What is your journey, and what is success?
I was 21 when I first became a beauty consultant. My journey has had many different looks. I’ve been a director, drove a free car and am currently a personal use consultant and work for Pink Office supporting consultants as they manage business big and small. I like to say that I’ve always got an opportunity in my hip pocket. As you get older your perspective changes, along with the elasticity of your eyelids and maybe your hair color. I remember having a hard time connecting with what I thought were older women. I remember having a hard time imagining what it would be like to have teenagers in my home when I was having baby after baby. I never would have been able to fathom one of those babies moving out, and yet, even that has happened.
As I think over these years I think of the roll Mary Kay has had in my life. There were times when babies were taking naps while I did facials or going to grandma’s while I did an interview. There were times with daddy when I made phone calls and even now as I write this post an elementary-age daughter is working on her math homework beside me. The products too have changed, not just in what they do or the bottles they come in, but where they are in my house. They are in makeup bags spilled on the floor in front of the hall mirror when a teenager got ready this morning, and a mascara left on the counter in the half bath for a last minute touch up or extra lip glosses in the junk drawer because someone keeps leaving them on the kitchen table. In one way or another Mary Kay has made it so that these kids could be with me. I got to watch them change from little girls sneaking a quick swipe of mascara to grown women packing a year’s worth of product to take to school halfway across the country.
My journey is unique because of Pink Office and the opportunity Mary Kay provided for us changed as well. The skills I learned as a consultant filtered into the rest of my life and are invaluable. Time management, delegation and the art of list making are a few of the skills that helped me grow up and be a better mom.
Success looks different on each of us. It might be financial for you. It might be the car or career level you achieve. Success might be leaving a job that demands too much or working from home part-time. What you think is success today might not be what you think it is 10 years from now. You may be dreaming too small. No matter what that looks like for you I truly believe you can find that success with your Mary Kay business.
I usually don’t write specifically about your business in this way, but this has been on my mind lately and I wanted to share it with you. I’d love to hear your success stories and where you are on your journey. Comment here or on our Facebook page.
(images from www.marykayintouch.com)
Originally published at https://blog.pinkoffice.com on August 22, 2018.
