Jammin for a a Joyful June! Operation 72!

By now you have gotten the postcard in the mail that said we had our BEST MONTH EVER in May – congratulations! Now we are off to BREAK even more RECORDS in JUNE! There are so many wonderful things going on this month! I know some of you may even feel a bit overwhelmed at all that is going on! TAKE A DEEP BREATH…now EXHALE REALLY SLOWLY while saying to yourself..."I have all the time I need to accomplish everything that is important to me! I choose to be successful this month and maximize the opportunities that come my way. I share Mary Kay products and the opportunity with others and ENJOY the process! I deserve success!!”

Now let’s really JAM for a JOY Filled June & complete Mission Possible - Operation 72! That means $72,000 wholesale in June! Is it POSSIBLE? YES! This is how we’ll do it:

Focus 1: MORE Star Consultants by June 15 than EVER before! The goal is 14 Stars! Will you be one?

Focus 2: Add 20 New Consultants to our team! How many will join YOUR TEAM?

Focus 3: 5 Red, White, & Blue Winners! Will you be one of the winners sporting your NEW Couture FREE RED JACKET and MATCHING FREE Handbag?

Focus 4: Team Up to Win! (details to follow)

Focus 5: 100 Faces to Stardom! Click HERE for details!

Focus 6: Sell $100 to 72 customers = $7,200!

Focus 7: Have FUN! Bring JOY to all you meet!

OTHER WAYS you can WIN!!

** Complete PACESETTERS ON-LINE Click HERE for details!

**For every $200 wholesale your name goes on a board for one of 360 prizes! (Prizes will be rewarded when we complete $72,000 wholesale!) WOW!

**Sell 72 items THIS MONTH and get a BLING RING!

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CONVERSATIONS with friend...should I share MK?

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.

Superstars - This is ALL sooo true! After 15 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 your business work! Your life will continue to be more and more blessed!!!! :)

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Use the word FREE!!!

Get it Free from Complimentary Offers by Susan Rich, guest writer

Published by kaya singer under Business Help, Marketing

*Thanks to Pam K and Patricia for sharing it with all of us!

“If it’s FREE, how come you’re calling it “complimentary?”
Good question – and that’s what our topic is today. The most eye-catching, heart-pounding, “What are they giving me?” word in the English language is FREE.

Free is a four-letter word. It’s bold. It’s catchy. It’s memorable.
Free snags attention and helps us remember your offer.

Our ears perk up when we hear the announcer shout, “It’s Free!”
And so do our eyes: We want free gifts. Free time. A life free of hardship.

Free is also statistically proven to drive action.

That’s why the word gets used time and time again.

Free is not a silly, low-brow word…so how come it falls prey to “complimentary?”

The Case Against Complimentary:
It has 13 characters and five syllables. That makes it one of the longer words in everyday language. Swap it out for its synonym (free!) and your writing will flow smoothly.

It doesn’t pass the say it/write it test: We don’t go around telling potential customers that we offer a complimentary consultation – we tell them it’s FREE. Rhythmic writing reads like the spoken word.

It’s easy to misspell: Swap the “i” out for an “e” and you could be talking about contrasting colors that, when blended, become neutral. Spell-check won’t catch that error, but your reader might.

Complimentary is a visual mouthful. You’ll never, ever see it in a headline…so why use it at all?

Not convinced? Check out the definition of the word:
Complimentary: Given free as a courtesy or favor.

You heard it! Use "FREE" in promoting your business!

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SPA NIGHT Revealed!

All of your hard work will be rewarded at SPA NIGHT! This is a NOT-TO-MISS event so be sure to make your calendar today for FRIDAY, July 10th!

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Proud to be wearing "The Suit"

Pride of the Suit

Top 10 reasons to be Proud to be wearing "the Suit”

#10. When you’re proudly wearing "the Suit" you realize that financial freedom is for “YOU” and that it doesn’t buy happiness but does buy choices, lots of choices.

#9. When you’re proudly wearing "the Suit" you realize people like to associate with successful people and they warm chat you!

#8. When you’re proudly wearing "the Suit" you realize there are Top Trips all over the world available to you and you’ll never have to pay for the vacation of your dreams again!

#7. When you’re proudly wearing "the Suit" you realize that prizes are abundant and your husband is so excited as he will never have to buy you Diamonds again!

#6. When you’re proudly wearing "the Suit" you realize you can have the use of a FREE Car for the rest of your life!

#5. When you’re proudly wearing "the Suit" your blood runs Pink just like your car and your attitude shines so bright that no one dares to pop your Pink bubble!

#4. When you’re proudly wearing "the Suit" your self esteem grows to the point that you are able to speak to the masses and one day you will be on stage at Seminar speaking to 10,000-15,000 people and can confidently use the words, “I give the praise, the honor and glory to God!”

#3. When you’re proudly wearing "the Suit" you realize your girlfriends are as numerous as the stars in the sky and sand in the ocean and that they are women of vision, faith, courage, ethics, and FUN!

#2. When you’re proudly wearing "the Suit" you realize your children have seen you set audacious goals and have set goals for themselves and one day you watch your daughter on her graduation day receive the highest award possible from her church or maybe you will watch your son fulfill his dream and cross the stage to receive his college degree—debt-free!

#1. When you’re proudly wearing "the Suit" you know that you are walking in God’s favor because you know are changing the lives of women, men and children across this nation and perhaps even around the WORLD!

It's your TIME TO SHINE! "The Suit" has YOUR name on it!

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Happy Birthday Mary Kay! 12 Things you can do to GROW your biz NOW!

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GRIND it out Girl!

(Shared by Future National Sales Director Pamela Krzmarzick)

A couple of reminders. If you have not reg. for the SEE event at the theater they did extend it... so PLEASE reg. and GO

PCP sign up deadline is THIS FRIDAY. the 15th so you know this is a must to a very successful customer business.

Now some thoughts about our business and the thoughts that we think... As you all know we are working to complete qualification for our 13th pink Cadillac. (**SUPERSTARS WE ARE WORKING TO FINISH OUR FIRST!!) We are a bit behind. Our goal for this month of May is $18,000 wholesale or more and 10 new team members. So every order and every interview counts. Sell like crazy - women are looking for us and our product. So talk about it and enjoy the harvest of your success... Let me know what your plans are so I can be of help to make your dreams and goals become a reality. You can have it all....

Now about the GRIND! I love to watch the Blazers our basketball team. I want to share a few thought with you that I read that Brandon Roy said after the loose to Houston.... Even before the season had ended the beginning of the new season in essence had already started.... While Roy sat on the bench in the final minutes of the game he began embracing what he refers to as "his grind"

The grind, he says, is the mental and physical preparation to trick, your mind into accomplishing a goal. And Roy's goal starting with those bitter final minutes of the season, is for the Blazers to win a Championship..... Not down the road..... Not in a few years..... Next season.......NOW!

This is the thing that I found interesting is all year long they just talked about getting to the playoffs.... not winning a championship.....

That made me really think are we playing to WIN our are we playing just not to loose...

The coach of the Blazer team thought the team was to young to win the Championship......

Well guess what your coach - ME believes we are ready to pick up that PINK Cadillac and then position of ourselves as a National Area.. We are READY and we are PLAYING FULL OUT TO WIN!!

So what are you thinking? What is your game plan? Is it to pick up your free Red Jacket? To drive your first free car? To wear that beautiful new navy IT FACTOR DIRECTOR SUIT?

So I took the word GRIND and this is it for our grind

G goal

R result

I image what you picture in your mind

N no negotiating

D Determination, discipline, desire, dream

I do know this - WHAT WE DO TODAY WILL DETERMINE TOMORROW! AS we work to wrap up Seminar 2009 and step into 2010 this is the momentum building time.

Believe in the power of your dream! Believe in YOU!!

I am so excited about what we are doing to be a part of the company's dream of $5 Billion by/50 and we are doing our part to make it so. Are we not so blessed to be with a company that believes we can and will go the distance and we always play to WIN?

I believe in you and us and our dream....... Go girl Go.... It's time to GRIND IT OUT!

Make today matter!

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Happy Mother's Day!

Why I love that my Mom is in Mary Kay!
by Clarissa Cook
I love my mom because she is always there for me! The reason I like her being in Mary Kay is she is home a lot. Another reason is she helps with cooking, helping with homework, reads with me and so much more. Like I said, she is always there for me.

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mom's out there!

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Yes we have flelxibility - WHEN to work NOT IF to work!

Hi Superstars! I have read this message so many times and it has pertained to so many stages of my life/business: full time college student/working part-time and internships, 7 moves, 3 bed-rest pregnancies, severe depression, and homeschooling and nearly losing my husband. FLEXIBILITY gives you options for WHEN you work NOT IF you work!

When we talk about time management choices, my thoughts are when you say Yes to everything else you are saying NO to your Mary Kay business. When you want Mary Kay to pay as a business, you must work it like a business and not as an after thought with leftover time.

Please Read the Powerful Message below from NSD Pamela Shaw This Message Is Powerful For Mary Kay and LIFE in general, also timely for the end of year and beginning of a new year....Be Blessed!!! Flexible doesn't mean INSTEAD OF. It means you choose the time. But you MUST choose the time AND do the work! Otherwise, you define flexible and procrastinate as the same. Or flexible and denial the same! The 'God, Family, Career' flag has been pulled by many a former consultant and director who really just didn't want to discipline herself to schedule herself, work with a 6 most priority to do list daily and make some advance preparation decisions to make changes that produce results, to create new habits and schedule herself to position herself to receive SUCCESS and promotion and abundance. Many want the rewards; few take the responsibility. Many want the friendships and support; few give the positive energy to attract it. Many want Success; few take the direction and guidance to receive it. (Unit meeting weekly with guests, Star Consultant order monthly, Power Start ALWAYS on the date book, clear goals and goal poster, education tapes playing always, holding themselves in accountability via Weekly Accomplishment sheets!) Many want success but make up their own rules and disqualify themselves from the prize. Can you imagine saying you wanted to become a nurse (Gloria's guest event analogy) and just because you wanted to be a nurse ever since you were a little girl walking into a hospital one day and expecting to BE a nurse just because you WANT to be and because nurses work in hospitals! LOL! OR even going to Nursing School and telling your professors how you wanted to LEARN the skills. Forget the program and curriculum! You expect your professors to come to you when you feel like doing something vs. You going to class at a set time. Or you Skip the lab because of the extra time required. Or when you miss class and your professor doesn't call and coddle you-you get an attitude. Well, I guess they just don't care about me; I'm not getting the support I need! "God first, Family second, Career third!" WHO are we kidding! Success isn't for the CHOSEN FEW. It is for the FEW WHO CHOOSE. I think back to 1986 and 87 when I worked to become a Sales Director while simultaneously teaching and coaching 80-90 hours a week. What I sacrificed (not compromised) to earn my Directorship, Career Cars. [social and sleep] I think of the years when Thomas was young, a nursing baby, a toddler, pre-school (he graduated 6th grade this week L)-and how very challenging it was to DISCIPLINE myself to schedule tightly so I could LIVE the values Mary Kay offers. BUT it didn't come to me. I WENT TO IT! I went to the Lord for wisdom, to my Director and NSD for practical Skill advice, to meetings and workshops (God gives EVERY Biblical Leader a mentor AND accountability) and then regardless of feeling or mood or fear, or insecurity or lack --I worked! OH how I wish you could read this and TAKE it into your heart and soul. WHAT if I hadn't done this? Jerry would have died anyway. And what would my options be today? As a single, grieving parent. Do you have any idea how many people have asked me "Are you staying in the house?" LOL! The real question they're asking is "can you afford the house now that your husband is gone?" What would your answer be? Gratefully, my answer is 'of course we are staying in the house'. Gratefully, 21 devoted years to my MK business preceded this day. Gratefully, I wasn't 'waiting for an easier time' to get disciplined. When would that have been? Single and dating Newly married Pregnant - nursing Pre-school toddler After we moved to KY When Jerry got sick After he is in heaven WHEN? Please Please hear the plea of my heart. And GO TO WORK! 20-20 TODAY! 20 shows and 20 interviews) You can schedule it for THREE DAYS with many time slots and multiple hostesses in the slot. Are you Really Consistently Working? In Power Start or Perfect Start mode? Taken the 20-20 challenge for May/June and the 10-20 challenge for the other-20 Classes + 20 Interviews and 10 Classes + 20 Interviews-or are you HOBBYING it and hoping for more? Are you AT Your Unit MEETING? IS the way you work your business an attraction to others? Consistency? Profitability? Enthusiasm? What you say? What you do? Or are you on/off depending on the day. I love you. I'm praying for your victory! Thank you for your goals and commitments both DIRECTORS and CONSULTANTS! "...Work hard and cheerfully at whatever you do." Col. 3:23 -Pam Shaw, NSD

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Red means Go! Makin' May FLAT OUT aMAYzing!

Wow! You did it! You created the most AMAZING ABUNDANT AUDACIOUS APRIL! We had our BEST MONTH this Seminar year! We were only a smidgen off of Cadillac production so girls let's kick it up a notch this month and MAKE IT HAPPEN! GREAT JOB!

I don't have all the numbers in but so far I know that Lisa Giles completed the qualifications for the Pink ICE Ring! Way to go!

This month our theme is RED MEANS GO for a FLAT OUT aMAYzing MAY!

YOU WILL have a FLAT OUT AMAZING MAY when you:

1. Register for the SEE – Satellite Education Event to be held on Monday, May 18^th at a Theatre NEAR YOU! Click HERE to register!

2. Register for Seminar! Seriously – you will not want to miss it! Click HERE to register (**You have until June 30^th to cancel your registration but it is first come first serve for the BEST seats so register TODAY!) Click HERE to watch a great video about it!

3. Take the Pacesetters challenge and see 15 FACES in 15 DAYS! Come on girl – I know you can do it! No excuses – just ACTION! Click HERE for the link to the challenge and FREE Audio and video training! Seeing that many faces will also set you up to do the 100 Faces by June 30^th!

4. Sell, sell, sell by pampering moms or moms and daughters, nurses, teachers and MORE! When you do you will be on-target or FINISH YOUR STAR!!!

5. Go RED, Go WHITE, Go Blue! We are looking for 10 women to RACE to earn their RED JACKET FREE in this amazing contest! Click HERE to see the DETAILS! Will you choose to wear the "Lauren", the "Candy" or the "Drew"?

6. Order BIG and get all the FREE STUFF! It's a BONUS month so when you order $250, $450, $650, $850 or MORE there are FREEBIES in STORE!

Many of you have asked about the The Chocolating Recording so here it is: weblink: http://www.whistletree.com/play/2274UMZTRX66XBST

mp3 link: http://www.whistletree.com/play/audio/affiliate.download/17247/2274UMZTRX66XBST.mp3

Watch the blog this weekend for STELLAR files and audio training on selling TONS of ROLL-UP Bags!

As promised here is a quick video! Pardon the hair! It looked cute in the morning but not at 10:30 this evening after I got everyone else to bed! Hee hee!

	Video Length 2:57 Click here to watch

Red Means GO!

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24 HOURS OF POWER!

Congratulations again to Faith Gates, Shirley Fein, Jenn Talbot, Alice Ludwig, Melissa Lilley, Diana Sharp, Lisa Giles for already completing qualifications for the April Girlfriends’ Club! You ROCK!!

Congratulations to Dena Mason and Alice Ludwig for selling so many items! Both of these AMAZING ladies are SCREAMING close to earning their PINK ICE ring! THERE IS STILL TIME TO DO IT TODAY!!! Sell 24 items between last Thursday and MIDNIGHT TONIGHT to earn the PINK ICE RING!

The deadline for the SEE – Satellite Education Event is May 8^th! I would LOVE to see a TON of us attend this event! It is sure to be AWESOME! Click HERE to register as well as to see a PREVIEW of the actual event! YOU WONT WANT TO MISS IT and it is only $20!!!

The NEW Consultant Pacesetters Challenge will START THIS FRIDAY!!! Be sure to get RIGHT on it!! From the leads that I got the first two weeks in April I held 4 skin care classes and got 3 new recruits!!! I know you can do it too!

Also too – be sure to check out the SHARING NOTEBOOK (located in the column to the RIGHT)! It is fabulous!!!

OPEN REGISTRATION for SEMINAR begins THIS FRIDAY! Be sure to register even IF you change your mind later and decide not to go! I have rooms booked at the Fairfield on Market Center and I just booked my ticket today for about $240 today from Sacramento to Dallas (Love Field) with Southwest. You will want to come in anytime on the 21^st of JULY and leave sometime after 3 PM on Saturday the 25^th of JULY. It is going to be AWESOME!

SEIZE THE DAY! The time to build your customer base and your team is NOW and why not FINISH UP (or even start) the 100 FACES to STARDOM Contest (April 1 – June 30^th) Click here for details!!!

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7 DAY Sales Contest and a PINK ICE RING!

Here it is - the "PINK ICE RING"! You can all have one in a size that fits YOU! All you have to do is sell 25 items in the next 7 days! I know you can do it!

Here is the sheet for you to track with!

7-Day Conte$t

Sell any 25 items in 7 days (from the receipt of this form) & place your minimum $600 wholesale order the same month & win your stunning Pink Ice & Crystal Ring!

Consultant Name________________ Ring Size______________

Contest Start Date 4/23 Contest End Date 4/30 Inventory Order/Date ($600 wholesale order between 4/1 and 4/30)

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Return this voucher to your Director to receive your Ring!

PO Box 276993 Sacramento, CA 95827 or sarahstarshinelol@gmail.com

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