Part 3/7:
Training and Tactics
The training process was laden with peculiar mandates. To attain "Fast Start School"—a key training program—new recruits had to compile a "Top 25" list encompassing potential clients. The conversations with potential recruits often felt forced and manipulative, as mentors would frame the interactions as learning opportunities, pushing social obligations on recruits.
Andrew recounted that the organization pressured individuals to take out insurance policies, masked as “financial analyses.” The reasoning seemed sound at first—how could one sell something they don't believe in?—but the underlying manipulations soon became apparent. The narrative shifted toward emotional stakes, insinuating that failure to obtain a policy could burden family during catastrophic times.