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December 30, 2002
Materialism
By QBlog in Quixtar
There is nothing wrong with having things. I'm not some saint who has decided to avoid all the trappings of material possessions in search of spirtitual enlightenment. However, what's the deal with Quixtar and getting STUFF? Time and time again I am left with the overwhelming impression that the biggest motivator for Quixtar IBOs is the quest for stuff.
We just got an email from someone who was sharing their "dream" for a super-nice, new, expensive luxury vehicle. Great! What other businesses do this? I mean really. Get more stuff. Get more stuff. Yuck.
My wife has pointed out that there is nothing wrong with getting stuff. She's also mentioned that Quixtar emphasizes family values and working to get free from bondage and the "dream building" is just a tangible way to motivate. Ok. To me that just sounds like a way to justify the quest for more stuff. No substance just stuff.
I'll be honest here. I work hard at my job because I like what I do and try to do the best that I can. My dreams and goals revolve around building a successful business (not Quixtar) and really I've not given any thought to the stuff I will have one day. Maybe I'm naive, I dunno. I just don't think about the stuff. I think about producing and improving. When I dream I think, "In 5 years I'll have such and such skills and be able to do such and such in my business." I don't think, "in 5 years I'll own a Lexus." To me that seems to be a distraction. Once I work really hard to get that Lexus then I've met my goal...then what? Then what Quixtar?
The answer is SPEND MORE TIME WITH THE FAMILY. What person really, honestly and truly wants to just resign themselves from producing and spend all day globetrotting with the family? There are almost no self-made millionaires that sit around and "enjoy" their time. They have goals and those goals are to produce, not aquire cars. The aquisition is just the gravy.
Look, if you've read this far you'll know I don't really know what I'm talking about but I do know that something just seems very wrong about wanting to get all this stuff. It just seems wrong wrong wrong. Again, maybe I'm just a naive underachiever.