This should be short. But it isn't. And it might be seen as a pity party, but it isn't. haha! #notapityparty
I hate selling people things. I hate it when other people try to sell me things. When I want to buy something I contact the seller and if s/he is selling that something at a price I like, I buy it. If not, I wait or find another seller. I do not like pressuring people. I hate it when people try to pressure me to buy their bags, or manicures, or oils, or kitchen supplies, or candles, or anything else. I don't do that to my friends. And my friends don't do that to me. (Thanks, friends!) #bestfriendsEVER
If I can be very candid: I feel like there's a group of gals and everyone is happy and selling things to each other and supporting each other. I'm buying things from them and encouraging them. And then I say, "oh me too" and suddenly everyone is silent and just staring at me. No one wants to buy something from me, and I see a friend of mine hand her money to someone else to purchase the same thing I was just selling. I feel like maybe there's just something wrong with me and no one is telling me. Maybe I'm too honest. But I always get such positive feedback and watch other people profit off it. I don't understand. (I even just had a friend last week write to me and let me know she was inspired by me to get PiYo...from someone else. And I'm like, "um. okay. thanks?") #unlucky
But then I started selling Beachbody products and it's pretty much the same thing I've been doing for free for awhile now - just encouraging people to eat healthy and exercise. I started a group a long time ago on facebook for married women with this goal; long before I started selling Beachbody products. I have always encouraged my friends and prayed for them and tried to motivate them. I share this because I suck at selling these products too. Every time I encourage someone to buy something, they buy it from someone else. I feel personally responsible for selling about a dozen products in my first month, for which I have received credit for only one. #stillunlucky
I don't care. #lies
Well, I care a little. #oralotidontknow
Yes, I wish I was a better salesperson. But what really matters is what's between me and God. And I just don't have the peace to pressure my friends and I don't feel like people want to be pressured. So I just encouraged my friends to eat right and exercise in whatever form that looks like. #spirituallife
Because God's got my back. And the following story is just one example of how God is repaying me for serving my friends without pressuring them to do anything for me in return. #faithfulservant
This is random and might make you uncomfortable-
I was at Academy Sports and Outdoors in Denton for their opening day sales promotion where the first 150 people got gift cards ranging in price from $20-500. BUT A HUGE GROUP OF PEOPLE CUT IN FRONT and I didn't get a card. #cheaters
My husband suggested I write to the company and explain what happened thinking that maybe they would be kind enough to give me a card anyway. So I wrote hoping he was right. And then I got a call Thursday, Oct 30, from the regional publicity guy saying that he read about my concern and he'd like to just go ahead and give me a gift card. I could go get it whenever. #giftcard
I show up the next day, Friday, Oct 31, and he gives me a $20 gift card. I love Academy already and was very excited that they decided to be so gracious. Since we were already in the store, I took the boys to the bicycles and found one that I think will work well for Christmas gifts for both of them. And then we keep wondering. We pass several promotional drawing tables, and one was for a guitar signed by a musician, George Straight, with a $500 gift card. I don't know the musician but have heard of him before. And who wouldn't want a $500 gift card to Academy. I just felt like the Spirit saying, "If you enter that drawing, you'll win." And I was like, "Okay, sure." #Spiritlead
Okay, so jump ahead, I win. I got a call around 4:30 and I was like OMG, WHAT, WHAT, OMG, OMG, OMG. I had been really hoping to get my husband a guitar because we were dirt poor in the past and he sold his guitars so we could exist. Recently I've recognized the longing in him for a guitar again and was hoping and praying that I'd be able to get him one. #iwonfivehundreddollarsandaguitarsignedbygeorgestraightfromacademy
Bam! #bam
You guys, I'm going to keep encouraging you to pursue natural ways to health and fitness. I'm going to keep praying for you. I'm going to keep caring about you. I'm going to keep being happy when I see you get fit; I don't care if it's through Beachbody or Crossfit or running or some competitor. If you're healthy and inspired by me, I've done my job. I'd love for you to buy something from me, but if you don't, God's got me covered in unique and special ways. I wanted my Beachbody business to take off. It isn't and it probably won't because I'm not willing to pressure people (even though it's healthy and useful unlike so many other things. okay, enough pressure.). I believe in my product, but it isn't a cure-all and it isn't for everyone. Or maybe you just have someone else you want to buy it from. That's fine. Just get healthy. #becauseIloveyouguys
#BestHalloweenEver
I hate selling people things. I hate it when other people try to sell me things. When I want to buy something I contact the seller and if s/he is selling that something at a price I like, I buy it. If not, I wait or find another seller. I do not like pressuring people. I hate it when people try to pressure me to buy their bags, or manicures, or oils, or kitchen supplies, or candles, or anything else. I don't do that to my friends. And my friends don't do that to me. (Thanks, friends!) #bestfriendsEVER
If I can be very candid: I feel like there's a group of gals and everyone is happy and selling things to each other and supporting each other. I'm buying things from them and encouraging them. And then I say, "oh me too" and suddenly everyone is silent and just staring at me. No one wants to buy something from me, and I see a friend of mine hand her money to someone else to purchase the same thing I was just selling. I feel like maybe there's just something wrong with me and no one is telling me. Maybe I'm too honest. But I always get such positive feedback and watch other people profit off it. I don't understand. (I even just had a friend last week write to me and let me know she was inspired by me to get PiYo...from someone else. And I'm like, "um. okay. thanks?") #unlucky
But then I started selling Beachbody products and it's pretty much the same thing I've been doing for free for awhile now - just encouraging people to eat healthy and exercise. I started a group a long time ago on facebook for married women with this goal; long before I started selling Beachbody products. I have always encouraged my friends and prayed for them and tried to motivate them. I share this because I suck at selling these products too. Every time I encourage someone to buy something, they buy it from someone else. I feel personally responsible for selling about a dozen products in my first month, for which I have received credit for only one. #stillunlucky
I don't care. #lies
Well, I care a little. #oralotidontknow
Yes, I wish I was a better salesperson. But what really matters is what's between me and God. And I just don't have the peace to pressure my friends and I don't feel like people want to be pressured. So I just encouraged my friends to eat right and exercise in whatever form that looks like. #spirituallife
Because God's got my back. And the following story is just one example of how God is repaying me for serving my friends without pressuring them to do anything for me in return. #faithfulservant
This is random and might make you uncomfortable-
I was at Academy Sports and Outdoors in Denton for their opening day sales promotion where the first 150 people got gift cards ranging in price from $20-500. BUT A HUGE GROUP OF PEOPLE CUT IN FRONT and I didn't get a card. #cheaters
My husband suggested I write to the company and explain what happened thinking that maybe they would be kind enough to give me a card anyway. So I wrote hoping he was right. And then I got a call Thursday, Oct 30, from the regional publicity guy saying that he read about my concern and he'd like to just go ahead and give me a gift card. I could go get it whenever. #giftcard
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| he's tuning my guitar |
Okay, so jump ahead, I win. I got a call around 4:30 and I was like OMG, WHAT, WHAT, OMG, OMG, OMG. I had been really hoping to get my husband a guitar because we were dirt poor in the past and he sold his guitars so we could exist. Recently I've recognized the longing in him for a guitar again and was hoping and praying that I'd be able to get him one. #iwonfivehundreddollarsandaguitarsignedbygeorgestraightfromacademy
Bam! #bam
You guys, I'm going to keep encouraging you to pursue natural ways to health and fitness. I'm going to keep praying for you. I'm going to keep caring about you. I'm going to keep being happy when I see you get fit; I don't care if it's through Beachbody or Crossfit or running or some competitor. If you're healthy and inspired by me, I've done my job. I'd love for you to buy something from me, but if you don't, God's got me covered in unique and special ways. I wanted my Beachbody business to take off. It isn't and it probably won't because I'm not willing to pressure people (even though it's healthy and useful unlike so many other things. okay, enough pressure.). I believe in my product, but it isn't a cure-all and it isn't for everyone. Or maybe you just have someone else you want to buy it from. That's fine. Just get healthy. #becauseIloveyouguys
#BestHalloweenEver
