level?  Even if I’m not currently qualified?  I believe it's easy to lose your diamond qualification.  If half or more of all IBOs quit within the first year and most IBOs do little or nothing, how can you build a business empire that won't fall apart? 

Amway doesn’t say which diamonds are still qualified so nobody really knows.  And that is why you see former copies of bonus checks as evidence of success.  A current copy of a check would be better but still would not indicate what kinds of expenses that diamond had.  I recall in the early days of running this blog, I inquired with a hotel on Maui, that hosted diamond club for that year, and they said approximately 150 families were in attendance.   So my conclusion is that there aren't that many diamonds as your upline would want you to believe, or these diamonds simply skipped a free trip to Hawaii and a stay a luxury hotel on Maui.  

A good example would be my WWDB upline diamond who probably qualified diamond in the 1980’s.  Back then there was no internet, and the business was very different than it is today.  That diamond also filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2009 or so but is still revered as having superior financial acumen.  But based on what track record?   I might add that this was a triple diamond and because of the bankruptcy, the records were made public, although I no longer have paper records of this bankruptcy.  However, I do recall some significant highlights from the filings;  This diamond made about 500K from Amway and about 500K from tools and functions.  Now that's a great income, but nowhere close to what I though they earned.   And after business and normal expenses living expenses, I do not see mansions paid for in cash, along with personal aircraft and fleets of sports cars.  And really, living large with a million dollar gross income is a recipe for debt.  Just like professional athletes who go broke after they retire.  While diamonds may not stop working (so much for walking away to retire), I can see many scenarios where they can get into debt themselves or living bonus to bonus.

For some reason the audiences just assume that the diamond is successful and wealthy without really knowing the financial status of these leaders.   For all we know these diamonds are paying mortgages and in debt like the rest of the US population.  Why would it be any different when these diamonds show off a lifestyle of excess and even encourage IBOS to get into debt to purchase tools and function tickets.  If you ask upline to verify their financial claims you’ll be told it’s none of your business.

If your diamond’s financials are none of your business then you should not consider displays of wealth as any kind of evidence of success.  More likely that diamond lives check to check like much of the rest of the population.  What other conclusion is logical?