Continuing on with our feature blogs on inspiring women in sales we have chose then week to feature the one and only Mary Kay.
Mary Kay earned best price cialis a place in history when she stepped out in a man’s world to blaze a new path for women. She has been described as “One of the greatest female entrepreneurs of American history”
Her story began in Hot Wells, Texas. Her mother had to work 14 hour days to support Mary Kay and her ailing father. This meant that little Mary Kay had to take on responsibilities well beyond her years.
When faced with new and daunting tasks in caring for her father or helping around the house her mother encouraged her by saying, “You can do it, Mary Kay. You can do it.”
As an adult, Mary Kay passed this spirit on through a remarkable company which she founded that would inspire millions of women for generations to come.
However, her company story didn’t begin until Mary Kay faced a situation all too familiar to women in the early ’60s.
After 25 years in the direct-selling business, Mary Kay resigned a position as a national training director when yet another man she had trained was promoted above her – at twice her salary.
Her response was visionary. At first, she started writing a book that would help women gain the opportunities she had been denied.
Sitting at her kitchen table, Mary Kay made two lists on a yellow legal pad. One list contained the good things she had seen in companies. The other featured things she thought could buy Brand Valtrex online be improved. When she reviewed the lists, she realized she had created a marketing plan for a dream company.
So, in 1963, she put her plan into action. With her past experience, the plan and $5,000 in savings, Mary Kay enlisted the help of her 20-year-old son, Richard, and created Beauty by Mary Kay.
But the story doesn’t end there…..more to come!
Till next time
Donna & Dayle
