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suzanne’s sizzlersEvery year when I write the letter for the September newsletter, I say, “It is my

favorite time of year!” I really mean that for many reasons. The impact of our “One Woman - One Dream” retreat, the fresh crisp colors of early fall, the coolness of the air, kids in school, our time becomes more of ours, new products to show, new people to work with, new Consultants to train and our goals set in faster motion!

A saying goes that self discipline weighs ounces in comparison to regret, which weighs tons. for every disciplined effort there are multiple rewards. For each challenge, a new understanding. For each failure, a new determination. life is like that. Even the bad experiences of life provide their own special contribution. I see so much of this determination in all of you. What stellar examples in character, in leadership and in vision you are! I am blessed beyond measure in watching, listening and experiencing you. What you are, how you “be” is felt in degrees by all your sister Directors and Consultants.

Rick Warren said in an interview, “Life is a series of

problems, either you are in one now, you’re just coming out of one, or you’re getting ready to go into another one. The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character, than your comfort. No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on. AND no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always something good you can thank God for. You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems. If you focus on your problems, you’re going into self-centeredness, which is ‘my problem, my pain.’ But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus off yourself and onto God and others.”

This October, in Loveland, Colorado, in a place that is filled with the spirit of goodness, beauty and love, we will all come together. We will come together to fill each others cups, to bond, to bless, to learn, to be inspired and to inspire many, many others. Truly the fragrance lingers on the hand that gives the rose. What you give out to others has a heavenly bank account. That mental picture that is offered to those coming is intensified by those who have given of themselves.

It is an honored blessing to work and play with you, to

touch and change lives To help others see beauty in themselves and then see it in others. It is an honor to stand tall with you in the times of success or sometimes at the bottom of the scoreboard. No real matter. Far more important is who we have become in the process . . . and that is amazing!

SuzAnne Brothers Unit newsletterSeptember 2011 - August 2011 results

Really. . . 33 years!?? Very hard to believe at the outset of September. September is my Mary Kay anniversary and it's also the company's anniversary on the 13th . . . I look at with great wonderment "what if"? What if I would not have moved forward? What if I had not held that class with my neighbor friend? What if I would not have brought in Theresa from that class and then another one the same day? What if I had not gone to the meetings, been a star consultant, attended the fall retreat? What I know for sure is the little steps do build and do count. As I romp around the house with my grandchildren and giggle with them as they squeal or spend a quiet moment to recall my life . . . the "what if's" have a powerful consequence, reconfirming the little efforts really do matter. Happy Anniversary to all of us and it certainly is!

$400+ weekly high sales

week of July 10 - 16:Dilma Ray - $422

week of August 7 - 13Jane Mueller - $485

week of August 14 - 20Coral Todd - $400

Be sure to enter your weekly totals online at marykayintouch.com so you can be featured for

your high weeks!

welcome new brothers unit consultants august

Faith Menoganfrom Kingwood, Texas

sponsored by Pearlene Menogan

Gidget Morenofrom Humble, Colorado

sponsored by Pearlene Menogan

Shalee Albrechtfrom Englewood, Coloradosponsored by Colleen Beller

POWER PLAYERSsuzanne brothers unit

August 2011Congratulations to the following Consultants for completing a power players power level!

ROBBYN CELESTIN - silver powerJANE MUELLER - bronze power

Congratulations to the following Consultants for turning in their “power players”

tracking sheetColleen BellerZonia Bowers

Lynette BrandonKathryn Hale

Chandra LaboyNikki TaylorCoral ToddJulia Ullom

Complete your “power players” tracking sheet and return it to

SuzAnne by the 5th of each month.

$650+ wholesale orders

Carla Farrand - $1,279Colleen Beller - 1,179

Jane Mueller - 737Nikki Taylor - 683Julie Ullom - 658

Lori Wennerstrom - 655Joyce Spinks - 654

Kathy Andren-Lore - 650

August Unit wholesale$25,265

thank you Lynette Brandon for the following affirmation:

I'm active, I'm attractive and I'm in demand!I'm a mover and a shaker and I work my plan!

I sell them and I book them and I share the dream,I'm excited, I'm ignited and I'm leading my team!I'm a woman on a mission, I will reach my goal,I have power, I have purpose and I'm on a roll!!

It is important for you to have a goal. You simply can't get there if you don't know where you are going. Begin to build in

your mind a dream. The write it down and make your goal realistic. Aim high enough

that you will have to stretch your ability and your potential to reach it.

- Mary Kay Ash

October Birthdays

Racheal Buthenuth - 1stLynette Evanson - 1st

Ann Howard - 2ndLori Radcliffe - 3rd

Charlene Galway - 4thChristine Holley - 4thGanesa Collins - 5th

Samantha Jansen - 5thPolly Daugherty - 6th

Aila Holley - 6thJeanette Miller - 6thJamie Rumsey - 6thJoyce Spinks - 7th

Arlene Hopps - 10thMargaret Boughton - 10th

Shalee Albrecht - 11thLulu Sommerfield - 12th

Michelle Woltemath - 12thSharon Nehls - 13th

Teresa Delgadillo - 14thKimberly Williams-Smith - 14thDawn Montgomery-Pipk - 17th

Amanda Frick - 19thSandra Thompson - 20th

Ify Aniniba - 22ndErin Campbell - 24thAlthea Blair - 26thKarrie Arlt - 28th

Yvonne Halboth - 28thJennifer Ramona - 29thTiffany Middleton - 30th

Congratulations to Colleen Beller’s son Ethan!

Ethan created the winning design for the Ave Festival in Parker, Colorado. Ethan started with the flag and the cross and then the Beller family pulled together to finish the final design. Ethan's creation made in on the city banners, school t-shirts and all the advertisement designs. Way to go Ethan! He also won a full three day pass for his entire family to attend to the festival!

One Woman - One Dream

retreat 2011Brothers National Area

The following Brothers Unit Consultants have registered for retreat! I hope to see many more in Loveland next month! Celebrate at retreat on your

way to the Queen’s chair!

Tammi Bedford Colleen BellerZonia Bowers

Robbyn CelestinCindy EwingKathryn HaleDee Huerta

Chandra LaboyJane & Bill Mueller

Janie MunroeNikki TaylorCoral ToddJulia Ullom

brothers unit conference call -

NEW TIME!

Call in to the weekly conference call

especially for the Brothers Unit Consultants! Every

Saturday at 8:00 a.m. mountain time - all Consultants are invited to join in for

this 20 minute call. These are great business and relationship

building calls!

712.432.1000 - 542965692#

brothers area hotline951.262.1424

call the brothers area hotline every week for a great new message that will inspire, motivate and

help get your business rolling!

Congratulations to the following Brothers Unit 100% callers to the area hotline in the

month of August:Zonia Bowers, Lynette Brandon,

Robbyn Celestin, Karen Peterson,Angela Reid, Nikki Taylor, Coral Todd

Director NOW hotline641.715.3900 - 216969#

Listen and learn from the very top of the top from

U.S. National Sales Directors. The message changes twice a week -

call in Wednesday & Friday.

Preferred Customer ProgramThe following Consultants are working smart and have their customers enrolled in the Preferred Customer

Program! Visit marykayintouch.com to enroll your customers!

Chandra LaboyJanet UlrichJulia Ullom

Judi TomlinsonNikki Taylor

Regina StephensJoyce Spinks

Martha SchaafJanice Richardson

Angela ReidLaurie PowellMichelle PintoKathy Phare

Karen PetersonKristine OrrSharon Nehls

Janie MunroeDawn Mulholland

Jane MuellerJoyce LIpscomb

Kathi JackDee Huerta

Susan HowardShawnae Hoffman

Becky HewettAnne Herrington

Avy HeinekenKathryn Hale

Loretta HalbothPearlene MenoganTiffany GilmoreTiffany Garber

Tomari FrickAmy Fish

Carla FarrandCindy EwingCindy ElliottMonica Dale

Jaime BrandonZonia BowersErin BotcherrColleen BellerTammi Bedford

Kathy Andren-LoreErica Andren

Arlene Amo HoppsSuzAnne Brothers

Give the world the best you have, and the best will come back to you. The go-getter doesn't

look around to see how much the other fellow is doing. Instead, she sets her own pace, knowing that is she can do a little thing well, she can do bigger things better. It's the spirit that makes

people great. Be doers, not wishers.Have the will to win.

- Mary Kay Ash

You want to be a Mary Kay Sales Director

Are you considering Directorship? Are you excited about the benefits and quality of life available to you and your family as a Mary Kay Sales Director, but perhaps unsure of what it takes to get there? Or maybe you are asking yourself if you are ready or qualfied for Directorship? As a Sales Director, you become a leader who is mentoring other women to achieve their own success in the business. In reality, you are a master Consultant who is teaching other women to do the same things you have done. You are passing along your experiences and helping them grow with you. Mary Kay Ash felt very strongly about this position. She said, “There are three ways to lead: by example, by example, by example!” Your National Sales Director is always looking for dynamic women in our Area who want more, need more, and are willing to do the work. The Sales Director benchmark was designed to give you a guideline of areas to focus on in order to help you build strength in your Mary Kay business as you desire to become a Sales Director.

Sales Director benchmark

1. Attends success meetings regularly.

2. Supports Sales Directors and has a positive, teachable attitude.

3. Achieves Star Consultant status in at least 2 quarters before entering Director in Qualification.

4. On-Target Car Driver (have 5 active on your team)

5. Earns a team building medal prior to DIQ (have 3,4 or 5 new personal team members in one month).

6. Achieve Perfect 10 in 3 out of 4 months prior to DIQ (hold 10 pamper appointments in a month; 10 skin care classes in a month)

7. Loyal to Company philosophy and promotions.

8. Attends Company events (Brothers Area events, workshops, Seminar, Career Conference).

If you have achieved at least half of the items listed above, you can feel confident that you are building strength in your business and setting yourself up for success! If you are not quite there yet - I believe you will treat this list as a suggested guideline of areas to strengthen as you pursue leadership within our great Company and our National Area. I am here to mentor and encourage you as you grow, so please feel free to ask me for clarification or support on any of the benchmark items. I look forward to working with you as a Director in the making in our National Area!

“You cannot teach what you do not know, you cannot lead where you do not go.”

- Mary Kay Ash

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retreat 2011Brothers National Area

NSD YvonneLemmon

SNSD JanHarris

SNSD SuzAnne Brothers

TracyGiese

Brothers Area Unit Club Directors

“One Woman - One Dream”Friday, October 7 & Saturday, October 8, 2011

Embassy Suites - Loveland, Colorado

Hosted by your Brothers Area Directors &Senior National Sales Director SuzAnne Brothers

featuring:#1 Ruby Inner Circle NSD Jan Harris

NSD Yvonne LemmonEmerald Division Director Tracy Giese

Sonja Henderson, wardrobe expert & personal shopper$75 registration online at

www.suzannebrothers.com - includes Friday night banquet & all day Saturday workshops

Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation raffle

recognition:All Star Consultants, “Way to Grow” contest, any career

moves since July 1, car achievers

One Woman - One Dream

retreat 2011Brothers National Area

Embassy Suites Loveland4705 Clydesdale ParkwayLoveland, Colorado 80538970.593.6200rooms - $119 - $149, includes full breakfastroom block under Mary Kayaccess to heated indoor pool, whirlpool, 24 hour fitness center

schedule

Friday, October 71:00 - 2:30 - no host lunch for all Senior Directors in Hotel restaurant

3:00 - 4:30 - Directors training with the National Sales Directors in private room off dining room

7:00 dinner, awards & recognition, River Birch ballroomsDirector Power Players in July, August & September; All Star Consultants; “Way to Grow” contest

achievers; All car achieversHead table seating for Cadillac Directors & spouses

Saturday, October 88:00 a.m. - general opening, Aspen Daisy ballroom

break out classes & NSD Jan Harris11:45 - 1:00 - lunch break; all Team Leaders and above are invited to a special luncheon with

Seniors, NSDs & Emerald Division Director1:15 - start me up! - guests are invited to attend afternoon session for free

with paid Consultantswhat not to wear with Sonja Henderson

fall into color face fashion showspeaker NSD Yvonne Lemmon

fabulous give-awaysMary Kay Charitable Foundation raffle

4:00 - closeattire for Saturday is Director & NSD suits

guys afternoon of activities, golf & tourscontact Jarod Lemper or Paul Andre (970.381.1873) for Saturday golf tournament

at Pelican Lakes in Windsor

Big Rocks

One day an expert in time management was speaking to a group of business students and to drive home a point, used an illustration those students will never forget. As he stood in front of the group of high-powered overachievers he said, "Okay, time for a quiz," and he pulled out a one gallon wide mouth mason jar and set it on the table in front of him. He also produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the jar. When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, "Is this jar full?"

Everyone in the class yelled, "Yes." The time management expert replied,"Really?" He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. He dumped some of the gravel in and shook the jar causing the pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces between the big rocks. He then asked the class once more if the jar was full. By this time the class was on to him and said "Probably not."

"Good" he replied. He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand and started dumping it into the jar. The sand went into all of the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked if the jar was full. "NO!" the class shouted. Once again he said "Good" and grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it into the jar until the jar was filled to the brim.

Then he looked around the room and asked, "What is the point of this illustration?"

One eager beaver raised his hand and said, "The point is that no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit some more in."

"NO," the speaker replied, "that's not the point. The truth is that this illustration teaches us that if you don't put the 'big rocks' in first, you'll never get them in at all."

What are the 'big rocks' in your life? Time with our loved ones, your faith, your education, your dreams, a worthy cause, teaching or mentoring others. Remember to put these BIG ROCKS in first, or you'll never get them in at all. So, tonight, or in the morning, when you are reflecting on this short story, ask yourself this question: What are the BIG ROCKS in my life?

Then, put those in your jar first."

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SuzAnne Brothers

Senior National Sales Director

Mary Kay Cosmetics

38 Castle Pines Drive North

Castle Rock CO 80108

Nothing to Fear

There's nothing to fear --- you're as good as the best, As strong as the mightiest, too.You can win in every battle or test;

For there's no one just like you.There's only one you in the world today;

So nobody else, you see, Can do your work in as fine a way:You're the only you there'll be!

So face the world, and all life is yours to conquer and love and live:And you'll find the happiness that endures

In just the measure you give;There's nothing too good for you to possess,

Nor heights where you cannot go:Your power is more than belief or guess ---

It is something you have to know.

There is nothing to fear --- you can and you will.For you are the invincible you.

Set your foot on the highest hill --- There's nothing you cannot do.