The Solution To A Failing Business?

 I just shake my head when I read about the kinds of advice that Amway IBOS receive from their trusted mentors and upline.   Now let me say that I would have nothing to criticize if downlines were regularly progressing and moving up the ranks and actually making money.  But it’s obvious that most IBOS are spinning their wheels getting nowhere and the only advice that upline seemingly gives is to spend more money on functions and tools that are already proven to be ineffective.  When you think about it, a struggling business should spend less and try to generate more revenue.  But that apparently isn't what many IBOs are taught.

When most real business owners are cutting expenses or looking at strategies to bring in more revenue, Amway IBOS and uplines are advising people to spend more money on activities that don’t make them money.  Why not just get a pile of cash and burn it?  The result would be the same.  Keep in mind that the upline profits from the sale of tools and functions so it seems pretty dubious that upline would advise struggling IBOs to spend more time and money on things that haven’t worked in the first place.   Does this sound like uplines have your best interest at heart?  It sounds like they have their own best interest at heart and the heck with downline, who seem to be expendable to the uplines.

What is the real solution to a failing business?  I can’t tell you that, but I can tell you that spending more money on things that do not result in more sales and profits is not the solution.  Most dedicated IBOs lose money because of the tools and functions which are not effective in helping IBOS become profitable.  What makes it more insidious is that uplines profit nicely for giving downlines bad advice even if their bad advice results in bigger losses.  

When it comes to Amway, it seems apparent to me that the only logical solution is to walk away, seek refunds on whatever you can and find another activity to make some income. Sitting at home watching TV is more profitable to most IBOS that actively trying to run an Amway business.  It's sad that the downlines basically worship their diamonds but the diamonds are just using their faithful followers to line their pockets via tools and functions sales.