This man was in a lucrative job with a good career ahead
of him. And what does he do? He wrecks it all by joining Amway, bothering his
co-workers, and getting himself fired.
Unbelievable! Because of some stupid shpiel given to him by a dopey Ambot in a
cheap business suit, this guy brings himself to poverty and bankruptcy. This is
another proof that Amway is not a business, but something cultic, religious,
mysterious, and weird.
I started reading these blogs after a former colleague
approached me to meet for coffee "chat about business opportunities".
I was quite keen to meet, we are both in I.T and I had just started my own
consulting business. I thought maybe he saw an opportunity for a big corporate
client, maybe he wanted to work on a joint venture. When we met he talked about
the weather and, although he was very much still employed, he talked about high
level philosophies about the virtues of being your own boss, and residual
income etc etc. He ended by giving me a CD he thought was worth listening to.
Even though I was shocked at the time (yes it was Amway (Network21)), In
retrospect I am even more shocked after researching on how much control an
upline has.
Because if an upline is a supplier representative, what business would have a
supplier have so much say over YOUR personal life, in arbitrary things such as
how you motivate yourself? My business also has a single supplier as I also
sell software. I promise you if they are trying to get me to attend 4
motivational functions a year, I will tell them where to go!
If an upline is a mentor, well, some business owners do have mentors. I don't,
but if I would hire one, I would not choose one with any interests in my
business. If I have a mentor whose business model I am trying to follow, you
can be sure that I would want to see the Profit &Loss statement, and at the
very least know how my mentor's turnover grew. Also, a mentor who himself is
being closely mentored on a detailed level, would not strike me as a worthy
candidate.
Last I heard of this guy was that he was neglecting his career and pressured by
his employers to leave and to have a three jobs in close succession, in spite
of his business going nowwhere. The irony (okay, one of them, there are many)
is that the industry that he is in is lucrative, as a job, and as a business.
In my case, it started by doing my job well.
Just out of principle I wish I could talk sense into him. Try to ask how this
"own boss" thing had worked for him. It seems not to help.
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