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• Local Unit Awards Dinner

  • July 23rd, 2009
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  After all the opening Seminar festivities it was time to get ready for our local Future Area Awards Dinner. This is when our unit gets recognized for our accomplishments such as our unit’s Queens of Sales and Sharing and our Miss Go-Give Award. To be honest, I liked the food served at this dinner much better than the food at the dinner last night. Last night’s dinner made me a little ill. Tonight’s was better and the dessert was an excellent pecan pie! Yum! Continue Reading »

• Seminar: Day 1

  • July 23rd, 2009
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  Today was Day 1 of Seminar. They conducted the opening General Sessions for everyone. What is really great about this time around is that I’m in the arena! This is actually a fluke. Enrollment is lower than past years so there is room for all of us to fit in the arena this year so I don’t have to sit in Hall A. What a treat! My seat is higher up, but it’s really not that bad. I’m off to the side, but I can see the stage clearly. I’m close to the stage, just higher up. My back isn’t against the wall, either. The seats aren’t uncomfortable. They are typical theater seats if you ask me. I got some great pics with my phone and with my camera. What was really nice was that my friend had an extra seat by her because her husband didn’t attend the General Session so she said I could sit in his seat for the second half of the day. Her seat is close! She’s not on the floor, but one level up which isn’t bad at all. Continue Reading »

• Late Night

  • July 23rd, 2009
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  Tonight was our National Area Dinner. It ran late. It’s always inspiring to see my NSD and hear from all the high achievers in our area, but after a long day of touring it got to be a long evening of awards. My NSD is Kathy Helou and she is absolutely amazing. We are the #2 national area at this Seminar. The #1 area is the Gloria Mayfield Banks Area. Some highlights of tonight’s dinner were that the Director Queen of Personal Sales is from our area. She did just over $106,000 in personal sales! She accomplished this by doing fund raisers for the troops. Her son had been overseas in Iraq and that was what originally inspired her to do this last year. She was the Queen last year with just over $116,000! Now her son is finished serving his time, but she couldn’t stop the program she had begun so she continued on this year. It was quite an amazing story and she accomplished tremendous results! Another highlight was Kathy Helou’s younger daughter singing at the end of the evening. She has quite a voice. She’s very talented. This is all I can muster for tonight.

• Seeing How It’s Made

  • July 22nd, 2009
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  The first thing I wanted to be sure to accomplish this trip to Seminar was seeing the manufacturing plant and corporate headquarters. My friend also had this goal. She had completely missed it the first time and ran out of time on her second trip. For her, I told her the third time’s a charm! Today we traveled to Addison!, TX to accomplish this mission. The reason I type “Addison!” is because every street sign in this town says, “Addison!” underneath the street name. I found it amusing. It must be a fun place to live. There are tons of restaurants in Addison! Continue Reading »

• Dallas Arrival

  • July 22nd, 2009
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  Tonight I arrived in Dallas for Seminar! It was one long flight down. Although I never left my plane, it made 2 stops along the way in Nashville and Houston. Why Houston I’ll never know! In total I sat on that plane for 6 hours! Fortunately, I was in good company as I had my friend and her husband as travel companions. Continue Reading »

• Queen of Sales!

  • July 13th, 2009
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  Tonight at my meeting I was recognized for my awesome sales week! I was hoping I would be the “Queen” as we call it. I’ve never been the Queen before. I was sure someone might blow me out of the water with a $1000 sales week. Nope. There were two of us that had Star sales weeks (at least $300 retail sales) and I was ahead by about $145! At our meetings the Queen of Sales wears a little tiara. LOL It sounds silly and corny, but it’s fun. I got to wear the tiara. Not that I’m not used to it. I wore plenty of tiaras in my dancing days. Hehehe

• Record Breaker!

  • July 11th, 2009
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  This week was so exciting for me! I broke my all time weekly personal sales record! My previous best week was in the neighborhood of $420. This week, I sold $669! This is my total after hostess bonuses and customer discounts! I moved about $700 of retail product! What is very exciting was that I tracked my sales. I set a goal and I tracked it and…I exceeded my goal! My goal for this week was $500. I met my goal and surpassed it! Continue Reading »

• Newfound Inspiration

  • July 9th, 2009
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  This week I found new inspiration for my business. It’s July and I want to start this year off right. I want to be a four quarter star this year among other goals. We had a great training session! My friend trained on booking, but what she really trained on is how she talks to people. She’s a brand new director. She’s been in MK since May 2008. Yes. Just over a year and she has been a director for 4 months! She has no fear, but she is so down to earth and real I love listening to her teach at our events. She’s an inspiration to me. After listening to her I feel less fearful. Continue Reading »

• It’s a New Year!

  • July 4th, 2009
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  It’s a new sales year in the business world and I’m determined to kick this year off right. I have made goals for 2009-2010. My biggest goal is to be a Star every quarter. I’m on the right track so far. I have 2 appointments on July 11, and one so far on the 18th. I’m working with my hostesses to ensure they all hold. I want to earn car status by December and submit DIQ in January. Those are my goals. If I can be a Star every quarter I can reach those goals I am sure. Continue Reading »

• Happy 4th of July!

  • July 4th, 2009
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  I want to wish everyone a happy and safe Independence Day! This is one of my favorite holidays! It’s summertime, it’s warm, and it’s just a lot of fun. My birthday falls on the 3rd so I treat it as an extension of that, too. hehehe

  Anyway, enjoy your holiday, everybody!

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