When do you know it's time to quit???

noone replied:

It was a very difficult decision to leave my PP company - but finally there came a time when I couldn't ignore the fact that it no longer made me happy, and that I had stopped talking about my business and hadn't even tried to get bookings - I just didn't believe in it anymore, even though I had a wonderful friendship with my manager and with the other girls in the company.

There were a lot of factors I took into account, and lots of people I discussed it with, but the main clinch point was when I put the catalogues and products away in a cupboard and stayed off any PP related websites for a week.  In that time I felt happier, slept better, rediscovered my hobbies and learnt that if I hadn't even been tempted to LOOK at my PP stuff, then I obviously was no longer happy with the company.

It was a gut wrenching decision as I had invested so much time, energy and money into building the business up, but when it really came down to it I had a lot of regrets and associated discomfort and stress with my PP rather than passion and excitement.

I know its hard at this stage, but once you just bite the bullet you will probably feel a lot better about it and not look back.  I hope my words have helped in some small way, and that they have expressed my views as I intended them - as a statement of my own personal experiences in leaving a PP and not a reflection of the company itself.

Snazza replied:

Hi there,

This is never an easy decision. But for me it came when the passion was gone.  For me my hardest decision to leave came with my last PP when I had a team of 17 behind me. I cared about each and every member of my team. We had become friends and I guess in a sense I felt if i were to leave I would be letting them down. So I tried to keep going. But my passion had gone. I no longer had the drive i once had. There were a few personal conflict issues which i wont go into but the main thing was I no longer could see it working. So one by one I told my team. Each were so supportive and many of them still keep in touch with me through pure friendship. The sense of relief I felt when i finally left was amazing. I was ME again!! I have never regretted my decision in leaving. Some how i just think you know when the time is right and certainly if you are beginning to question yourself now maybe your time.

As they say as one door closes another one opens.

Good Luck with your decision.

Snazza

SexxxyThingz replied:

Death and rebirth

Look forward to it,Im sure you will feel on top of the world once youve made a definate decision

biancaj replied:

For me it was when I was not only loosing money, but I dreaded going to parties.  It was if it happened overnight, I just woke up one morning and really didn't want to do it any longer.  Once I had made the phone call everything else seemed to slip back into place in my life and I knew I had done the right thing.

Good luck on your new journey!

Ladywytch replied:

Thank you all for sharing your advise and experiences.

The decision has been made, however I will not let my customers or company down and will finish the parties that I have in my forward program but not book anymore for myself and pass any that I do book on to other consultants.

Yes, ST 'Death and Rebirth' are important and just reading that from you hit a vital note with me.  My company is Phoenix Kisses, in order for the phoenix to be reborn it must first die.  Sounds grisly, I know but it is in fact a beautiful process and one that I do so look forward to.

You will very soon see a newly born Phoenix in your midst, strong and healthy and ready to take on the world.

M