The same happened to me at 17 and keept it going till I was 19. I really didn't buy that many Amway products, but I did enjoy reading the monthly self help books they sent, many of those books were really helpful.
I was active for about 18 months, and probably would have stayed longer if I had a single sales bone in my body.
I mostly enjoyed listening to the stories of those above me (I never made more than $400-500/mo so that was most people who weren't losing money) but of course I paid for those CDs so in the end I made much less money than it looked like I did on paper.
I do like the concept of being positive, visualizing your future, making a plan to reach it, etc. It's a shame it's so closely ingrained with a company selling dish soap and disgusting energy drinks, though!
Seriously - as a teenager with way too many hormones doing all sorts of crazy shit to your brain, it was nice being around people that were so grounded. The books added to that. The perspective I had at 16 can only be attributed to "the system" they talk about in the article.
I mostly enjoyed listening to the stories of those above me (I never made more than $400-500/mo so that was most people who weren't losing money) but of course I paid for those CDs so in the end I made much less money than it looked like I did on paper.
I do like the concept of being positive, visualizing your future, making a plan to reach it, etc. It's a shame it's so closely ingrained with a company selling dish soap and disgusting energy drinks, though!