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August 5, 2003
Look to the Winners
By QBlog in
When someone says, "Look to the winners instead of the losers" in defense of Quixtar negativity I always cringe. It's one of my biggest pet peeves, the whole winner/loser thing. Here's why I hate that defense:
1. Casinos can use the exact same line to rationalize their business. Looking to the winners says very little about the actual business if the proportion of winners is exponentially smaller than the losers.
2. Look to the winners suggests that those who point out the negatives are looking to the losers. Quite the contrary, many are just pointing out obvious flaws. If you bought a vehicle that was prone to spontaneous explosions, you'd be angry when the manufacturer suggested that you look to the many models that have not exploded. You'd still want safeguards installed to ensure your safety. Many perceive obvious flaws with the Quixtar MLM business model and to point out these flaws isn't looking to the losers but looking to the facts as they see them.
3. Looking to the winners also suggests that they have some special insight that the rest of us just don't have. I admit, that this may be true in many cases but not all, and certainly not to the level I witnessed in Quixtar. I saw many people think that just because someone went Diamond that they had some special status or knowledge. I was thoroughly unimpressed by every single Diamond that I heard speak, including Dexter Yager. In my mind, these people worked the system well, got plugged in under optimal circumstances, had a little bit of luck and have hit the mother lode. Some are pretty bright but many have nothing that I desire.
4. Winners and losers suggests that money is a determining factor in success. I disagree with this premise. I believe that money is a component of life but that it should never factor into the success equation. In my mind, success is when a person is able to spend his life doing what he loves and enjoying every minute (or most minutes) of his life. That's a simplistic definition but I truly feel that money, status, power, etc. are not part of the success equation. I feel that I'm extremely successful and I do not earn six figures.