Pink Truth: The Mary Kay Fade to Black

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

The Mary Kay Fade to Black Dec 21st 2011, 12:00 Written by SuzyQ You didn’t think it would ever happen, but as soon as you left Mary Kay, you were shunned… ignored… negative… didn’t work your business… didn’t do it the Mary Kay way…. shun (shŭn) shunned, shun•ning, shuns To avoid deliberately; keep away from. I know there have been questions about the cars… "What [...]

This post is not quite as ridiculous as I expected it to be from the intro.  SuzyQ presents her personal experience with leaving and doesn't seem to embellish too much (or possible at all) on the story.  I can actually picture this happening and she seems to have come to grips (more or less) with the fact that this is just the way that things are. How she still is able to draw the conclusion that this is the mastermind work of an evil (pink) empire is a little baffling, and why the very necessary 'positive' mentality is seen as so negative is still confusing. A quick word about that.  If you are in a sales game, you are going to find yourself frustrated.  You are going to feel like you are never going to make it or that you are horrible and should just quit.  If you dwell on that too long, you are going to make it come true.  No one wants to buy anything from someone who is depressed about what they are doing.  So, the need to stay positive SHOULD be very obvious. However, the balance of that (something that the women in the story didn't seem to understand) is that you also need to have time(s) where you can realistically look at your progress and decide whether to continue or back out.  It sounds like for many of the ladies on Pink Truth, these moments should have occurred much sooner and more often than they did. Who should you talk to when you want to have these realistic moments?  Not the person that profits or loses money from your decision.  Not someone that you think has worse judgment than you in that situation.  But also not someone that has been against you doing it since you were thinking about doing it.  You need someone that can really offer neutral questions, ideas and advice.  Someone that is in a similar situation (working their own business, etc.) but somewhat detached from you.  If their advice to you feels very one sided - "You definitely should..." or "You definitely should not..." you are probably talking to the wrong person.  They should be leaving the decision up to you and only offering what they would do and questions they recommend you ask yourself. This is YOUR life.  Don't let Mary Kay tell you what to do.  Don't let Pink Truth tell you what to do.