I salute you and thank you for writing such a good article. . . I hope to bring back many people who are wandering on the edge of Amway trap and save more people and families.
God seems to have played a modest joke on us. He told us the destination of life, but refused to give us a map. So under the merciful and cunning eyes of God, we trudged helplessly in the wilderness of life. In the process of trekking, we all feel that the most difficult thing is not the journey itself, but that we never know whether we have chosen the right direction on the way.
This passage is dedicated to those friends who have been engaged in Amway for many years and those who will be engaged in Amway!
A letter sent to me by Amway people:
I told myself when I came out, don't be afraid, don't be afraid of anything. I have to face my sins and face them boldly, so I have always been confident and always give people a sunny face. But who knows how much pain I have in my heart? I have no friends, no relatives, no lover, no job. . . What should be lost is lost, and what should not be lost is lost. I have never cried in the face of this, but today I sat in the Internet cafe facing the computer, reading this article and listening to this music. My tears keep flowing, and the beautiful moments of the past are in my mind over and over again, but impossible, impossible. . . . . Give me a chance! I used to punish everyone who needed to be punished! ! ! !
(Haizi's Note: It's not that you have committed evil, but that the evil mode of Amway MLM has committed evil to mankind. )
The regret of an Amway person:
Brother Hong Leige, how have you been recently? I work in Jiangsu, and I want to tell you that I have started again. I no longer live that illusory life. I have walked out of the most shameful period of my life, let it go, I started again, relying on my efforts to eat. I know I was wrong! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
I just want to say now, I'm sorry for all those who know me and me, my parents, relatives, friends and classmates, and all those who care about me. I failed to live up to everyone's expectations and made too many mistakes in the past. When I meet everyone I know, I will tell him that Bu Yongjie already knows that he has done something wrong. I am sorry for everyone.
I've started over. Be a real person again and find your lost self! Love you forever, Jay!
This is my letter to an old classmate who was cheated by me with Amway.
My two years in Amway-a real appearance, tell you a real Amway I experienced (1).
Text: Written on the evening of May 27th, 2009. Author: Look up at the blue sky
After reading everyone's posts, I suddenly remembered how I did Amway a few years ago. Because I didn't register, I followed several articles anonymously. Now I can't help but register an account and write down my real experience in Amway for two years. I hope it will help everyone.
I have to write it down.
When I was doing Amway, I was in debt of 6.5438+0.2 million yuan, losing the trust of my relatives and friends and making myself out of touch with society. I don't blame anyone, but I went astray and didn't have enough discernment, so I wasted money and time. My father once told me bitterly: you can ignore the money you lost, but how precious your lost time is! ! !
I just want to write down my specific process, which may be used as a reference for newcomers who want to be Amway, so that when faced with the same problems as me, I will not repeat the same mistakes.
Because what I wrote is true, and I don't want my quiet life to be disturbed, so I only use my real surnames for some characters, and my name is an alias. I hope everyone understands.
I am from 1977. I am 33 years old and graduated from law.
To be exact, I joined Amway in 2004. Before that, I used Amway products intermittently for about four or five years, mostly washing products and some shower gel, and a small amount of Nutrilite. To be practical, I prefer Amway products. I left Amway for more than three years, but I didn't expect it to be Amway at that time. It was my sister who let me step into Amway.
At that time, I worked in a real estate company with a monthly salary plus commission, and my income was about 6000 per month, and it could reach 8000 when it was more. But the work intensity is very high, there is no holiday, and I have to go abroad all the year round. For me who didn't have a boyfriend at that time and liked to have fun, this job made me very miserable-I didn't want to give up my high income, and I didn't want to be tied to this company and have no time to myself. So at that time, it should be said that it was on the verge of hesitation and choice. This was the psychological basis for me to join Amway at that time.
In 2004, I was sent to a small town in the south, which was relatively closed. Just arrived in a new city, the situation is difficult to open, strong work pressure and extremely narrow personal space make my dislike of this job reach its peak. At this time, a phone call from my sister made me see the hope of the future. She said, come to Nanjing and come to Amway with me. Have a chance.
Here, I want to introduce my sister. She is three years younger than me, majoring in finance and economics, and graduated from university. In the process of growing up, our roles often change. She is mature, rational and intelligent; And I am often emotional, impulsive and careless. When we lived in a city, she studied and I worked, and my mother asked her to take care of me. As a sister, I am the object of care, hehe. When something important happens in our family, my parents often ask her for advice, so when she calls me, I believe her choice without hesitation. This may be a habitual trust, plus, I really liked Amway products at that time.
When I went to Nanjing, she had been doing Amway in Nanjing for four months. She went to Nanjing from a city in the north. In Nanjing, she didn't know anyone except her introducer and her classmate Wu Nan (I will focus on her later). I admire this courage, and I think her decision is correct. Soon after she went, she called my brother-in-law, who graduated from college and worked in the IT industry. In order to support her work, I buy her products every month, thousands or even thousands of dollars. I took it for granted. I want to use the product anyway. It's better to buy someone else's than mine. These ideas were later shared repeatedly and regarded as very positive ideas by my leaders.
Although I decided to go to Nanjing at that time, I was still a little uneasy about giving up my high-paying career and going to a strange place. I called my sister and asked, how much do you earn every month? She was vague at first, but I have to ask this clearly. Although I am not satisfied with this job at present, at least the income is good. I can't leave without knowing anything. Income is what we care most about when we are engaged in every industry, and I can't avoid it. After my repeated questioning, her answer was changed several times. Sometimes she says "You get more for your hard work", and sometimes she says "Come and have a look". Better than before anyway.
Although I have doubts, that's my sister I always trusted, so I made up my mind to follow her.
What can make me make such a happy decision is still inseparable from the encouragement of a book: Away from Poverty. I believe many people in Amway have read this book. This book is very provocative. I watched it again and again and thought it was really great. I was seduced by the beautiful prospect. So, I decided to resign! ! !
Nanjing, and my bright future, here I come! ! !
I'm a little tired. If you are interested, I will continue tomorrow.
2. The silver medal of burning passion was written on the evening of May 29th, 2009.
Here, I still want to add why I believe in Amway so firmly. Let everyone know how I slowly realized the truth from a fanatical and devout Amway person.
When I was in college, I came into contact with Avon, a direct selling company. At that time, it was called pyramid selling. At that time, I was a student and only got a card, but I borrowed it from my classmates. I don't seem to want to apply for a local account. Without lectures, all I did was go to the dormitory to sell products. I use my spare time to promote sales every month, and I can earn about 100 yuan a month. Plus Avon often engages in activities, and I often earn some gifts. For me who lived at 500 yuan a month at that time, this income was already very satisfying. So I know that direct selling can still make money. This is one of the reasons why I believe that Amway can make me successful.
Before I went to Nanjing, I repeatedly asked my sister how much money she could earn every month. After all, when I want to give up a well-paid job and join a new industry, I always have a basic understanding of how much profit this industry can bring me. My sister never answers me directly, but because she is my sister, she doesn't want to lie to me. She always says vaguely, not bad, or better than before. Finally, she said, you will know first, but you won't regret it anyway.
Out of trust in my sisters, I didn't continue to ask questions, but resigned despite the strong retention of the leaders and immediately bought a plane ticket to Nanjing.
I have to digress. All Amway people emphasize that Amway is a family business and a family business. Let's develop our family, our relatives and friends. Too many people have taken advantage of the trust of this family and embarked on a wrong path. In fact, during my two years in Amway, I came into contact with two top leaders, a male leader whose lover never gave up his job and hardly appeared in front of us. And another female leader, her lover, is also doing a traditional industry that she despises, always has been.
When I arrived in Nanjing, I got a very shocking news: my sister was actually the director of the silver medal. Everyone in Amway knows that the income of OPP of more than 8,000 yuan is the income of director Zhang Yin. You know, at that time, she only worked in Amway for more than three months! I cann't believe it was done so quickly! To my surprise, she became a silver director in the first month! ! !
I was completely stunned. Is it that fast?
I can't believe it. If it's so good, why didn't she tell me on the phone?
I asked her for proof, and I said, are you living so well now? Everyone calls her Director Guo and Boss Guo-she has an independent office in Zheng Hong Building in Xinjiekou, which really looks like the boss.
She said, you will know after attending the conference.
But I must know that she had to tell me the truth: she and my brother-in-law spent 654.38+ten thousand yuan on this silver medal-because of the conversion rate, the performance of the silver medal needed about 654.38+ten thousand yuan.
I have the following conversation with her:
Me: Why spend so much money on a silver medal?
She: She has made rapid progress, which has a driving effect on the following departments.
Me: But it's fake. It's just a one-time income. Or my own.
She: Don't just look at this income, look at the prospects behind this income.
Me: I don't want to win such a silver medal. I want to do it myself, develop it slowly and make a real silver medal.
She: I don't know how long it will take you to do this!
Me: What are you afraid of? I believe I can do it.
She: No one has the confidence to do it with you! If the cycle is too long, all your departments will die (Amway calls leaving Amway "death").
Me: This is a fake, and the following departments will know it sooner or later!
She: You can ask the following departments to continue silver plating. Think about it. If all your departments are silvered, you will become a diamond!
. . . . . .
At that time, I always felt something was wrong, but with my wisdom at that time, how could I tell? Especially before that, I was accepted by all kinds of "followers"-also a technical term, which means doing ideological work for newcomers.
One of the follow-ups: I just arrived in Nanjing and was taken to Amway store without a break. At that time, there was a mask on the market and everyone was waiting in line to buy it. To tell the truth, I have never seen a queue except for buying honey big twist in my city. This follow-up was very effective for me, which made me full of confidence in Amway-later I learned that all the people queuing up to buy it were our own. Who can be so enthusiastic about real Amway customers? And repurchase, most of them are hoarding.
Follow-up 2: Take me to visit the offices of various "directors". I thought, what an eye-opener. Before my sister did Amway, the Amway I bought was a customer's. She never told me more about Amway. Later, she was ridiculed by my team several times, saying that she missed a good prospect like me. I always thought that Amway only sold things, but in fact it only sold them with a special bonus distribution system. But you see, everyone has an office and calls each other boss and director. It really looks like a big business!
Follow-up 3: Meeting. My leader-that is, my sister, after joining Amway, I had to call her the leader-the leader she led talked to me and said that I was very lucky. There is a very big conference called Success Ridge, which is devoted to Amway. I will see many successful people, all of whom have BMW villas. I feel too backward at this time.
Everyone knows the inflammatory nature of the Amway conference, so I don't need to say the result. After the press conference, I strongly disapproved of my sister's decision and made a very bold decision: I want to win the silver medal!
At this time, it is only half a month before I resign!
Tomorrow, I will continue to tell you how I won the silver medal. Now let's talk about some bits and pieces.
After I arrived in Nanjing, I was not used to a few things:
First, I think Amway sells things, as well as daily necessities and skin care products, so we should dress casually. So before I went to Nanjing, I gave away all the professional clothes I hated and bought some nice casual clothes. As a result, I went to Nanjing and found that all the Amway workers were in suits and ties, and all the women were in professional suits. I had to spend a lot of money on n professional suits. -Black, gray and dark blue are the main colors of Amway people.
Secondly, I must address my sister as an introducer. When there are many people, I have to call her "leader". Besides, I can't speak my hometown dialect with her, but I have to speak Mandarin with her-we have lived together for twenty or thirty years and have been speaking my hometown dialect for twenty or thirty years. Try suddenly switching to Mandarin with your parents or siblings.
Third, you can't live with your sister. She and my brother-in-law rented two rooms and one living room. I thought it was more appropriate for me to live in a small room. As a result, the leader of the leadership said that the leader should remain mysterious and keep a distance from his own department, so we can't live together. I have to go out and rent another house.
Let's talk tomorrow, hehe, recalling the past, it's true. .......... has too many emotions to express properly.
3. Passion for Amway was written on the evening of May 30th, 2009.
I don't think I can write my experiences and feelings one by one in order, because there are too many, so I can only write them where I want. Fortunately, it's not an essay contest, as long as everyone can read what I mean.
Speaking of which, I'm in the silver medal. I officially contacted Amway people for about half a month and won the silver medal. This speed was absolutely exemplary in our team at that time, so I was in the limelight in the small team at that time. In addition, I am popular for the following reasons:
One: My education and experience were OK in the team at that time. According to what was said at that time, I was at a relatively high level and could play a representative role.
Two: my products are well controlled for personal use-personal products are something that every newcomer must face. Here, I want to tell my new friends solemnly, please be careful for your own use. If you must join Amway, please choose a shower gel or a new dish for your own use. First, for economic reasons, Nutrilite and Artistry are not as magical as the legend, and will never have any effect in the short term. These are useless for your own use during the inspection.
Three: Introduction to Amway. Some courses have a mentality. The first point is the zero mentality. I did this very well. Because I really do it with a serious attitude, I am willing to study.
Most people who join Amway are guided by the concepts of "getting rich overnight" and "getting something for nothing", which you can never deny. Although Amway is crowned with high-sounding reasons, we should ask ourselves what guarantee and freedom we have. Aren't we all subconsciously tempted by these two concepts before giving up our previous accumulation?
However, I can definitely say that I am not, but I can't deny that although I was not led into Amway by this thought, it was because of this infiltration that I insisted on staying in Amway for two years. No one can avoid the inferiority of human nature. I am just a layman.
Why can I confidently say that I didn't enter Amway because of this, and there are people like me, because from the beginning, I went with the mentality of being a salesman. Although my previous job brought me high income, it made me physically and mentally exhausted. Amway, on the other hand, is said to be able to work hard for a few years, and then it will be easy-this is my understanding at that time, not that I get something for nothing, but that I enjoy the benefits because of my early efforts-just like I buy a house and collect rent. I didn't realize how unreliable the so-called guarantee was until the end-I'll analyze it for you later.
I'm not defending myself, because in recent years, I have been constantly reflecting and self-criticizing. The reason why I took the trouble to explain my mentality at that time in such detail is to let everyone know that Amway will never succeed except those who get rich overnight and get ideas for nothing. People like me who started with the right attitude and were willing to pay also failed. Why? Take your time.
I went with a bitter attitude, because sales, especially I thought Amway was a door-to-door sales method, which was a hard job. But when I first joined, when I consulted various sales methods, such as the state of sponge absorbing water, no one told me, including my leader. She only told me: in Amway, sales are the least important. However, if there is no sales volume, where will the profit come from? I don't understand, so what's the most important?
It's mentality! Leaders, all leaders are so determined.
Everyone knows why there are so many meetings in Amway. We should strengthen these mentalities step by step and strengthen the beliefs that everyone adheres to.
In fact, the profit of any enterprise is closely related to the market share of its products. Where does the profit come from when the products don't circulate? We only see Amway's huge annual sales data, but in fact, who knows what products customers have? How many products are actually overstocked by salespeople?
It seems to be beside the point. What I want to tell you in this section is how I won the silver medal and my passionate Amway career.
We are all young people and have no savings. My sister borrowed money from my parents and my aunt. My money also comes from them. My aunt and brother-in-law are our closest relatives and have always been close friends. They are very supportive of my sister and me starting our own businesses-my parents and my aunt's brother-in-law don't know what we are engaged in-if it is really the sunshine industry, why can't we say it openly? Hehe, I just couldn't see through it at that time-my parents later learned that it was too late to object.
Our small team-refers to the small team under the leadership of the anonymous team leader, which I will focus on in the future-in those two years, this small team, which doesn't even make jade, won at least 20 silver medals-all of which were bought by itself, except for a university teacher who relied on his own savings, and others relied on borrowing money to get silver. ! !
If anyone tells me who has done a good job in a short time, I will never believe it, only feel sad. Because these lies are a series. When you see it, you will gradually understand.
After I became a silver medalist, people immediately became more energetic, and many people would pay special respect to me-not to mention real equality, which absolutely does not exist in Amway. Amway is more about absolute obedience and worship. A popular saying in Amway is: first, the leader is always right; Second, if the leader is wrong, refer to Article 1.
The benefits of winning the silver medal don't stop there. The silver medal has a special silver medal meeting and silver medal training, so you can get in touch with some higher-level leaders and hear some more "intimate" words.
For a while, I went crazy. I dream about my future all day, and then I tell you crazily that I have joined a very good team, I will have a very bright future, and I have very good entrepreneurial opportunities to share with you.
Our basic life: meetings. Go to bed and get up at noon every day-this is because last night's "after-meeting" basically lasted until after 2 o'clock in the morning, and individual backbones and activists have to follow up after 4 o'clock, so morning is our bedtime.
After lunch, we usually go to Nanjing Book City, Zheng Hong Square or nearby to talk about Amway with strangers, and try to get this person to attend Amway's party and listen to OPP at night.
Then after the party, we will meet after the meeting and follow up with the newcomers; We can communicate with each other after the couple leave. . . . . . Cycle like this every day
And every month, every city, there will be a variety of success hills, that is, press conferences. At meetings, we will see all kinds of "successful people"-our more important task is to attract people to such meetings and "heat them up"-we run around in various meetings, among strangers and in all kinds of unconscious contempt. We are busy all day, talking about OPP, attending various meetings, melting ourselves and trying to melt others.
Many newcomers are easily attracted when they first contact Amway. Because Amway has many auras. For example, there are many high-level people who join Amway, such as university teachers, such as bosses, such as civil servants; For example, someone bought a house and a car after a year; These, it is easy to make new people excited and excited. And what is the actual situation?
The next section will tell you.
4. Some points that newcomers are easily misled by Amway people: Written on the evening of May 30, 2009.
Newcomers are easily attracted by Amway, because Amway initially presents a very beautiful picture. But what is the actual situation?
One: Amway is a beautiful career, equality, freedom and full of love-this is really a very, very big lie, and it is for this lie that I first entered Amway. There is absolutely no equality in Amway, but more blind worship and absolute obedience to leaders. Amway people pay attention to copying, copying, obeying and following all leaders. No matter what the leader says is right or wrong, you should listen. Newcomer, try if you don't believe me.
Freedom is even more impossible. After entering Amway, you are like a grasshopper tied by a rope, and all jumps are inseparable from this rope.
Full of love-hehe, Amway people's love is only for this department-these have been verified in my later experience.
Two: There are many high-end people in Amway. Amway people usually have two extremes in their positioning: either raising or lowering. For example, I belong to the elevated category. I used to earn about 6,000 yuan a month, but in Amway, I was introduced as: my monthly income exceeded 10,000 yuan. I did come from a law class, but I didn't pass the national judicial examination at that time. When Amway people introduced me to others, they all said that I was an excellent lawyer. A small businessman who rented a shop in Le Di Square was introduced as a big boss. A person who owns a hardware store is also a self-operated company ... people in Amway call each other bosses, hehe.
Depression is more common, such as selling fried dough sticks and baked wheat cakes, not to mention.
Three: Many people buy houses and cars after doing Amway for one year. This is a lie, a big lie. Amway has a bonus system. You can do the math yourself. I really know people who have bought cars 1 year or more in Amway. There are two people, one bought Peugeot 307 and the other bought Nissan paladin. The cars bought by these two Amway people were borrowed-Peugeot, and they were rented out two months later, which was really unbearable. The one who bought paladin sold his car two months later. Later, because he borrowed money from people in his own department, he was made a scene by the National People's Congress and almost went to court. Later, he ran away and left hundreds of thousands of debts to his girlfriend. Hehe, this is another story. If you have any questions about my point of view, please carefully observe those Amway friends who claim to be rich, and look at the clothes they usually wear, the meals they eat and the luxuries they consume. Please ask them for Amway's profit and loss statement for the past six months.
Four: Amway is a guaranteed job. Is there a bigger lie than this? If the department below you doesn't do it and has no performance, where will your income come from? What about your safety? It is said that the market is going to collapse! Moreover, the so-called hereditary, how can you take this thing, the shares of traditional industries can not be inherited? Can't property be inherited? These simple lies can really fool too many people.
I'm a little tired. We will continue tomorrow. Tomorrow, I will tell you how I began to "defect" from a devout Amway member, and I will gradually find something fishy.
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