Anyone Else Facing Challenges While Trying to Conceive?

[chefkathy]

Pulling my butt out of my 3rd month of relinquishment. I signed 2 this month and helped an inactive consultant with a catalog show to get her active again. I carried about $2k of sales over from August and have another almost $2k waitng to submit with 4 shows to go for me.

Whew! That was close!!!

 

[shelliebeard]

Cindy, Remember that you have a 3 month grace period when you first become a director. If last month was your first month as director, you didn't need to spend your own money to hit the $4000. PC gives you that buffer to help you get your feet under you.

On the bright side....you can write your order off your taxes since you will use those products in your business

I know but I really wanted to make my overrides on my team. I still have to have $4000 for that right? The extra that I made in overrides and my production bonus that would have been $50 instead of $82.50 made up for what I spent.

 

[chefkugler]

Yeah during that 3 month buffer, you only get the director override if you submit at least $4000.
This is my 3rd month as a director and we are finally over the $4000. My first 2 months we were shy, so I only got the 1% over ride and the production bonus.
So I worked smarter and recruited 4 more to build my team. Now we will NEVER go under the $4000. Ok, so we shouldn't. Especially when I do on average $3000.
Glad to hear you didn't totally loose out on having to buy the products last month.

 

[pamela]

Pulling my butt out of my 3rd month of relinquishment. I signed 2 this month and helped an inactive consultant with a catalog show to get her active again. I carried about $2k of sales over from August and have another almost $2k waitng to submit with 4 shows to go for me.

Whew! That was close!!!

Is this the same bubbly Debbie J from Wave 3 that just promoted????

 

[chefkathy]

That would be me!

 

[pamela]

well, girl, keep your chin up! it took me 3 years to make this mistake and since you did it this early in your directorship, I bet it won't happen again! I thought I had it made and got complacent! no way! it is going to be a nailbiting last day of the month, but my team is behind me and we will do it!

 

[jwpamp]

So many stressful stories here....but nice to know that we're not alone, huh? I wonder what the % of New Directors (less than 1 year) actually relinquish.

It's really disheartening when it seems like it's going to happen no matter what you do....I won't spend my own $$ to stay in a Directorship role. I can't afford to! I just know that I have to get on the phone, pull it together and move on.

So glad that we have each other!

 

[pamela]

UPDATE-Long postI really thought my TEAM would step up to the plate to help me through this, but in the long run, this is what happened:
I had an inactive consultant reactivate! which took us up to the needed 5.
I had one consultant really working to get more sales so that she could really put a dent in that $4000 we needed.
2 consultants had shows cancel, so they were very minimal sellers this month. I thought they would be the ones working it to keep me as their Director, but they seemed to have a nonchalant attitude about the whole thing~that stung.
IT WAS UP TO ME! as of Sunday at 5:00 pm, I had only about $1100 in personal sales. As of 11 pm, that total was $2331 which took us up to the $4000 mark with $60 to spare! I called EVERYONE and asked for help.
This has been a lesson in 1)don't let it happen again and 2) all you have to do is ask for help and people will!
I share this so that we can all learn that we cannot possibly do this business alone and part of our job is to ASK...for bookings, leads, recruits. There is NOTHING wrong with asking....if you don't, someone else will!: approve: arty:
Now the hard part is waiting to see it all come up on the ITP so that I know FOR SURE all sales got to HO! Pray no one screwed up anything on our end!

 

[DebPC]

We'll think good thoughts!

 

[Mel5497]

that's an amazing push meg! kudos!!!

 

[jwpamp]

Way to go, Meg!

It's amazing what happens when you ASK!! In fact, I was just asking the Big Man himself (that's God, not my hubby ) for a little assistance....

And now, besides keeping my Directorship, I have a full October, 6 shows in Nov and am working on getting a few recruits signed for one of my new consultants!

I love reading the posts and the encouragement...awww...I think I am going to cry!

 

[pamela]

ya'll are just not going to believe this...then again, maybe you will!
Sunday I went to work a Bridal Fair with one of my consultants. It was an hour and a half away, so I was in the shower at 6:30 am, talking to God. Here's how that went:
"OK-I know you have a reason for me being up this early, and for me driving that far away, but I need you to speak LOUD & CLEAR today, cause I'm tired!"

Well, here is LOUD & CLEAR for ya-on the way home from this fair is when I found out that the 2 consultants I was counting on for more sales were not going to come through. Just after those calls was a call from the hubby-"listen to this message that was on our answering machine" he says-it was a former consultant that had over $300 in sales, but is choosing not to reactivate...can I sumbit it as a catalog show??!! hmmmm.YEAH!
Then this morning I get up, check emails and I have one from a young lady that I met at the Bridal Fair...she wants to be a consultant!!!!!!!!!!

I think God is now yelling! It is time to work my business like no one esle but me can! Got it, God! Thanks for speaking in a language even I can understand!

The best part of this is the consultant that I went with-she is in seminary school and just radiates her belief in God and Jesus. When the calls from the other consultants came in, she just sat right there on the interstate and had her own conversation with God-she prayed that "thy will be done" ray:and if it were His will, that we work to achieve whatever goal He had set for us! I am telling you, the calm that came over me was amazing~I knew right then and there that I was going to pull this off because I have Him in my corner! I am so glad this young lady is on my team!I always knew she was special, but can you even imagine what a fantastic minister she will be!

I have to go pass out now! Too much excitement wears my brain out!

 

[BethCooks4U]

arty:

He's talking to us all the time. It's up to us to listen!

Congratulations!!:sun:

 

[TwinGirlsMom]

I have 4-year-old twin daughters and DH & I are ready for #3!
Anyone else ready to add 2 more feet to the family?

 

[KellyTheChef]

We started trying again in July...I have two super step kids (DSD 16, DSS 13) and one of my own (DS 2.5)

I think almost every day I notice something that makes me THINK I am pregnant!! LOL Each month since we started trying, though, I have been prooven that I am NOT preggo!

 

[JaimeQ]

We are talking about trying when my hubby gets back. Our DD is almost 20m.

 

[jrstephens]

We will be adding on May 17th.

 

[imported_Nikkijo]

were ready to start trying again.

 

[imported_heat123]

I wish but DH say's 2 is enough . I always wanted a little boy! But I was blessed with two beautiful girls instead!
My BFF is trying to conceive and it's almost down to invtro- waiting to hear back from her Dr. So here's hopin it happens for her! She's soo ready for a baby!

 

[chefkristin]

I would love to try for #2 but finances tell me no. I have a beautiful little boy that is 5. He started school this year so I don't know if I want to start the process again anyway. I keep going back and forth on it. I know my husband wants another. We live in a 2 bedroom condo and things are already really tight. I can't imagine adding another person and all the stuff that they come with.

 

[StacieB]

Our 3 are good for now. My sister will be having twin girls in Feb.

 

[Jess_K]

sitting on the fence leaning toward Baby#3We're considering.. of course DH is great with one more.. we have a 3 yr old and 17 month old now.. boy and girl. So I'm not sure, I think one more is OK but I still have a bit of reservation.. but if I happen to get pregnant I'll be OK with it too. Both pregnancies were pretty rough, 1st one had gestational Diabetes and preterm labor with bedrest for 2 weeks (in the hospital) to keep baby in until 36 weeks. Second baby (girl) was in and out of the hospital and then she didn't want to drop so was in the O.R. when the broke my water to see if baby would come down on her own.. luckily she did!

sorry for all the details..... sittin on the fence almost falling over to the Yes direction on #3...

J

 

[erinyourpclady]

I would LOVE another baby!! However...since we have four (15, 11 ,7.5, and 5.5), we made a decision to surgically end that when our youngest daughter (5yr old) was 2. I still think we are supposed to have another child but I have put into the Lord's hands. If we are meant to be parents again...he will bless us accordingly.

 

[TwinGirlsMom]

Our 3 are good for now. My sister will be having twin girls in Feb.

Wow, Stacie, so both you and your sister conceived twins! Identical or fraternal?

 

[its_me_susan]

Yeah!!!!

I have recruited 3 new consultants on my TEAM in the last 6 weeks (2 were in the last week) that gives me enough active to stay on as a Director....and my own sales will push me over the $4000 mark (just in case the $168 that my ONE team member has submitted this month doesn't grow!!).

Thats it -- if you can't change your people, change your people! Love that!

I am so very relieved and thankful that the company gives those of us who are starting new downlines to have time to recover from the bumps we have along the way.

Wish I could duplicate me (best show = $4102, have over $80,000 in sales and 16 recruits in the last 20 months)! Oh well, onward and upward from here!

Janice you've made TPC in recruiting!!!! Possibly other areas as well. Way to go!

Crossing my fingers for everyone else too!

 

[its_me_susan]

Ok-it has been a rough, emotional few weeks here for me. I needed to decide if I wanted to remain a director in spite of the fact that I was in the 3rd month of relinqushment...would it be worth it to me to try to keep it?
So, I was thinking about it and then I got a letter from the host of my show the next Saturday. She is cancelling and it is because I didn't do my job. I felt awful-I have all kinds of excuses, but it comes down to the fact that I didn't call when I should have. I was totally depressed and was really questioning if I should continue with PC...I have just let the business take a back seat for the last year and have managed to get by only on my "laurels". This host really called me on that and now what?????????? Then, we went to church on Sunday and our priest was talking about how we have to use our God-given talents to help reach others (sound familiar??!) THEN on Monday, one of my former consultants called to ask if she could do a catalog show! I explained that if she did and submitted it herself, she would reactivate! She is going to do it! AND my consultant in CT recruited someone and now we are up to 5 just like that! OK-I decided God was speaking (more like yelling)to me and it was time to get the butt in gear and GO FOR IT! I have since booked 2 more Sept shows along with 7 for October and my team, as small as it is, has been stepping it up to help me!
I cannot tell you how grateful I feel to all my friends at chefsuccess-everyone has been really supportive and helpful with ideas and just kind words. I have never had that feeling from "co-workers" before...I just love you guys! Right now, there is a total of 3 shows submitted and we are already at $1200 and I personally have 5 more shows to do and close and my team has 5 more as well! WE ARE GONNA DO IT!

PERSEVERE...........my new mantra

Margaret, ((( big hugs )))!!! What you said is so true! I'm so happy and relieved for you.

Here was my moment: I went into a month's warning too, and went through all those thoughts myself (especially since I just had a surgery last Wednesday and need a bigger one 12/4 - -I basically cancelled all live shows so I'd get rid of the "how will I know I'm up for it stress".... I wasn't sure *I* would made the 3 out of 4 director $1250 requirement for Spring products... and yada yada yada. Well on 10/30 my bridal registry on today's bride sold $500+ and I made it for November!

My Sept was good, November I have 10 catalog shows (including a fundraiser), 1 catty for December.... but thinking i could do a cooking workshop here?

Just brings home the fact that we all go through this. Is there a place of "comfort"? lol.

 

[finley1991]

Just brings home the fact that we all go through this. Is there a place of "comfort"? lol.

We do! And we survive!

I am finally going to start getting HO Leads again this month... has been a LONG time without them! Lost them in July. So I am *patiently* waiting for them to kick in again!

Thankfully I've been able to carry my team the last few months... they collectively can't seem to squeek out more than $2k a month on average. With that, I'm in the process of *changing my people*!

Oh, and yes, there is a place of comfort... I think it's somewhere around 30 first line consultants!

 

[kcont]

This may not be a popular thought but I believe we should be using that $4000 mark as our own sales goal each month. Afterall it's me that want's to be a director (and have the director perks!) and by having a strong personal business I'm leading by example. By having the concept of enough shows and enough leads we should be able to have enough recruits to back-up those consultants that just don't work out. Plus this takes out a lot of stress on counting on someone else for my success, (if that makes sense).

 

[finley1991]

This may not be a popular thought but I believe we should be using that $4000 mark as our own sales goal each month. Afterall it's me that want's to be a director (and have the director perks!) and by having a strong personal business I'm leading by example. By having the concept of enough shows and enough leads we should be able to have enough recruits to back-up those consultants that just don't work out. Plus this takes out a lot of stress on counting on someone else for my success, (if that makes sense).

That totally makes sense... My NED coaches me biweekly and her rule of thumb is as directors we should be doing a minimum of $2500 personally. Reason being, that we should be responsible for over half of the $4k needed. Also, with the team being responsible for at least $2k of it, it forces us to communicate with them (as we should be doing) and working directly with them. With that, I'm not in any way implying that those who do more than $4k don't communicate with their teams! I agree with the $4k (really need to get past this $3600 thing I've got going!)... because it's more commission for me! And in doing most of it myself, it takes the stress out of relying on them right now when I know they aren't performing at their best.

 

[pamela]

I would LOVE to be able to do the $4K myself-I am looking to do just that in 2008. Any suggestions as to how to intentionally raise my show average??
I have not in the 7 years that I have done this, been able to get my average consistently above $450.