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Woman,
faithful servant, wife, mother, grandmother, business owner…..I am
blessed. I have been married to my high school sweetheart for 31
years and we have 2 grown children Jeffrey and Jennifer and two
precious grandchildren.My
life goal has always been to be the wife and mother the Lord would
want me to be.
Jan
Deardorff
Executive
Senior Sales
Director
Mary Kay, Inc.
The decision to open my own business developed as I
realized what a grumpy tired over extended over worked wife and Mom
I had become.Working as a 5th
grade teacher at a private Christian school meant I was also the
elementary supervisor, music teacher, program director and
cheerleading coach.Leaving
precious little time for my family.The income was necessary though as my husband was a new
airline pilot on probation with Eastern Airlines and his salary
wasn’t enough to make ends meet.Another strain on the family was his schedule, he was on a
trip usually Saturday though Tuesday.Leaving him home on his days off of Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday when the rest of his family was at work or school.I knew this was not the life style the Lord intended for our
family and that changes were necessary.
I had been introduced to the Mary Kay
Opportunity 6 years earlier when we lived in Sioux City Iowa.Mary Kay’s philosophy of God first, family second and career
third was definitely something we needed.The flexibility to set my own hours, and earn an income based
on what I felt I was worth instead someone else determining my worth
fostered the decision to open my own business.So, in January of 1991 I became an Independent Beauty
Consultant with Mary Kay, Inc. Within 5 months I had matched my
teaching income working 2 evenings a week holding Skin Care Classes
which lead me to resign my teaching position for the next fall.I was home with my husband on his days off, available to be
the Mom I wanted to be to Jeff and Jeni attending ballgames, fields
trips and an unlimited income potential.Instead of working 50-60 hours a week as a teacher, I
averaged 12-15 and was making more money!Plus within my first 18 months had earned the use of my first
free car, aPontiac Grand Am.Wow, a free car, no car payment, and they paid most of the
insurance.That amazed me, as
a teacher we were lucky to get a turkey for Christmas!
Needless to say this inspired me to
set new goals and work toward a position in management as a
Independent Sales Director where I would not only share the Mary Kay
products teaching skin care and make up artistry but I would be
responsible to educate the new consultants in my area to build their
own businesses.This was a
perfect fit, as my teaching degree came in very handy as I developed
training programs to assist new consultants to develop their own
business.The biggest benefit
to this was that I felt I was still helping children.Only now I was helping their Mom’s begin their own businesses
so they could quit their 40 hour a week jobs and be home, which
helped the kids a lot more than I could as their teacher.Plus, you think earning a free car is exciting, wait until
you help someone else to earn a free car!
If someone had told me 16 years ago I
would be driving a pink Cadillac, earning $ 8-12,000 a month working
20-25 hours a week I would have told them they were crazy!
But it is true, it is an absolutely
unbelievable career.The key
is consistency and just stick with it.It is a job….it won’t work unless you do, but I am thrilled
that I have the privilege of being a part of Mary Kay, Inc.
M
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