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The Britt Training System
The Britt system prides itself on a training system that stresses "The 8 team player steps". They tell you repeatedly that following these steps is the ONLY way to personal and financial freedom. So here they are...with my comments of course.
- Show the Plan
....5-7 times per week. More if you want to grow faster. This doesn't mean set up 5-7 appointments. This means you have to literally find 5-7 willing prospects that will actually sit with you and see the plan. You really need to meet 30 people per week to find 7 people who want to take a look at this business. So if you think all of your friends and family will get in Amway with you, you are mistaken. It is the rare exception, not the rule.
To do this you need to be out of your home 5-6 nights a week...every week. Are you married? Well ladies, you need to be with your husband when he shows the plan, so get those babysitters and go go go!! (Hmm....how much does a babysitter cost per hour?) Never mind that your house needs to be cleaned...a little dirt never hurt anyone and the dust will keep. Never mind that you haven't been home long enough to make a decent meal....that's why you have Positrim Bars (meal replacement...yuck) and McDonald's is just around the corner. Never mind the fact that it's 50% fat and high in sodium. You can eat well and exercise when you're free! Oh, and your kids? They want to see you? Are you going to let the whims of a child rule you or are you going to put your foot down? (Their emotional needs aren't important, are they?) Besides, you'll have plenty of time to see them when you're free....of course they'll be grown and married by then and need therapy because they didn't know if you loved them because you were NEVER home with them at night to tuck them in and pray with them. But don't worry...you'll be wealthy.
- 100%Personal Use
Buy ONLY Amway products and other manufacturers products ONLY from the Amway catalogs...no matter what the cost. It doesn't matter whether or not you like them...just buy, buy, buy!!! Ladies, if your house isn't "positive" how will your husband know that you're supporting him? And how will your downline and upline know that you're serious?
Who cares if they cost more....you'll be financially independent, right?
- Retail
Develop 10 retail customers by the time you go direct. Do Artistry Beauty Breaks. Do a home care clinic. Hmmm...when I saw the plan the first time, they told me just to hand out catalogs and people would buy. So let's see.....I'm out with my husband every night and now I have to book my weekends with make-up and home care clinics. Free time? What free time!
- Books
Here's a biggie. Books refer to books found in your local bookstore or on the Internet.... but they are also on a book list put out by your upline. You are strongly encouraged to buy these books only from your upline. Why? So they can make money off of you. They are books on success principles, people skills, marriage/ relationship and spirituality. You are told to read books ONLY from the book list...no novels. No magazines. No sci-fi. No newspapers. No TV. Just books and tapes from the booklist. (But it's not a cult, right?) This is to be your only source of information…this and your upline of course since they have your best interest at heart (not). The marriage books were not the stuff any liberated modern woman would like. They taught you how to be submissive to your husband in all areas. Forget the fact that you have a brain ladies...just let him be in charge. Just sit there and look pretty. Put on your make-up before he gets up. Have sex with him no matter what you feel like.....forget the fact that you have the flu with a 102 degree fever or baby spit-up all over you....he'll love you for it and give you everything you want. (I like my marriage the way it is...an EQUAL give and take with mutual respect for each other's needs...and self-respect). Keep reading these books and you'll soon give up your right to vote and drive!! The spiritual books were all Christian without exception. There was no allowance made for any other religion. But hey, you can make it no matter what your religious beliefs.
- Tapes
Another biggie...and a huge moneymaker for your upline. Please, please, please read Jeff Probant's web site regarding this. You will be blown away by the truth of the tool business.
The tapes are an integral part of the Britt AMO. To even be considered worthy of your upline's time, you MUST be on the standing order tape of the week. ( I am not being facetious! You will be told this directly from your upline!) But if you're really serious, you'll listen to a tape a day and have lots on hand for the "explosion that's getting ready to happen in your group". The tapes cover teaching topics...kind of "how to do it" stuff. But most of the tapes are people's "success stories" and reproductions of different speakers at the functions.... so you get to hear the same drivel you heard at the function a month ago...and you get to pay for it again. (Hush...it's not a scam!) They often cover the marriage relationship and tell you that to be successful, you have to "submit to your husband". You're told repeatedly that you need to "submit your male ego to your upline man" (if you're a man). You're told that you won't make it unless you're a Christian. (Again, no room for others). We have spent close to $30,000 on tapes.... money we will never see back. But hey, we'll be wealthy, right?.....right - just not from Amway!
- Functions.
Even bigger.
You are told that to be successful you must attend ALL functions WITHOUT exception. The only valid reason is if there's a funeral...your own. I am not kidding. The functions include, but are not limited to: phone team every Sunday night from 7-9pm (the "men" get together to call the contacts they've made over the past week); the weekly open meeting to show the plan (you must go every week to support the big team whether or not you have a guest); Product pick-up (weekly); monthly seminars and rallies (where you hear the same things parroted again and again...but "you have to go or you may miss hearing that one thing that will help you move on"); major functions 4 times per year (these are always the same rah rah motivational b.s. and very little real information that can help you be successful. But they'll be sure to dangle the carrot in front of you so you'll keep coming back). There are plenty of other added functions that take anywhere from a few hours to a whole weekend. And there is always an expense ($4 to hundreds of dollars) unless a meeting is held at someone's home. The dress code for these functions is strict. Suits for the men...not sport coat and tie, but full suit...preferably navy or black with white shirt and red tie. Make sure your hair is short men and shave off that facial hair...the rationale? You want to be relatable to as many people as possible. Since when is a mustache unrelatable? Ladies...no pants at all....ever...unless specifically instructed to do so by your upline. Wear a suit or a dress. Never low cut....not even a little chest-wall showing. And make sure the hem is long.... at least below the knee. And don't dress beyond your pin level. But, make sure you look sharp so people think you're successful. Don't worry about the cost...you'll be wealthy soon.
The functions crop up all the time often with minimal advanced notice and it makes planning anything in your life a nightmare. Weekend birthday party for your child? Forget it! Vacation? Forget it! You'll miss an open meeting and product pick-up. Plus, you're quarterly trips to the functions can be your vacation. Remember, you haven't "earned the right" to take a vacation. How dare you think of relaxing on the beach when you haven't been a real man and built this thing yet? You owe it to your wife and children. Does what I described previously about my function experience sound like your idea of a vacation? It's not mine! Family weddings? You better tell your siblings when they can and cannot have the wedding if they want you to be able to attend. (I've actually heard people say they told this to their families). Your child's birthday? You don't need to celebrate on the day..... pick another day, they won't care. (Right). Remember, you'll be wealthy soon and you'll be able to "walk the beaches of the world". Never mind the fact that you've missed countless opportunities to do the things you really want to do with the people that mean the most to you.
- Be teachable.
This means listen to everything your upline says and do it even if it makes no sense to you. Don't question their judgement or motives...remember they are the upline and know what's best for you. You must respect their judgment at all times and never ask questions. And if you want to be successful, you will do what your upline says and will not ask them for more advice until you have done what they say.
This also means you need to counsel with your upline regularly not only about Amway, but also about your marriage, finances, job and family. You'll be encouraged to take all of your problems (oops...I mean "challenges") upline. You'll be told not to talk to your family and friends about Amway or the Britt system since they are "negative" and don't understand what you're doing. But don't worry about losing their support...you'll be wealthy soon. Here...look at my Rolex. "And by the way, it's not a cult."
- Accountable
Here's a way to control you even further. You need to be accountable to your word, self and upline if you want to be successful. I'm convinced this is a tactic to keep you from quitting. I mean, you said you want to be a diamond and that you're going direct in 3 months.... were you lying when you said this?
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