Comments for Mike's Ramblings

Comment on Amway = Wrong Way by Joecool

Joecool — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:31:00 +0000

Can your upline answer this question:

Can I see the profit and loss on your schedule C tax return?

Comment on Amway = Wrong Way by Joecool

Joecool — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:29:40 +0000

Sha,

Are your downlines lazy bums? They obviously didn’t do as much as you did.

By the way, your $10,000 in sales is not $10,000 in profit, and does not factor in your business expenses. Were any of those sales to actual customers or just to the “lazy bums” in your downline?

Comment on Amway = Wrong Way by Michael Wong

Michael Wong — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:40:21 +0000

Gotta love the way this guy never addresses any specific criticism at all.

Comment on Amway = Wrong Way by Arnab Karmakar

Arnab Karmakar — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:38:33 +0000

It’s so amazing that the author has put so much effort to find out all the negatives about the system. It is normal to hear these types of comments about the business, but what I have been seeing that people with such negative thoughts ultimately become Diamonds and EDC in this business because they are indirectly trying to get answers to their questions. After meeting few of the Diamonds and Platinums, they share their story about how they used to smash their upline asking thousands of questions. A good upline will keep on answering as much as he can. But once they are turned into positive thinkers, they are the people who create CDs and define new rules and paths.

Amway is not just costly products and how much you spend. If you really understand the benefits of few of their products (not all products), probably you would have approached the entire thing different. Its a matter of time and right approach which decides how a negative person changes to positive.

Most of the time you would find an untrained IBO trying to approach and do prospecting for Amway products/business. They approach the entire thing from marketing and money making process. If you are comfortable doing it, its good for you. But if you change this to a need based approach, probably Amway would not have received such negative responses. Everything in this world is not made for everybody. There are people who come to PASE meeting to share their story who has no interest to join Amway, but to share their story about using few selected product which is relevant to their problem.

Einstein invented the formula E=mc^2. He did not invent the nuclear bomb. Its our destructive thinking which created a product that is scaring everybody in this world.

Comment on Amway = Wrong Way by Sha

Sha — Thu, 09 May 2013 17:38:22 +0000

First i will start off by saying this is the first blog i have ever wrote on in my life. Second; this guy “Mike” is a complete idiot. I’m an IBO with Amway and made $10,000 in sales this pat month (April, 2013) which I made 23% of that $10,000. I am making money, very successfully through Amway. The only way you don’t succeed through Amway is if you’re a lazy bum and don’t work. Instead of typing out this long blog (because you have no life), you could have put those hours into making money with your business. Again mike; you’re a moron who is hating on the fact that YOU are not successful. Do yourself a favor and keep your mouth shut when you have no clue what you’re talking about. If you can honestly say anything bad about making $10,000 this month, you’re an asshole, an idiot, and a f- up… Mike; send me an email (sah19990@yahoo.com) so I can tell you personally how much of an idiot you are… IF ANYONE HAS ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT, PLEASE EMAIL ME AND EXPLAIN WHAT I DID WRONG WHEN I MADE $10,000 FOR MY BUSINESS?!!!! MIKE, OR A DIFFERENT GENIUS (idiot) FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND TRY TO TELL ME SOMETHING DIFFERENT. YOU ALL NEED TO GET A LIFE AND INSTEAD OF YAPPING ABOUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING, DO SOMETHING FOR YOURSELF SO YOU CAN MAKE MONEY AND HAVE A LIFE. I feel bs for you silly mike….

Comment on Amway = Wrong Way by Sha

Sha — Thu, 09 May 2013 17:32:19 +0000

You are 100% right. This guy “Mike” is a complete idiot. I’m an IBO with Amway and made $10,000 in sales this pat month (April, 2013) which I made 23% of that $10,000. I am making money, very successfully through Amway. The only way you don’t succeed through Amway is if you’re a lazy bum and don’t work. Instead of typing out this long blog (because you have no life), you could have put those hours into making money with your business. Again mike; you’re a moron who is hating on the fact that YOU are not successful. Do yourself a favor and keep your mouth shut when you have no clue what you’re talking about. If you can honestly say anything bad about making $10,000 this month, you’re an asshole, an idiot, and a f- up… Mike; send me an email (sah19990@yahoo.com) so I can tell you personally how much of an idiot you are… Later.

Comment on How to be an Atheist: Rule #4 by Mark Perera

Mark Perera — Mon, 06 May 2013 14:59:32 +0000

Hi Mike,

Found your site while looking for a way to rationalise the Stalin argument in my own head. Was a few years back when I was discussing this at university that a religious person brought it up over dinner and I found myself unaware and surprised of Stalin’s case. Their argument collapsed way before I got to even respond to this and so I thought nothing of it.

However, I just saw an old YouTube clip of someone attacking Bill Maher over it so, like most atheists, I wanted to challenge my beliefs and understand the argument more. SO GLAD I googled it and came across your page (written in 2011 but still very much relevant today – thank you!).

Such an interesting blog man, really enjoyed reading some of your pages. Got to admit, the porn review section came as a bit of a surprise but true to your style, it’s well written and insightful.

The Facebook generation I am from would love to join any fan page you may have or add you on twitter but sadly, you don’t seem to have any social media links to this. Hope this little comment lets you know that how happy I am to have stumbled upon your work.

You have been bookmarked so please keep the articles coming. With love. Mark.

Comment on Amway = Wrong Way by Kevin Arks

Kevin Arks — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 02:16:57 +0000

Says the person who is using texting language instead of actual grammer and punctuation, but like you said “Use commons sense”.

Comment on Amway = Wrong Way by Jeremy

Jeremy — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:04:07 +0000

God…It sounds like a cult.
Just because something is barely legal doesn’t make it right or moral.
Most real businesses don’t care to indoctrinate their employees with such religious fervor.
Keep God out of it. It’s just greed.

Comment on Dirty Dancing by Michael Wong

Michael Wong — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:04:52 +0000

Gee, what a brilliant point! So in your mind, a racist is not a “bigot”; he just has a “different system of beliefs and values”, ie- one in which racism is good. I suppose this sounds like impeccable logic … in the mind of a bigot.