ChefBeckyD
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In the What Do You Love Most About PC thread, I said that what I love most is doing the show. I had someone ask me what I do to motivate myself for the show, and love doing it. I thought that was a great question....and I think there are plenty of other answers besides mine, so I thought to help her out with her question, and maybe to help others too, we could discuss that.
So here goes - here's my answer.
I love doing the show - I am a teacher by education, and also by personality. I love sharing knowledge with people, and I've always been comfortable in front of people. I know, weird, but I'm someone who doesn't get nervous in front of a group. I get excited...but really not nervous. I love PC, and so it's just a natural thing for me to share with people my love for the product, and what it can do for them and their families. Because I love teaching, I also love preparing a "lesson plan". I tend to do that with my show too. I study all I can about my subject (On one of the booking audios I just heard someone say that our job is really about 90% product knowledge) so that I'm informed and can present it well to others. If I am presenting new material (new recipe and/or new products) I still use an outline for the party, mostly memory joggers to help me remember what I want to say.
Listening to Teaching Audios has been one of the best things for me - but the thing that really has helped me the most with loving my shows, and being excited in doing them is the advice that my Director gave me a couple years ago. She told me to spend 80% of my time on doing what I do best, and the other 20% on everything else. Well, what I do best is the Show! So, that's what I focus on - making sure my show is fun, informative, and entertaining from start to finish. I'm not the best host coacher, or follow up person, and I just may be the worst administrative person . I do what I have to do with those things, but I don't spend a huge amount of time on them. I've made my job FUN for myself - and I've been successful by doing that. So - that's how I motivate myself and how I can look forward to my shows...
BUT I know that everyone is different, so I think it would be good to hear from others about what you do to love your show/job?
So here goes - here's my answer.
I love doing the show - I am a teacher by education, and also by personality. I love sharing knowledge with people, and I've always been comfortable in front of people. I know, weird, but I'm someone who doesn't get nervous in front of a group. I get excited...but really not nervous. I love PC, and so it's just a natural thing for me to share with people my love for the product, and what it can do for them and their families. Because I love teaching, I also love preparing a "lesson plan". I tend to do that with my show too. I study all I can about my subject (On one of the booking audios I just heard someone say that our job is really about 90% product knowledge) so that I'm informed and can present it well to others. If I am presenting new material (new recipe and/or new products) I still use an outline for the party, mostly memory joggers to help me remember what I want to say.
Listening to Teaching Audios has been one of the best things for me - but the thing that really has helped me the most with loving my shows, and being excited in doing them is the advice that my Director gave me a couple years ago. She told me to spend 80% of my time on doing what I do best, and the other 20% on everything else. Well, what I do best is the Show! So, that's what I focus on - making sure my show is fun, informative, and entertaining from start to finish. I'm not the best host coacher, or follow up person, and I just may be the worst administrative person . I do what I have to do with those things, but I don't spend a huge amount of time on them. I've made my job FUN for myself - and I've been successful by doing that. So - that's how I motivate myself and how I can look forward to my shows...
BUT I know that everyone is different, so I think it would be good to hear from others about what you do to love your show/job?