Former Quixtar Diamond Bo Short:
However, what I found when I went diamond was inconsistent with the teaching. Most of the diamonds I knew were as busy at diamond as they were in their previous careers. With the exception of a "very small" handful of more-tenured "larger pins", I would contend that diamond is not freedom. Many people are taught that if you stop working your business at the diamond level, it keeps on working without you. I would caution you that this is not true either. I would estimate that more than 90% of the diamonds must keep working their businesses in order to maintain them. It takes an immense amount of work to do just that. Now, your diamond may say that my statements are not true. Monitor their schedule. Judge for yourself.
Sometimes I really wonder what these systems teach. I was taught early in my amway career to expect that if my business is less than founders platinum then it will likely eventually disappear when I became inactive and if larger than that then I could expect it to shrink by a third. In other words, a Diamond who retires should expect to have an Emerald business. An executive Diamond a Diamond business.
This is really entirely sensible thinking. It's a leadership driven business. If one of the main leaders retires, how on earth will it maintain the same size/momentum?????