A few years ago, I was invited by some well-intentioned relatives to attend an Amway rally in Memphis. I had already endured the presentation of “The Plan” and had politely resisted, so they felt that I needed the full treatment. In charity, I went.
I got the same feeling during the three days I spent at that convention that I feel today watching the Republican National Convention.
See, the problem with Amway is that it’s sold as something it’s not. Sure, people succeed in the Amway program. But the few who succeed in Amway are the same people who would succeed at just about anything they did. Success with Amway is built on the backs of the “downline”, those beginners in the program who buy most of the “stuff” that earns the higher-level distributors their bucks. These people are usually in financially murky waters to begin with, which is why the Amway pitch works for them.
The Amway convention put speaker after speaker on the stage to tell you why you should pursue your “drea...
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