soI Don't Have to Search...gillian Needs a Kick in the Butt...

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Discussion Overview

The thread centers around a participant named Gillian, who is experiencing a lack of motivation and uncertainty about her role as a director within Pampered Chef. Other participants express concern for Gillian and discuss the importance of motivation and support in the community. There are also mentions of contacting another consultant, Jana, for support and encouragement.

Discussion Character

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses a desire to motivate Gillian, suggesting that she needs a "kick in the butt" to regain her motivation.
  • Another participant shares their experience of wanting to join in the encouragement for Gillian.
  • Several participants mention their concern for Gillian, noting that her director is worried about her well-being and lack of communication.
  • One participant discusses their own struggles with the responsibilities of being a director and their desire to step back while still wanting to remain a consultant.
  • Another participant emphasizes the importance of doing what is best for oneself, even if it means stepping away from a leadership role.
  • Some participants express understanding of Gillian's situation, acknowledging the difficulty of balancing personal goals with team responsibilities.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Views differ regarding the best course of action for Gillian, with some participants encouraging her to communicate openly about her feelings, while others focus on motivating her to stay engaged. No clear consensus emerges on how Gillian should proceed.

Contextual Notes

The discussion reflects personal experiences and feelings related to leadership roles within the Pampered Chef community, highlighting the emotional challenges faced by participants.

Who May Find This Useful

Participants within the consultant community who are navigating similar feelings of motivation and leadership responsibilities may find this discussion relevant.

janetupnorth
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Anyone have Jana's e-mail phone in Alaska so I can e-mail/call her and tell her to give Gillian a big motivational kick in the butt????

Gillian said she can't say no to her and she needs to get her motivation back and didn't attend conference to get it...

Gillian - just think - you've made it this far fast! Keep it up and GREAT things will continue to happen for you and your family and you can have FUN doing PC!
 
I don't know the number but I will join in the "butt kicking"!:D
 
Me, too!

Especially after talking to her last week.... get off your butt, Gilly! You can do it!
 
Is that Jana Arkell? If so, she and Tara Woodward taught a workshop at conference (Recruiting: From Maybe to Yes) and it was the BEST one I had all three days! I'd love to know how to get in touch with Tara if anyone knows her contact info.....she is amazing!
 
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Answer that phone when she calls!!!!

Pick up the phone and call!!!!

Get offline, out of the house and have some fun!!!!
 
OOOHHH Gillian, I spoke to your director about you!! I asked her if she knew you since you both lived in Alaska and she said yes that she's your director. I told her that you were a friend of mine and she said that she hasn't talked to you in over a month! :eek: She's really worried about you and didn't know if you had the baby and I said yes, her name is Baylor! I felt bad about spilling the beans. Shes genuinely conerned about you Gillian!!!
 
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OOOHHH Gillian, I spoke to your director about you!! I asked her if she knew you since you both lived in Alaska and she said yes that she's your director. I told her that you were a friend of mine and she said that she hasn't talked to you in over a month! :eek: She's really worried about you and didn't know if you had the baby and I said yes, her name is Baylor! I felt bad about spilling the beans. Shes genuinely conerned about you Gillian!!!
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Tattletale http://www.thesmilies.com/smilies/tongue0020.gif LOL!

I haven't talked to her in longer than that, but my whole downline knows what is going on with me and they attend her meeting, so I figured she would get the scoop from them. Guess not...
 
I know!! I'm so sorry!!

She taught one of my classes, Recruiting from maybe to yes!
 
Alrighty count me in for the butt kicking !!!
 
I just don't want to talk to her because I don't know what to say... I haven't decided if I want to stay with PC or not, and she just doesn't understand why I would want to leave after making director. I just can't explain it so I am taking the low road and avoiding her. http://www.thesmilies.com/smilies/ashamed0005.gif
 
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gilliandanielle said:
I just don't want to talk to her because I don't know what to say... I haven't decided if I want to stay with PC or not, and she just doesn't understand why I would want to leave after making director. I just can't explain it so I am taking the low road and avoiding her. http://www.thesmilies.com/smilies/ashamed0005.gif
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Don't avoid her Gillian - get back in and give it a try...if you are working the business and truly not happy in a few months, you know what decision to make.

If you sit back and do nothing then decide PC is for you it is too late.

This business is what you make it - give it a try while you can! You don't realize how hard it is for some people to make director or lose it then get it back. You have it - now work it - then decide.

(Now do I need to trek up to Alaska yet to kick you in the butt for real???)
 
I guess I should just come out and say that I am done being a director. I don't know how I got to this point, but this is not what I want at all. I love PC because I could do as much or as little as I wanted. As a director you have to care for your team, even if you do nothing. I just can't handle one more "hat" in my life, KWIM?

I think that is why I am so wishy-washy about PC in general... I could care less if I lose my directorship, but think I still want to be a consultant. Jana is trying to make Executive, and needs me as one of her directors to get there and she is so close. I just don't have the balls to tell her that she is one less director to her goal than she thought she was. I know how hard we ALL work to promote and how much it means to us, so I just have a hard time taking that away from her.
 
gilliandanielle said:
I guess I should just come out and say that I am done being a director. I don't know how I got to this point, but this is not what I want at all. I love PC because I could do as much or as little as I wanted. As a director you have to care for your team, even if you do nothing. I just can't handle one more "hat" in my life, KWIM?

I think that is why I am so wishy-washy about PC in general... I could care less if I lose my directorship, but think I still want to be a consultant. Jana is trying to make Executive, and needs me as one of her directors to get there and she is so close. I just don't have the balls to tell her that she is one less director to her goal than she thought she was. I know how hard we ALL work to promote and how much it means to us, so I just have a hard time taking that away from her.
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My upline had this to say about a similar situation in our cluster...
Your goal with PC should NOT be to promote. Your goal should be to share the great opportunity available with PC with as many people as you can and help those along the way who want to work with you. Then as a REWARD for your time and dedication, PC showers you with extras (including promotion) as "thank yous".

I would probably feel the same way as you do if I was going to tell my director the same thing, but remember... it is YOUR life YOUR way, not
"your life, her way"... As a director, yes, she has the right to be sad that she is a bit further from her next promotion. HOWEVER, as your director, you should be able to EXPECT support from her in deciding what is best for your family. She might not understand, but that doesn't mean she can't be supportive. I don't completely understand what is going on, but I can honestly say that I am behind you 100% if this is what is best for you and your family at this time in your life.

O.k.... now back off my soapbox and (in theory) back to work!
 
Not to be a changer of subject..
gilliandanielle said:
I guess I should just come out and say that I am done being a director. I don't know how I got to this point, but this is not what I want at all. I love PC because I could do as much or as little as I wanted. As a director you have to care for your team, even if you do nothing. I just can't handle one more "hat" in my life, KWIM?

I think that is why I am so wishy-washy about PC in general... I could care less if I lose my directorship, but think I still want to be a consultant. Jana is trying to make Executive, and needs me as one of her directors to get there and she is so close. I just don't have the balls to tell her that she is one less director to her goal than she thought she was. I know how hard we ALL work to promote and how much it means to us, so I just have a hard time taking that away from her.
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Wow Gillian your new avatar photo looks sooooooooo different from your last one!! Like 2 completely different people!! LOL So you all can continue just had to say that!! :o)
 
Well, Gillian I think you should do whatever is best for you. I understand your wanting to continue helping someone else out though but you have to do what it best for you.

I guess since you are not going to another company you will not be in trouble with PC :D :eek: or anyone on here:eek: :D
 
Gillian,

I think you should just come out and tell her. If your heart is not in it then you aren't doing the best for your team and in turn they may get frusterated and leave PC. If you pass them on to her then they 'might' get the support they need and just maybe one or more of them will promote to director and they could be the director/s that she needs to make her promotion.....make sense? I'm not telling you what you should or shouldn't do, but whatever you do you need to do it for you.....not because someone else wants you to. If being a consultant is what you want then so be it!
 
Gillian, I totally understand where you are coming from. I know that you don't want to disappoint her but you have heard it more than once. This is about YOU not her. I would contact her though and spell it out for her just as a courtesy. We all have had those hosts that won't return a phone call and it drives us insane. Please just do what you gotta do, spell it out to her just like you did here, stay strong and YOU will be the better person for it.
 
Jana seems like a really understanding person. She's got a big heart it seems. I think she would be understanding, but also out of respect is deserving of the conversation. It certainly sounds like she cares about you a lot.

Do what's right for you -- but avoiding her will not avoid the issue. Keep your ties tight so that if you later decide you want to kick it up a notch there is no burned bridges in the way of support.
 
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Gillian, I totally understand where you are coming from. I know that you don't want to disappoint her but you have heard it more than once. This is about YOU not her. I would contact her though and spell it out for her just as a courtesy. We all have had those hosts that won't return a phone call and it drives us insane. Please just do what you gotta do, spell it out to her just like you did here, stay strong and YOU will be the better person for it.
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I wasn't exactly sure how I felt until I just started typing it. I just didn't want to tell her that I don't want to be a director anymore unless I was sure. Just typing the words made me feel so much better and I can be a tiny bit more confident about telling Jana.

She does have a huge heart but she is a problem solver. It is in her nature and why she is so successful. I just worry that when I tell her that I don't want to be a director she will want to find out why and solve it, not just accept it.
 
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Wow Gillian your new avatar photo looks sooooooooo different from your last one!! Like 2 completely different people!! LOL So you all can continue just had to say that!! :o)
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Thanks Cynthia- I didn't realize that everyone thought I had a weird nose until I changed it...

No pinnochio here, just a funny pic... :D

Here is the bigger version- http://www.chefsuccess.com/showpost.php?p=252827&postcount=347
 
Gillian do what your heart tells you. You have to do what is best for you and your family not other people.
 
Gillian this is something you have to work out in your own mind. You need to do the right thing for you. Don't worry about what others think. It isn't about them. I wish you the best with whatever you decide to do and I just hope you won't leave your cheffers.
 
I would never leave the cheffers & I really still want to be a consultant. I want the freedom to not panic about going inactive, not panicking about losing my team, and my $15000 career sales raise. I just want to submit a show now and then without worrying about anything.
 
Then submit away!! Be confident in the fact that it is your decision and it is OK!!! (((Hugs)))
 
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Then submit away!! Be confident in the fact that it is your decision and it is OK!!! (((Hugs)))
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I agree do it your way & keep your love not struggle & start to hate it. Follow your passion & your heart.
 
Ok, first off, Here you go Janet, I found this one just for you, lol.


gilliandanielle said:
I would never leave the cheffers & I really still want to be a consultant. I want the freedom to not panic about going inactive, not panicking about losing my team, and my $15000 career sales raise. I just want to submit a show now and then without worrying about anything.
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But here Gill, I know what you mean, that is why I haven't ever really tried hard to actively recruit anyone. The way I am going right now I absolutely don't have time to do any shows, I am just not wanting to lose any of my sales so that when I do have time, maybe when my children are old enough to do all their homework on their own and I don't have to be right there with them all the time, I can really get into it, you know. Now that I did start it a few years ago, I thought I might have gotten a lot further than I have, but things change, and so do we. Don't be ashamed just be yourself! I am getting a little bolder about telling my feelings lately after being stepped on all my life, and I am loving it, lol.



BTW, Gill I think you look so much more like a teenager in this new pic, lol. No wonder your hosts wonder where your mom is, just had to get that in there, now I will duck and hide for cover, ROFLMAO

Dang, I wanted to find a smiley hiding or ducking for cover, lol, but it is past my bedtime, so I digress.
 
Gillian, I agree with all the above. Do it your way! If your director is disappointed, she may need to be reminded that the best thing about PC is doing as much or as little as you want.

Make it work for you so its fun. Do enough to remain active until kiddies are older.

Hugs!
 
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Gillian - I'm all for doing what level you feel best with.

However, I am all for striving for excellence in what you do. If you want to be a consultant - do it to the best of your ability.

So, I'm still giving you a virtual "kick in the butt".

Find a way to do PC well and ENJOY it. :) If the recruiting happens, you can still do that and NOT take on the responsibilities of directorship.
 
Someone is sure looking out for me... last night, after finally making my decision to not worry about going inactive I got an e-mail from a friend of my DH's aunt. I sent her a few catalogs in MAY and every month sent her the link to the OOF so she could print them off. I wrote her off because she never collected orders. Well- guess who is ready to submit a show?? She is going to e-mail me the names and item numbers today so I still don't know the show total, but it is a lot closer to my $200 that I need this month than I was yesterday :)
 
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