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inthelimelight
setting goals for
a better future
beckie kareck
senior executive
Antioch, Tennessee
Tailoring Tips
If you’re aiming to increase
your number of recruits this
year, Beckie offers the following
advice. “Don’t exclude
anyone. You never know who
needs Stampin’ Up! You may
look at someone and think,
‘She wouldn’t want to be a
demonstrator; I won’t even
bother asking.’ Ask anyway! You
may find that she has already
been considering it and just
needs some extra motivation. It
doesn’t matter if she joins as a
hobbyist or a businesswoman,
either way you’ve helped her
start something new. You never
know what people need, so
explore all your recruiting
options and achieve your
goals this year!”
Beckie Kareck had never heard
of rubber stamps before she
started receiving hand-stamped
cards from a friend each month
of her first pregnancy. She loved
the images and colors, and soon,
her fascination led her to find a
demonstrator in her area. After
attending a workshop and
putting rubber to paper for the
first time, Beckie stayed up all
night looking through the
catalog. After that one night,
Beckie knew she wanted to join
the Stampin’ Up! family.
As a new mother, being a
demonstrator first appealed to
Beckie because she was able to
stay home with her son while
earning a little extra money for
her family. But mostly she wanted
to be a part of something. As a
demonstrator she had a reason to
get out of the house, to meet new
people, and to do something fun.
Beckie never expected her new
hobby to grow into such a
successful business.
Now, eight years later, with an
average of five workshops a
month, Beckie says, “I eat, sleep,
breathe, and shower Stampin’
Up!” Being a demonstrator has
become much more than a hobby,
and Beckie’s family is very
supportive of her business goals.
“Even the boys love to help when
they can,” she says proudly.
Family: Husband John; sons Josiah (7) and Colton (3)
At the beginning of every year,
Beckie sets new goals for her
business. She believes in her work
and knows she can achieve
anything she puts her mind to.
Whether her goal is to recruit
twenty new demonstrators or to
help her downline achieve
promotions, Beckie always has
something to strive for. “Stampin’
Up! is flexible but not optional,”
she says. “Even if it’s only ten or
fifteen minutes, you have to work
every single day if you want to
reach your goals.” And that is
exactly what she does.
Last July, Beckie decided to
increase sales and take her
business to the next level. By
January, she had already tripled
her customer base and sold as
much in six months as she had
the entire previous year. “I set
my goals, and then I go out and
meet them,” she says. Every
time she looks at her family, her
motivation to achieve those goals
is strengthened. Her desires to
put her children through college
and to help her husband retire
early inspire Beckie to attain each
goal she sets.
If you want to achieve your
goals, you must be honest with
your customers, your downline,
and especially yourself. While
her husband was serving in Iraq
for a year, Beckie realized her
family was going to need more
attention. She took the time to let
her customers know that she was
still there for them, but while her
husband was gone, she needed to
focus solely on her children. It was
a challenge for her business and
her family, but because she was
honest with her customers, they
were loyal. Many even brought
meals and offered to watch her
two children if she ever needed a
break. “My business didn’t grow a
lot that year,” she says, “but I felt
very blessed by the relationships
that were strengthened.”
Setting goals and having the
confidence to go forward and
meet them can be difficult,
but it is also one of the most
important responsibilities of
every business owner. Start small
if you feel you’re not ready to
meet your larger goals. Take a
close look at your business, and
decide what areas need the most
improvement. Then get started! ■
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