Mary Kay

Mary Kathlyn Wagner  is an American business leader and  entrepreneur. She was born on May 12,1918 Hot Wells Texas. Mary Kay Ash stands out  as one of America`s business giants. Her story is unique,her ideas were bold. And her actions were revolutionary. They opened new doors of opportunity for women and left an incredible  mark on American culture. Her childhood was hard, but still she did`n stop moving forward. She used to hear a lot from her mother the words " You can do it Mary, you can do it" these words helped her to encourage and motivate her in future. 

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After her bad experiences in the traditional workplace,Ash set out to create her own business at the age of 45. She started with an initial investment of  $5000 in 1963. She purchased the formulas for skin lotions from the family of a tanner who created the products while he worked on hides. With her son Richard Rogers, she opened a small store in Dallas and had nine salespeople working for her. Today there are more than 1.6 million salespeople working for Mary Kay Inc. around the world. The company turned a profit in its first year and sold close to $1 million in products by the end of its second year driven by Ash`s business acumen and philosophy. The basic premise was much like the products she sold  earlier in her career. Her cosmetics were sold through at-home parties and other events. But Ash strove to make her business different by employing incentive programs and not having sales territories for her representatives. She believed in the golden rule- treat others as you want to be treated - and operated by the motto: God first,family second and career third. Ash wanted everyone in the organization to have the opportunity to benefit from their success. All of her marketing skills and people savvy helped make Mary Kay Cosmetics a very lucrative business. The company went public in 1968, but it was bought back by Ash and her family in 1985 when the store price took a hit. The business itself remained successful and now annual sales exceed $2.2 billion, according to the company`s website. She was known by her personality that her love is a pink color. She admired for her strategies and the result they achieved, she wrote several books about her experience in Mary Kay and in her personal life.

Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve. Mary Kay Ash was a person who proved that woman can achieve a lot in this life, and time is not important, whether you released  late or early. If you have a dream or goal , just go for that."We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have a goal. My goal is to live my life in such a way that when I die, someone can say, she cared." Such a wonderful quote that motivates us. I hope she will be an example of a lot ladies who has dream and think that they cannot achieve. Everything is possible in this life.