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About 5 or 6 years back my friend and his wife joined Amway. I'd be riding in his whip and he'd have a motivational tape of this guy Larry Winters talking about his rags to riches story, all the people under him he's helped "go platinum and diamond" (monthly sales records).
His whole introduction to it was a local dermatologist who cured his acne problem in the early 2010s....after a few years of taking the products, they developed a personal relationship and the derm took on a mentor role. Dude lives in a $280k house so I guess that left a deep impression on my friend. But the glaringly obvious thing I see is, the derm is in a position of power where people are coming to him seeking solutions, which naturally facilitates sales. For an average person trying to jump in the MLM game, they harass their friends, family and neighbors which is what gives it a bad name. I've met some of his "down lines" and these people have a strange enthusiasm and look in their eyes similar to religious groups like Mormons.
From what I've gather, during Covid my friend and his wife were bringing in $1k a month, and slowly have built up to $3k a month this year. But the thing is, they put ALOT of time into it. They attend a weekly meeting on Wed nights (his Wife is a nurse that works 3 twelves which happen to be Tues-Thurs). And every other month they'll travel to a huge conference seminar thing. Orlando, Charllotte, New Orleans, Milwaukee, Seattle were cities they traveled to in 2022.
They're slightly older than me though, and I guess the closer you get to 40, the harder it is to make new friends. For what it's worth, the members are pretty loyal, say one person in their group has a home improvement project, they can get 5 people to come help out for a day or two. Hell, some of them even attend each other's weddings.
Anybody else got friends in situations like this?
His whole introduction to it was a local dermatologist who cured his acne problem in the early 2010s....after a few years of taking the products, they developed a personal relationship and the derm took on a mentor role. Dude lives in a $280k house so I guess that left a deep impression on my friend. But the glaringly obvious thing I see is, the derm is in a position of power where people are coming to him seeking solutions, which naturally facilitates sales. For an average person trying to jump in the MLM game, they harass their friends, family and neighbors which is what gives it a bad name. I've met some of his "down lines" and these people have a strange enthusiasm and look in their eyes similar to religious groups like Mormons.
From what I've gather, during Covid my friend and his wife were bringing in $1k a month, and slowly have built up to $3k a month this year. But the thing is, they put ALOT of time into it. They attend a weekly meeting on Wed nights (his Wife is a nurse that works 3 twelves which happen to be Tues-Thurs). And every other month they'll travel to a huge conference seminar thing. Orlando, Charllotte, New Orleans, Milwaukee, Seattle were cities they traveled to in 2022.
They're slightly older than me though, and I guess the closer you get to 40, the harder it is to make new friends. For what it's worth, the members are pretty loyal, say one person in their group has a home improvement project, they can get 5 people to come help out for a day or two. Hell, some of them even attend each other's weddings.
Anybody else got friends in situations like this?
