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June 22, 2003
Quixtar and Diets
By QBlog in
The diet industry is a multi-billion dollar business that practically everyone in America (and a good portion of the world) has participated in at one time or another. Books, tapes, foods, supplements, clinics, seminars and more are sold daily to help people lose weight. However, diets don't work. Not really. Americans are fatter than ever and this is in spite of all the health trends and increased spending on weight loss methods.
Why? Many ask why these diets don't work and the answer is quite simple. The diets and weight loss methods aren't treating the problem, only the symptoms. What happens when someone quits a diet? He regains all the weight (and more). The symptom is fat but the problem is lifestyle. People refuse to permanently change their lifestyle, mentality and eating habits and instead seek a temporary fix by trying some fad diet or exercise routine. The result is a vicious cycle of weight loss and weight gain often accompanied by feelings of failure, depression and worthlessness.
What does dieting have to do with Quixtar? Everything. In my estimation, Quixtar is exacly like dieting. It attempts to treat the symptoms instead of the "disease." People become IBOs because they are in debt, work too much, hate their job, are uncertain about their future, want security and more. Yet Quixtar only treats the symptoms and neglects the real problem, lifestyle.
The Quixtar "cure" for all the symptoms is money, lots and lots of money. Money = Elimination of debt. Money = Free time. Money = Job satisfaction. Money = Security. Money = Happiness. Yet, if the lifestyle goes unchanged, money won't really solve anything and it certainly won't ever provide happiness.
Just like many dieters, a Quixtar IBO who does not change his lifestyle will be doomed to repeat the same bad decisions that created the debt, job dissatisfaction, insecurity, etc. There are plenty of wealthy people who live well beyond their means and constantly worry about the future, essentially staying "fat."
To be fair, Quixtar (and most diets) never promise to do anything other than treat the symptoms. They promise to provide specific results and deliver on those promises. However, I've seen dieters believe that a diet would change their lives and I've also seen IBOs believe Quixtar will change their lives. Neither will.