Who Do You WANT to Be?

Direct sales?  If you're like me, you're thinking, "Ugh. No."

It took at LEAST 5 "asks" before I said "Yes" to my Thirty-One gig...and really, all I wanted was the 40% consultant discount to buy gifts for our Event Venue couples...I'm a wedding planner. I'm NOT a sales-person. Then, I got my kit and was like, "Hey, they're giving away that stuff if you sell $500 this month. I should do that and THEN be done." Well, I did that. I worked this business for 40 days....and in 40 days I had:

$1430 in commissions

$1430 in free product

$615 in cash and carry sales

3 "Bonus" Award product pieces

And all that is awesome. Booyah for a company that supports and encourages their reps...hooray for awesome clients who took the leap with me. But for me, the biggest thing was that in the first 40 days I also gave away $665 to people and organizations who needed a hand. 

I don't tell you that to brag--I firmly believe your right hand should NOT know what your left hand is doing (Matthew 6:3), but I tell you because it illustrates that it's not about what I wanted to DO--it's about WHO I wanted to BE. 

In the last 40 days I got to be closer to who I wanted to be. Because of Thirty-One  I could be a vehicle for helping people. This quote from my friend Marcia's page summed it up--it's not that I WANTED to do Direct Sales (although I'm finding it more and more enjoyable!), it's that I WANT to be a person who can GIVE. I want to be a person who helps people's lives run more smoothly because they have the right bag or container. I want to be someone that others can depend on to help and truly care about the products they are looking for. 

Thirty-One or Direct Sales may not be for everyone...but I firmly believe that once you figure out the person you want to be, finding what you want to DO will come a LOT easier. Here's to making those definitions and doing what needs to be done! (And lucky for me this business fits in perfectly with Event planning--I  mean, you need a TON of bags for hauling all those decor pieces! Tee hee!)