MARY KAY ASH

LIFE

• Birth: May 12, 1918. Cypress TX
• Married at 17
• Started with $5,000
• One store, 5 products
• Death: November 22, 2001. Dallas TX

STORY TIME

• Sold books door to door
• Started writing when she got passed up for promotion
• First year income was $800,000
• In the 80s her sales reached $324 million
• Actively involved in all business affairs until death

BUSINESS

• Tiny store in Dallas, with 5 products
• Company went public for 17 years
• Other companies started sending out people to sell
• Launched Company Friday, Sept. 13, 1963.

AWARDS

• Horatio Alger Award
• U.S. Business hall of fame '96
• Top 100 companies to work for
• Top 10 best for women
• Baylor's “Greatest Female Entrepreneur in American History” (2003)

Quotes
Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do, you go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.

MOTTO

• "Praising people to success"
• "God first, family second, career third"
• Golden Rule "Do unto others as you would
• have them do unto you"

Quotes
Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, "Make me feel important." Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.

BOOKS

• 1984: Mary Kay on people management
• 1995: You can have it all
• 2003: Miracles happen

FOUNDATION

• Mary Kay Foundation
• Founded 1996
• Fight against women violence
• Eliminate cancers affecting women

MARY KAY ASH