Business Owners?

 Amway IBOS call themselves business owners, but they seemingly know so little about business, despite their all-knowing upline's valuable insights and teaching.  Their knowledge is often clouded by the BS they are fed by their all-knowing upline.  Ironically, many IBOS refer to upline as mentors or coaches.  They see nothing wrong with the massive failures that upline produces and most don’t seem to think it’s a problem that many IBOS blame themselves despite following the paid fir arise that they received from upline.

For example, the upline may sell them on an Amway business by pitching the low cost and low overhead only to have upline later tell them that they need to invest in Amway like any other business.  They are told that Amway can give them quick profits, but when those profits don’t materialize, they are told that business owners often spend 5 years without making net profits.  So they compare Amway to quick profits when it suits them, then says your business is like a conventional business, meaning net profits takes time.  What about the low overhead?   Well, if tools and functions cost more than your entire Amway revenue, what does that tell you?

The reason why IBOS fall for the upline BS is because they really know little to nothing about actually owning and running a business.  They fall for the upline’s apparently faulty advice and although many make an earnest effort to build their business, Amway's business model is flawed, IMO,  and the upline advice is ineffective and flawed as well, sadly, the expenses of running an Amway business and the cost of the system can quickly turn into losses of thousands of dollars or tens of thousands and more, depending on the level of dedication.

The way to get around this is for IBOS to track their income and expenses very closely and to run a profit loss analysis weekly or at least monthly.  If there are no real prospects to increase income or reduce expenses, there is no point in continuing to run an Amway business because the math will tell you all you need to know.   If you attend functions, is there a direct relationship between attendance and increased business income?  If not, then why attend?  Same goes for other tools such as standing orders.

Quitting Amway is a good business decision if there are no profits and no concrete measurable plans to make a profit. Isn’t profit the reason you started an Amway business in the first place?