The “Creditability” of Being a Mary Kay Star
I love it when Mary Kay national sales directors make up new words. Especially when they’re so fitting for a company that wants you to load up on product and get access to as much credit as you can so that you can keep ordering. This NSD refers to the “creditability” that you get from being a star consultant in Mary Kay. I think she means she wants you to have the ability to get credit…
This document is nothing more than a simple ploy to get you to order more than you need at the beginning of the seminar year. Remember that July is a rough month for most sales directors. They’ve just squeezed every bit of life (and money) out of their consultants by begging them to order non-stop to “meet the unit’s goal.”
Who’s ready to order again in July? Probably no one. That’s why the Mary Kay sales directors and NSDs trot out the “start the year right” stuff. They might as well call it “order early, order often.” All they’re doing is trying to guilt you into ordering at the beginning of the year, suggesting that if you want to be successful all year, this is the right way to start. What a load of crap!
If you think it is not important to start the new year off as a Star Consultant, think again. It is the single most important thing you can do for your business!
“Be A Star!”
Years ago I remember reading a book where the 35 most successful people in the world shared 10 things they did that helped make them successful. I read what they said and there was only one thing that they all had on their list, only one thing that every single one of them had written down the same. And that one thing was each of them ‘Made a list of the 6 most important things to do each day.’ From that moment on I decided that was one thing I would do without fail and look at the credibility of that one thing.
On every Director’s and National Sales Director’s list, is the basic success plan – The yellow brick road to follow to be successful – and that is to be a Star Consultant. Some years back I realized that a very strange thing was happening. Some of my consultants at the beginning of the quarter were actually planning not to be a Star that quarter, instead of asking, how many faces do I need to do to complete my goal. They were actually planning on being successful.
The most important reason to be a star is the creditability in your mind that this product sells which makes it so easy to recruit. Also, your recruits need to be Star Consultants so they can make money and have people to sharing their opportunity with.
When Benjamin Franklin wanted to introduce street lighting to the people of colonial Philadelphia, he did not lobby politicians, he did not publish editorials, he did not argue with those who disagreed with him. Instead, he simply hung a brilliant lantern on a long bracket in front of his own house.
Every evening, as dusk approached, he faithfully lit the wick. People out in the dark night could see Franklin’s streetlight from blocks away and very grateful to walk in its friendly glow.
Soon Franklin’s neighbors started putting lanterns on brackets in front of their homes, and it wasn’t long before the entire city was illuminated each night with street lamps.
This is the way Jesus has influenced humankind, by example, by showing us what to do and how to do it. By letting His own light shine, He not only lighted the way for us but gave us the idea that we, too, have lights that should be shining. ~This is what is meant by the speed of the leader…. you set the example, lead by example, lead by example, lead by example! It is the key to becoming influential in the business and being able to build a team.
You will be winning prizes, prizes you can put in your living room, things you can wear, things for the family. You will be getting the recognition so you can build creditability. And you will be consistently selling your products showing the profits to be made in Mary Kay.
Use The Success Sheet attached, work out a plan of action of how many faces it will take to reach your goal then cut out the picture of the prize of your choice from the Quarterly Prize Brochure and put it on your goal poster where you can see it every day. You do deserve the benefits of this unbelievable career. Plan your success for you and your family today.
Is she serious? Order more because it makes others think the product really sells? Well yeah… it sells to consultants who are conned into unnecessary orders!!! And wouldn’t you know it? Jesus wants you to order too. He’d do it if he was here, so you should too!
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Lazy Gardens
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So … buying product will make you like Ben Franklin and Jesus?
I’m having a hard time following this woman’s logic.
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PinkfanbutnoMKfan
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Be like these 2 humans whose lives were about helping others and bettering ourselves, follow the light and order inventory…. at 6:30am she makes no sense… I don’t think she’ll make much more sense after my cup of coffee.
I apologize for my grammar… Its early
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enorth
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“You will be winning prizes, prizes you can put in your living room, things you can wear, things for the family.”
Note how quickly she switched from “Jesus” to prizes, things, recognition, prizes, things, prizes, things…
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gotheart
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“The most important reason to be a star is the creditability in your mind that this product sells which makes it so easy to recruit. Also, your recruits need to be Star Consultants so they can make money and have people to sharing their opportunity with.”
There is no logic to what she has said.That is why it is hard to follow!
This SD has enmeshed herself in the lives of her Unit members where she does not belong.
This SD is in a position of trust and authority.
She is a predator seducing, manipulating and control her victims.
This is the gun held to the head of those she knows she can control to order. It is gratifying for her wants and needs. It is about her not any successful consultant being a Star.
What we are not seeing is all the compliments and strokes this SD has given to those prior to this email. No doubt about it she has “loved” them up. She has told them how special they are in many round about ways. How she has hoped to always have someone like them in her life.
How valuable they are to her life. (These statements are the gun we are always told is not held to our heads.) Most of her victims have trusted her with their stories of abuse as a child from a toxic parent or later in life a husband. However what happens is the victim has replace the parent, husband with this SD, that gives her “prizes and acceptance”, both in the cheapest form. Finally, acceptance, she can purchase, is what is happening.
This victim has just been brow beat about her person, her loyalty and her spiritual life. She is completely in the dark about it because this is the dance she has done, with her abusive relationship in her life.
This is exactly what the MKC does to all of their customers. Through their SD, NSD, prizes Star Consultant program, down to winning a name badge.
Many of you know exactly what I am talking about.
You are out of that dance and you are the better for it.
Good!
Terribly wicked.
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Freefrmpink
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GotHeart, you hit the hammer on the nail! WoW! I couldn’t have said it better. I’m so blessed to be out of the dance and no longer a choreographer.
Agreed – Terribly wicked.
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raisinberry
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Ditto, Ditto, Ditto.
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A Reader
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What? You’re telling me that Ben Franklin didn’t load up on lantern inventory, and then warm chat his neighbors into buying and/or becoming distributors? How did he ever make that work?
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Pink Haze
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This is straight up manipulation.
The 35 most successful people in the world along with Ben Franklin would go running from the MK business model. And Jesus too for that matter. He was never big on taking advantage of others for your own personal gain.
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Pinksmoke
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Amen sister
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MLM Radar
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Did you notice this?
“Some of my consultants at the beginning of the quarter were actually planning NOT to be a Star that quarter… They were actually planning on being successful.”
Talk about a Freudian Slip! The way to actually be successful is to NOT be a star orderer.
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Kinzie
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Oopsies! Great observation, MLM Radar. She totally shot herself in the foot with that one!
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NoMoMK
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It’s funny how everything in MK ties to Jesus! And now they are trying to add Ben Franklin on to their little pink wagon. Seriously this pink nightmare must be stopped!!
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TRACY
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Well it only ties to Jesus if it means doing more or putting more money in or recruiting, etc. If Jesus tells me to QUIT mk, then it’s not really Jesus and we should ignore it.
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Kinzie
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So TRUE, Tracy!! That’s a great point. And notice how only the directors and on up can discern if its Jesus or satan.
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advertisingchick
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I absolutely love when they find a new historical figure to compare MK too. It makes me chuckle because it is just so ridiculous.
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