Why Attend Your Unit Meetings
Mary Kay unit meetings are the weekly chance to indoctrinate you with the Mary Kay Way. The way they keep you in is by constantly reinforcing the manipulation. If you step away, you start to get clarity about what a losing proposition MLM is. If you keep coming back to the weekly meetings, they can get you excited about the bogus opportunity all over again.
Retired Mary Kay national sales director Tammy Crayk wrote this “training aid” decades ago to help convince consultants to come to meetings every week. And it’s still used today by directors looking for ideas to get consultants to show up
Why Do I Need to Attend My Weekly Unit Meetings?
What does YOUR EMPTY SEAT at SUCCESS EVENTS say? You have heard it said since you attended training that success events are very important. Have you ever really thought why? When you do not come, you’re saying…
To Yourself and your family: This is only a hobby. (Hobbies do not make money) I really don’t want to make money. My MK is only social. My business is not important and not a priority.
To Your Customers: You are not important enough for me to keep informed. I do not plan to increase my knowledge. You don’t deserve the best service I can give. Your needs are not important to me.
To Your Sister Consultants: I don’t need your encouragement and inspiration, and I assume you don’t need mine. (Remember…. if you had a great week, we need YOU ….. if you had a challenging week, you need US!)
To a Guest: The things your consultant told you about this opportunity are not really true. This is not a ‘Real Business’. If it were truly a good deal, wouldn’t there be more people here?
To Your Director: Your help is not needed. You don’t need to take time with me on the phone because it isn’t fair to those who make an effort to attend meetings consistently, support Unit functions, and truly strive to make this business a success. Special classes, recruiting help, special promotions and contests are not important to me. Have you missed someone at a Unit meeting lately? Why not give her a call today and encourage her to join you at our very next Success Event!
Wherever you live, there is a meeting for you almost every week! It is a proven fact that those consultants who SHOW UP, GO UP!!! In fact, I truly believe that my personal success as I
advanced to directorship came from NEVER MISSING A MEETING!
Top ten reasons to attend weekly meetings:
- TO INSPIRE AND BE INSPIRED BY OTHERS!
- RECOGNITION OF YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS!
- ENCOURAGEMENT & SUPPORT FROM OTHERS LIKE YOU!
- RECEIVE SPECIAL TRAINING TO AID YOUR BUSINESS!
- NEW IDEAS FOR BOOKING, SELLING, CLASSES, ETC.
- TO DEVELOP YOUR OWN LEADERSHIP QUALITIES THROUGH SHARING!
- TO EXPERIENCE THE ‘TEAM SPIRIT’ FROM HAVING A GOAL TO REACH!
- COMPANY NEWS & INFORMATION ON ‘NEW PRODUCTS’ AND QUARTERLY CONTESTS!
- USE YOUR MEETINGS TO INTRODUCE PROSPECTS TO THE ‘WONDERFUL WORLD OF MARY KAY’. IT’S A GREAT WAY TO START BUILDING YOUR TEAM!
- BEING A PRODUCTIVE PART OF YOUR GROUP BY BEING ACTIVE, SHARING POSITIVE IDEAS AND OFFERING YOUR SUPPORT!
MISS 1 WEEK = YOU’RE SICK
MISS 2 WEEKS = YOU’RE DYING
MISS 3 WEEKS = SEND FLOWERS FOR THE DEMISE OF YOUR BUSINESS!
BESIDES…YOUR DIRECTOR NEEDS TO SEE YOUR BRIGHT AND SHINING FACE WEEKLY… SHE IS THERE WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE!
If you don’t keep showing up to these meetings, you might start coming out of the pink fog and we won’t be getting any more inventory orders from you.
Visit the
“It is a proven fact that those consultants who SHOW UP, GO UP!!!”
This is more believable: “It is a proven fact that the average debt of those consultants who SHOW UP, GOES UP!!!”
Yup. Came here to say this:
“It is a proven fact that those consultants who SHOW UP, GO BROKE!!!”
Top ten reasons to attend weekly meetings:
“TO INSPIRE AND BE INSPIRED BY OTHERS!” In other words, to keep you fogged in so you won’t see the obvious problems with the system or talk about something negative.
“RECOGNITION OF YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS!” Yaaay, you spent a bunch of money and wasted a bunch of time texting everyone you know. Here’s a Temu clearance thing!
“ENCOURAGEMENT & SUPPORT FROM OTHERS LIKE YOU!” Misery loves company.
“RECEIVE SPECIAL TRAINING TO AID YOUR BUSINESS!” People already know how to buy things with credit cards. You won’t get any training on the actual products or their use, because you’re not allowed to touch anyone anyway without a cosmetology license.
“NEW IDEAS FOR BOOKING, SELLING, CLASSES, ETC.” Look, this company hasn’t had a new idea since 1970 at the latest. These are the people who burn down the internet if someone shows up to an event in slacks, for Pete’s sake. Every time one of these lists comes along, someone comments that they remember it from the 90s or earlier, and they weren’t original then, either.
“TO DEVELOP YOUR OWN LEADERSHIP QUALITIES THROUGH SHARING!” But only the positive stuff, unless you want to relive your grade school shame.
“TO EXPERIENCE THE ‘TEAM SPIRIT’ FROM HAVING A GOAL TO REACH!” The third rah-rah indoctrination item on a not very long list!
“COMPANY NEWS & INFORMATION ON ‘NEW PRODUCTS’ AND QUARTERLY CONTESTS!” The new products are usually just a reintroduction or reconfiguration of existing ones. And they hold so many contests that they’re meaningless anymore.
“USE YOUR MEETINGS TO INTRODUCE PROSPECTS TO THE ‘WONDERFUL WORLD OF MARY KAY’. IT’S A GREAT WAY TO START BUILDING YOUR TEAM!” Because you’ll never make any money through sales, so team building is the only way to have a chance of getting ahead.
“BEING A PRODUCTIVE PART OF YOUR GROUP BY BEING ACTIVE, SHARING POSITIVE IDEAS AND OFFERING YOUR SUPPORT!” Make that FOUR “stay in the bubble. The bubble is good” items on a not very long list.
Really, just skip the meeting, save the entrance fee, and do what you want. Don’t let them shame or scare you into wasting your time.
Did they come home from Seminar with whole now social media guidelines? The posts they are creating would have got you terminated 15 years ago. It’s looks to like a Hail Mary on Ryans behalf. I think they are trying to do what Younique did 12 years ago.
More like a Hail Mary Kay…
It’s worse than listening to a boring sermon! After 3-5 meetings, I never went again. There was no training. There was no recognition because no one ever sold anything. A waste of gas and my time. I was only 18 and just out of high school.
MSGTK, that’s impressive as hell to me, you were only 18, fresh out of high school, and you figured it out while giving it a chance to not be a waste of time. I wish I’d had that perspicacity that early!
“ To a Guest: The things your consultant told you about this opportunity are not really true. This is not a ‘Real Business’. If it were truly a good deal, wouldn’t there be more people here?”
Ding ding ding! Somebody’s had an accidentally good point!