Pink Truth: D.I.S.C. Manipulation in Mary Kay

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

D.I.S.C. Manipulation in Mary Kay Nov 6th 2012, 12:00 Written by DePinkMe There is great value in understanding people’s personality types.  Many companies use systems like D.I.S.C with great success in training their sales staff, not just Mary Kay. Have you ever heard anyone make this comment about a workaholic: “He’s such a type A personality.”  There are other analysis systems that use A,B,C,D.  [...]

Pink Truth: Secrets to Mary Kay Success: Churn as Many DIQs as Fast as Possible

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

Secrets to Mary Kay Success: Churn as Many DIQs as Fast as Possible Nov 5th 2012, 12:00 Are you wondering how the latest and greatest Mary Kay national sales directors got there? It’s simple. They churned DIQs (directors in qualification) fast and furious. Those who don’t make it to director really don’t matter because there are plenty of others trying. (And even though some don’t finish DIQ, they add thousands to the [...]

Pink Truth: Don’t Let Anyone Steal Your Dream

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

Don't Let Anyone Steal Your Dream Nov 2nd 2012, 11:00 Written by Raisinberry There is a very curious thing about being told by a Mary Kay  NSD, not to let anyone “steal your dream”. When you dissect this directive, you begin to discover an elaborate straw man, used against you to misdirect objective thought. The first time I heard it, I wondered how she knew [...]

Pink Truth: Rush for Red: Why Do it Slow When You Can Do it Fast?

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

Rush for Red: Why Do it Slow When You Can Do it Fast? Nov 1st 2012, 11:00 Written by LighterShadeOfPink This is part of my "I story" and how I became a Red Jacket. I started out as a Mary Kay customer with a facial with my soon-to-be Sales Director.  My first purchase was the Miracle Set, eye products, and Satin Lips.  My SD said, "I think you would be great at [...]

Pink Truth: For Mary Kay Sales Directors Who Need More Production

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

For Mary Kay Sales Directors Who Need More Production Oct 31st 2012, 11:00 Some coaching from a Mary Kay senior sales director on how her offspring directors can get consultants to order more at month end…. Let's not kid ourselves. This is the heart of the pyramid scheme: recruit and frontload. Notice that this email has absolutely NOTHING to do with selling the product. It is pure recruiting [...]

Pink Truth: No One Put a Gun to Your Head!

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

No One Put a Gun to Your Head! Oct 30th 2012, 11:00 Written by Lazy Gardens Seven for Seven: Team Building Tactics for Wanna-Bees Mary Kay upliners are fond of numbered lists, so here’s a list of seven proven tactics* to gain control over another person without putting a gun to her head. I mean, guns are tacky, right? And Mary Kay is against tackiness, unless it [...]

Pink Truth: Mary Kay Directors and Ethics

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

Mary Kay Directors and Ethics Oct 29th 2012, 11:00 This message was recently posted by a sales director on a board for Mary Kay directors only: Anybody have a letter or email you send to a new DIQ’s team members?  I have a new DIQ with a very weak team and I really want to encourage them to rally behind her! Thanks! And the [...]

Aside from the fact that Tracy is stretching quite a bit and reading quite a bit into this situation (her own reader kind of calls her out on it), the questions are good questions and worthy of considering - assuming that her assumptions are accurate.