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Do you work hard at your pp.?
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marina wrote:
Quote"I personally think you are a credit to the pp industry - and even though you have said you don't work hard for it, I tend to disagree. You do work hard, you succeed and you are rewarded accordingly. "Unquote" From BeeDelighted.
I thought i would start this topic as Bee Delighed wrote this about me and I do disagree.
I have had a number of people tell me I work hard at my PP, but I swear I don't.
I never chase anyone for parties, I never hound anyone to join me in the business and I do not make a lot of phonecalls like hostess coaching, I do not make a lot of phonecalls to hostesses, I do not do follow up calls to hostess or customers.
A typical week for me is...
log onto internet and order my jewellery for the week and then drive to headoffice to pick it up ( Fun)
I send out all the hostess packs for up and coming shows. ( not hard) usually mondays
Email my glitters once a month.
Check emails everyday and answer questions from people enquiring about the business. ( fun)
log onto party plans site everyday ( fun)
Send emails to my first liners and tell them about my weekend shows ( they need to know the highs and lows that I have) This keeps them motivated and inspired.
Make a couple of phonecalls to my first lines and sales leaders. ( just a catch up chat)
When i send a hostess pack, the hostess usually emails me her selection of jewellery for her show.,then I email her back. This is my hostess coaching ( I hate the phone)!
If they do not email me then I will call them or text them about the show.
If I have a new jeweller then I will go with them to their first show and or their open house.. We stay in touch by emails.or by phone . ( not hard work) this might happen 1- 3 times a month.
I go out for coffees with the girls i have joined up and we socialise and talk business. This is fun.
I am lucky in the fact that the lady that joined me up conducts all the monthly meetings. No pressure on me..!
Every month or so I do small intimate trainings with my team...in small groups.
When i do my jewellery shows they are easy. we do not carry alot and it is only once to the front door.. no heavy lifting ..
Most of the jewellery is taken on the day and I get paid straight away. not many deliveries. sometimes I post.
Input figures into etax and quicken every other day.
My bonus cheques are on my downline and honestly I do not need to motivate anyone.. If you want to succeed I will work with you and train you, but at the end of the day I do not call them or hound them to place orders or anything...
So again I do not work hard at all, but I guess i have the passion, the excitement and the fun..
I have a lot of leisure time on my hands....
For me it has never been hard to get bookings ( i have 20 for september and cannot take anymore) and all i do is speak about the business once and if they are interested they call me.
Honestly the whole success has taken me by surprise and I am just overwhelmed by it all. I am still fairly new, it will be 2 years in January 2007.
Hard work for me was working 2 jobs- accounting and the bank just to make ends meet. I never ever had any spare time and the pressure to meet the deadlines and the quotas was horrible. all for just a hourly rate..
biancaj replied:
Hi Marina!
Maybe 'Work Hard' is the wrong wording?
But you are clearly passionate and dedicated to making a success of what you do.
I said it before and I do believe you are a credit to the industry. You are the model example that if you love what you do, you can succeed - and have a lot of fun while doing it!
noone replied:
I don't think I work "hard" on mine either... I do invest a lot of time, effort and money into it, but it's because I love what I do... I work just as "hard" now that things are picking up for me as I did when I had no bookings, and very few leads - I just spend my time doing different things according to my outlook for the week...
I don't count it as "hard" because I enjoy it so very very much. It's a pleasure and I love it as much as I love being a mum, doing my crafts and so on... It really is the best way to "work"!!
PrincessLauren replied:
I dont believe you always have to work hard at it. as long as you show how much you love the product and your job you can still get by without doing some of the extra phone calls.
partyplans replied:
I like the think of 'work' as a measure of income vs stress vs enjoyment.
and.. if you truly enjoy what you are doing, you can put in lots of hours and it does not seem like work anyway (thus you earn "money for nothing" like - like my old fav Dire Straits song)
...maybe we should call Marina a "busy person"... not a "hard worker"