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« on: September 26, 2007, 08:58:31 AM » |
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I thought about this oldie but goodie the other day while vacuuming. I heard lots of NSDs telling consultants that one of the first things they needed to do if they were serious about growing their business was to hire a housekeeper. They said consultants didn't need to be distracted by taking care of the house when they needed to focus on MK. This brings up a whole host of questions, not to mention  1. If you're doing MK for the extra money, you probably don't have the money for a housekeeper or it could be used for better things 2. I thought one of the major benefits of MK was that you could work from home and have MORE time for your family and life, not less. 3. If you don't have time to scrub your toilet, you probably don't have time to make dinner either, so you're going to need someone to do this as well. Oh...and when you DO hire that housekeeper, you're supposed to share the "opportunity" with her. Suddenly, she's in MK...and you're looking for another housekeeper again. As a side note, a friend of mine was a housekeeper and my director recruited her. She became a director herself, went into massive debt, and left MK. She longed for being a housekeeper when she was a director because she had little to no debt plus she got paid every time she went out to work. |
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« on: September 26, 2007, 08:58:31 AM » |
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« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2007, 02:47:49 PM » |
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That never made sense to me, but I bought it. I was so trusting - I thought if I did whatever those successful NSDs said, I'd be that successful, too - even if it didn't make sense to me! I hired a catch-all assistant - she did office stuff, ran my errands, cleaned my house. I WENT INTO DEBT. Instead of making more money, I ended up spending more - both on her and on Mary Kay. If I wasn't "wasting" time cleaning my house, well that was just all the more time I could spend at Mary Kay functions and "trainings" and hoo hah crap, not to mention driving all over God's green earth to do interviews with women who weren't signing up (buy her lunch, pay for gas, waste more time).
The only reason I figure they tell women this is that they think women will like not having to clean their home (duh), it gives an outward appearance of success which the recruit won't want to let on is false (everyone thought I was doing phenomenal because I had an assistant/cleaner), and that she'll have more time to be further sucked into the brainwashing trap.
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« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2007, 12:42:46 AM » |
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Wow, I remember hearing someone (I think it was GMB) say she was "too good to clean the toilet" and I thought "oh really??"  |
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« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2007, 11:12:23 PM » |
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I need to hire a housekeeper. Only because I hate cleaning house!  |
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« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2008, 05:55:25 AM » |
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I remember that ... I think it was you were supposed to hire someone to do the "menial" tasks like once you became a director you were too good for housework.
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« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2008, 09:09:11 PM » |
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Yeah, like you were supposed to hire a housekeeper to clean your house, a babysitter to watch your kids. Do you think that's what they meant by "Fake it till you make it?" And yes, Tam that saying about making a silk purse out of sow's ear fits right in with it. Your recruiter takes her commission to buy her silk purse and you're left holding the empty piggy bank!  |
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« Reply #10 on: December 01, 2008, 09:20:58 PM » |
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« Reply #11 on: December 01, 2008, 10:03:54 PM » |
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...but...but I thought a Mary Kay career allowed you to spend more time with your kids?  |
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« Reply #13 on: December 01, 2008, 10:31:54 PM » |
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Oh, if only I stayed in MK, I could get a part time job cleaning the other consultants' houses now!
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"Some people care 'bout what other people think, worry 'bout what they say. Let a little gossip coming from a loose lip ruin a perfect day. Sayin' 'bla bla bla' just jackin' their jaws, gotta let it roll off-a my back. I don't give a damn what other people think, what do ya think about that?" M. G.
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« Reply #14 on: December 02, 2008, 06:11:46 AM » |
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