Mary Kay Will Change Your Life!
Mary Kay sure will change your life! Thousands of dollars of debt. No time for your family. Lying to new recruits to try to get them to sign up and buy inventory. Strain on your marriage from the cost of Mary Kay and the pressure to hide the truth from your husband.Unwilling to consider the negative reality of Mary Kay. But certainly NOT in the ways this director would have you believe…
We are sitting at lunch when my best friend casually mentions that she and her husband are having a hard time making ends meet financially. Even with both her and her husband working, she is going to have to get another job. We are considering many options, she says. Why would you recommend Mary Kay? “It changes your life,” I say without hesitation.
But now I begin to really analyze my Mary Kay Career as I consider offering it to my best friend. I look at my friend, trying to decide what to tell her. I want her to know what she will never learn at New Consultant Training. I want her to know that embarking on a Mary Kay career means she’ll be required to do much more than match a foundation shade or sell a tube of lipstick. I wish she could know the stories and triumphs of so many whose lives have been changed by their choice to try Mary Kay Cosmetics.
I wish she could have been there to watch Darlene earn the use of her Mary Kay career car – watching the look of accomplishment and pride on her face as she sat for the first time in her car. My mind races back to Ruth – who started Mary Kay so shy that she wasn’t able to speak more than a couple of words in front of a group – who through taking Mary Kay baby steps, was able to conquer a lifelong fear of talking in front of a group. I wish my friend could meet Susan, who was able to singularly support the family while allowing her husband to go back to school to accomplish his lifelong dream.
I thought of Christie, who on less than 15 hours per week, was able to earn a free car and become a Mary Kay Sales Director-while working a full time job. I wish she could have heard the message on my answering machine from Nancy, as she called to tell me that today was Thomas’s last day in day care-she would now be able to stay home with him full time-all because of her Mary Kay career.
And the beautiful story of Cindy – who always struggled with low self esteem-and how Mary Kay replaced her dunce cap with a beautiful crown – as she was honored as the top director at Seminar. I wish my friend could have seen the tears in Walt’s eyes as he watched his daughter, Dottie, earn her Mary Kay red jacket-thanking me for helping to bring life and hope back to his daughters life.
Should I tell her that her own children’s lives will be forever changed as a result of a Mary Kay career – that they will be heard telling each other, “You can do it,” and “I believe in you,” when trying to learn how to ride a bicycle. You will drive by a car dealership and hear your 4-year-old son say, “Look at all the free cars.” You will smile – and not tell him any different. That your child’s outlook on life will be different than that of their friends – they will have witnessed the power of a dream fulfilled, the importance of a work ethic, and that those who really gain in this life are those who give of themselves.
Her children will grow up and seek for a career they love, just as mommy did, rather than settling for a job they despise. And they will believe that Mommy can achieve anything – because she chose to face her fears directly – and conquer them one by one. I should tell her that her relationship with her husband will change. He will look at her differently-respect her for the discipline, tenacity and motivation it takes to do what she does. She will over hear him bragging of her success on phone conversations to his father and his friends.
I want to describe to my friend the exhilaration of helping someone win the use of a car, pay off a credit card debt, make her first $50 hour, or earn a prestigious red jacket. But then I realize that these moments cannot be described — they must be felt in the heart. I realize that the only way she can fall in love with this company is to experience it herself.
I give her the only thing I can give her-my word that Mary Kay will change her life. And knowing that my best friend trusts me as a sister – without hesitation I tell her that if she decides to make Mary Kay a part of her life-she will never regret it. It is sooo true!
After 28 years in this incredible company… I could write pages and pages like this story above!!! If you are new… and haven’t experienced this yet… hang on!! No matter what obstacles you face…hang on and make it work! Your life will continue to be more and more blessed!!!! 
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CK
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Mary Kay will change your life. This may or may not be true…
Some experiences are priceless and few and far between.
But other experience, the horror stories, the nightmares… Are more the norm than you would want to think.
What about the maxed out credit cards because you have to have the latest and greatest new inventory. The inventory changes on average every 18 months with the Limited Edition Items changeing quarterly.
What about the knock to self esteem becuase you were snubbed by that “A-Lister”, you know the one, the woman who is just so sugar sharp that you are afraid to meet her. But then you say hello, offer your Mary Kay business card and she looks at you as if you just handed her a dirty tissue or as if you smelled of stinking fish.
What about the time spent away from your husband, children, pets, etc. because you have to go to just one more selling appointment, business meeting, Mary Kay event, or some in town or out of town meet and greet. Just to get a “leg up” you see. Before you know it… that toddler is a teen-ager and doesn’t want to be bothered with you, because you couldn’t be bothered with him/her.
Did I mention that the divorce rate for consultants is climbing? Why? Because of the financial stress or because you become more married to the career and the opportunity than to your husband.
Driving for free is possible. You CAN earn the use of a career car. BUT… At What Cost? You either lose your integrity by forcing others to buy yet more inventory, so that your team/unit makes production. Or you make up the difference in production yourself by opening up and maxing out yet another credit card. You have the car for another month, but your finances are teetering on ruin.
Time Flexibility is possible, until you have scratched out so many appointments in your calendar, you don’t know if you are coming or going to family events, doctors appointments or to yet more Mary Kay Events…
“You Can Do It” will be just another catch phrase for go get another credit card, home equity line of credit or (and here is my all time favorite) “See whom you can beg, borrow or steal from”
Self Esteem becomes elusive. The prestigious Red Jacket becomes just another empty symbol of your destroyed finances on the way to Directorship, If you miss getting to Director after declaring, contracting to get there and trying to get there after 4 months, YOu LOSE those recruits and someone else benefits from your hard work, silver tongue and anxiety.
Integrity becomes a dirty word… because you have to do and think the impossible, Go against your character and become someone you don’t recognize or like all on your way to being a Director and “Executive Pay”. How? You entice other women to do what you do, get them to buy way more inventory than they can sell or will ever need and leave them high and dry without a clue as to what to do with it as you shout the words “Fake it ’til you Make it” – and you, yourself don’t have a clue as to how to do that except by lying.
Mary Kay will change your life. For Most of us… It will not be for the better. IF you don’t belive me… Ask someone else…
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MLM Radar
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Don’t you just love anonymous anecdotes?
Here we have a whole string of impressive success stories and NOT ONE of them is verifiable. Do Darlene, Ruth, Susan, Christie, Nancy, Cindy and Dottie have last names? Where are they? When did they do these wonderful things? Are they still in Mary Kay today? Can I call them and ask for advice?
Do they even really exist?
Didn’t think so.
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FogHat
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“I could write pages and pages like this story above!!!”
Not only is she trying to convince herself and others by using multiple exclamation points, but she is telling a story. If you are telling stories, you’re lying.
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raisinberry
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Thanks for the creative compilation. Yea these are really jewels in the Mary Kay Story-Telling Fantasy. I had a few myself, sadly. You will have one or two in a Unit of 80 plus that “respond” to learning new skills…but then the other shoe drops- AT WHAT COST? I think anyone responds to praise and support and attention. That’s not exclusive to Mary Kay. Trouble is, that “cost” thing. So now you can stand in front of a room and say your name and tell your story. Awesome. How much debt are you in?
Perhaps a Norman Vincent Peale or Toastmasters seminar would have accomplished the same thing for pennies on the dollar.
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Lazy Gardens
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I thought of Christie, who on less than 15 hours per week, was able to earn a free car and become a Mary Kay Sales Director-while working a full time job.
I would like to get a notarized statement from this Christie … right now she’s just a name and a success story with nothing to back it up.
Kinda like the tooth fairy.
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rings90
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“Look at all the free cars.” You will smile – and not tell him any different.
Oh Dear I hope this is NOT true. Its VERY important in today’s wold economy that the kids also learn the value of hard work & the value of a dollar. And that big ticket purchases are NEVER EVER FREE.
These poor kids, talk about being brought up in a bubble. Scary..
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C.W.
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So? Herpes will change your life. I fail to see this lady’s point..
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Marie
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Knowing the rot that is the true story of climbing the Mary Kay ladder and the trail of human destruction it leaves, this woman’s protestations of “It will change your life” take on an ominous meaning.
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