From my personal experience as a consultant, what I have found is that one of the best things about the Mary Kay oppurtunity is that truly, anyone can do it! You don't need a PHD or even a college education--you can be a mom, a daughter, a student, whatever. The company works really hard to make MK work for everyone.

The worst thing about Mary Kay though, is that ANYONE can do it, meaning that for all the great consultants and directors out there, there will always be people that don't run their businesses the right way. These women you were working with were more than likely pushing you for their own benefit, and didn't realize that with a little time and training, you would do great, and would probably benefit them more in the long term. They didn't stop to realize that the way they treated you was not how they would have liked to be treated.

I advise that you seek better training from a director or consultant who is truly there to help you succeed. In Mary Kay, it is impossible to get to the top without helping others along the way, and while the women you worked with may have had some short-lived success, it didn't last. You can always contact the company to have them put you in touch with another unit.

Elisabeth Wright
Senior Consultant
http://www.marykay.com/ewright8193

I am sorry to hear of your bad experience. Please, don't let that stop you. Prove to yourself and even the company that you can do it. I agree with Elisabeth in that it is both good and bad that just anyone can do it.

I would highly suggest that you learn from the past and turn the negative into a positive. There is a ton of information on the web from different Mary Kay directors that can help you build and grow your business into a successful business with integrity.

There are many people who are in Mary Kay who are willing to show your their "Go Give" spirit by offering advice, suggestions, and guidelines. Never stop asking until you get the right information.

Think of these few pointers (sent to my by Ann Sieg in an email last month):

"500 of the wealthiest people in America told Napolean Hill (author of "Think and Grow Rich") that their biggest successes and achievements in life came AFTER they were overwhelmed by complete failure!

Thomas Edison failed 10, 000 times (can you imagine that?) before finally inventing a fireless lamp.

Walt Disney went bankrupt and was fired by a newspaper editor for "lacking imagination and good ideas" before he built Disneyland.

Michael Jordan was cut by his high-school basket ball coach after which he lead his college and professional teams to 7 championships.

Get Napolean's book and read it. Anytime you face failure or setbacks, read it and you will be reminded of this fact:

"Failures" and "Setbacks" are NOT actually failures. They are simply necessary steps in the process of figuring out what works and what doesn't."

Best of luck. Contact me if you would like some pointers - you can still rejoin with a director or consultant of your choice and it would only be $20 for the paperwork. Your products should still be ok - unexpired - and you should be able to sell them as long as they are less than three years old.

Your Friend and Mary Kay Independent Star Senior Consultant,
Tricia Kos
www.marykay.com/triciakos
triciakos@marykay.com