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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.
December 26, 2002
Multi-Level Marketing
By QBlog in Miscellaneous
The next time someone in Quixtar says that the business is NOT multi-level marketing ask them if they've seen This Page that says, "The Amway Sales and Marketing Plan, which has been recognized and cited by federal and state courts as the example to follow for multi-level marketing plans and after which many other direct selling companies have modeled their plans."
Then ask them if they'd like to modify their earlier statement.
December 17, 2002
Positive things about Quixtar
By QBlog in Quixtar
As you may have guessed I'm quite conflicted about the Quixtar business. There are many aspects of it that I do not like. However, I've seen one great benefit and that is providing hope to those without much hope financially. Does it always work? No. But it can work for some and more than anything it can provide hope for some people. If I view Quixtar as a Tony Robbins type self-help program then it actually makes a little bit more sense. Not much but enough for me to say, "hey, this isn't quite such a bad thing after all."
December 13, 2002
What's Wrong With Quixtar Sites?
By QBlog in Quixtar
It's amazing that a company as big, and profitable and famous and controversial as Quixtar/Amway does not have at least a small amount of decent "watch-dog" Web sites. I mean there are quite a few "anti-Quixtar" sites or "MLM-truth" sites but they all look horrible and are just confusing to navigate. I've yet to find any that are visually even remotely close to presentable to the Web masses. This site about What's Wrong With Multi-Level Marketing? is indicitive of what's out there. Plain, boring and visually lame. Decent content but the site sucks.
While this blog is NOT anti-Quixtar it isn't a Quixtar fan site either. It's main purpose is to voice my personal opinions and experiences with the "business" and hopefully present that in a visually appealing site and without bias. A redesign is coming soon. Maybe this blog can be the one site on the Web that gives a fresh perspective of Quixtar and also looks decent.
I've got a big job to do but I'm up to the task.
By the way, if you visit this site ever please leave a comment or something and tell me what you think? Good idea? Bad idea? You hate my guts? You love me? Should I give up and just kill this site? Let me hear ya.