Mary Kay Inc.

And it was during our pregnancy of our second baby that I started to feel in my heart that I really wanted to have flexibility, especially during my younger kids' years.

And I had just recently started a Mary Kay business, which was my very first experience with business.

And That business really took off.

I was putting a lot of energy and time into building that business and I was really loving it.

And so it was pretty obvious that I wanted to give it more.

And I would say that this is the season where I experienced like significant burnout.

Not because of Mary Kay, but because I just had so many things on my plate.

I was a dietician.

Now, I have not been walking and taking the bus, believe me, or nobody gave me, I'm not a trust fund kid and somebody just handed me a car.

But yes, since I started my Mary Kay business 32 years ago, about a year after I started, I earned the use of a Mary Kay car.

And I have earned the use of, I can't even remember if it's 16 or 17 cars yet.

And yes, before you ask, have I had a pink Cadillac? Yes, I've had five of the total cars and lots of different cards in between.

Well, since just to be completely transparent and honest, I'm going to talk about this a But I have grown.

I'm growing a new business.

Why not today? And so I haven't been putting as much love and energy into Mary Kay, which is my personal choice, because what I know is that I really feel like this new business is I can make a bigger impact.

And.

My first is, what's your favorite book and what was it that made it stick with you?

Mary Kay Ash's Bibliography.

It inspired me.

Because she was one of those inspirational women that led with her heart.

That's how she ran her business.

That's how she built her empire.

So to me, Mary Kay, her whole story, her success journey really inspired me.

And that was probably my most favorite book that was a game changer, really.

Well, that kind of signaling is common.

I mean, if you look at Mary Kay, when you get the pearl necklace, and then you get the pink blazer, and then you get the pink Cadillac.

It is that signaling of how successful I am.

100%.

I'm not saying that there is not enough out there for everybody because there absolutely is.

But the longer you take to get into it, You're you know, it's kind of like a what are those multi-level marketing? You know, if you got into if you got into Mary Kay on the bottom versus waiting 20 years to get into it, it's it's obviously going to be more competitive.

And so.

that I think that is going to cost you.

Teachers talking to other teachers, moms talking to other moms, Catholics talking to other Catholics.

Like it's this idea of, you know, it's like the Mary Kay or Amway of politics.

We're treating it like a business.

Finally, a relational organizing driven business.