Fear and doubt

Those two words are almost tangible. I just started out on a new business adventure. I'm selling Mary Kay cosmetics. I've been using them off and on for about 10 years. I've only been using them off and on because I'm really cheap. That's another blog for another day. But looking at a list of comparison of products of MK to other brands, MK runs on the cheaper side. Go figure! Should've done my homework a long time ago.

Back to the topic at hand, I've been wanting to get outside of my box (the Army) now for years. I need something different. I need the job where I'm able to work from home and still do the wife and mommy thing without worry about long hours and deployments to foreign countries. I want to be able to bring in some income but my main concern is being able to take care of my family. Currently working on my master's but for any of you that have done that, not so easy with a full time job, a home to take care of, church activities and whatever life gives you at the moment. I definitely want to quit something before taking more classes and motherhood is out of the question so it would have to be my job.

Sooo....at the urging of a friend I made recently, I started looking into MK. Women love to look good. If our hair is done and we have our face on point, we can be down in the dumps on the inside but feel like a million bucks on the outside which usually raises our spirits. As a counselor, my goal in life is continually helping others find the positive in any situation and always striving to look and feel their best. MK fits right in there. I think.

I've never been able to sell water on a hot day so seeing myself as a sales person of anything has always been something I couldn't picutre. My take on life is, if I offer you something and you want it, you'll take it. If you don't, you won't. Why should I try to convince or persuade you of it? Not that I've never persuaded someone to do something I wanted them to do, I'm just not good at it. I'm not pushy, not aggressive. Very chilled and laid back. I like to make friends, not enemies. This is where the fear and doubt come in. Will I be able to really sell this product? I mean, it is something I like and enjoy and it does do what it claims to do but will I be able to make it do what it do?

Questions, questions, questions. If anything, this whole situation is making me look outside my very safe and secure box. I'm giving it a full year. I've ordered my first supply of inventory and it'll be here sometime next week. I've gotten my marching orders about how to recruit my first few customers and I'm on my way. My goals and aspirations are not clear cut yet. I'm not looking to be driving a Pink Cadillac next year but right now, I just want to make it through my first couple of parties. I do want to learn about business and with future endeavors for us to start our own school, I'm hpoing that'll give me some insight about what we need to put in place to be in the right place when it's time. We'll just have to see.