First and foremost, I am a wife to a man that is a fantastic support and - by far - my biggest fan. I am a mother to 6 magnificent children (3 boys, 3 girls) that keep me on my toes and running every second of the day. I enjoy being on our local School Board of Director's as it allows me to stay involved with the education of my children.
Of course, I am also a Scentsy Independent Consultant - SCENTSY'S 1st CONSULTANT. Being the 1st Scentsy Consultant has been an extraordinary experience from the get go. I have often been asked how I got started with Scentsy and found that many have enjoyed hearing my story, so I thought I would post it for visitors, like yourself. This will allow you insight and most likely answer some of your questions.
My husband, Sean Moorhouse, knew Orville Thompson - the President of Scentsy - before I did. Sean and Orville had done some service and business together prior to Orville and I meeting. Orville made a phone call to Sean one day to bounce the idea of Scentsy off of him and share what he had come across when he met Kara and Colette (Scentsy founders) in Utah. Sean immediately told Orville about me, my years of experience in the Direct Selling Business and wanted us to meet. We met and Orville decided to join forces. Orville introduced me to the Scentsy product and I was tickled at the whole "ball of wax". My, things have progressed amazingly!
Immediately the ideas were racing through my mind. Orville and I couldn't share our ideas with each other fast enough - we had conversations about the day we would sell "1 million dollars". I remember, vividly, the giggles we had as we got to know each other and shared our thoughts and dreams while we wondered if this could truly come to fruition.
When we leased our first office, Heidi, Orville's wife, became even more involved so I had the benefit of working with both of them. Prior to that we worked out of the barn at the Thompson sheep farm, occasionally chasing down the sheep when they wandered. At the time my baby was about 2 1/2 years old and wherever I went, so did Reubie! Reubie and her friends played each day at the office together, and we loved to see them pal around, play and imagine. So much imagination was going on at the Scentsy office between children and adults as we sought to put in place this SCENTSational company - with party plan in mind. I had the exciting opportunity of doing various things, including putting together the first Consultant Handbook, giving names to the different levels and ranks of Consultants and putting together the rewards and incentive program along with the charms that we receive today for our achievements among many other great things.
It has truly been an honor to be drawn in at the commencement of Scentsy in Idaho. It continues to be a source of pride as I look back at the fun, long, hot and hard work as Scentsy really began to happen.
How grateful I am for the enormous dreamer my husband is as he envisioned the dramatic growth that has come to be and has continually cheered me on and sometimes even pushed me forward as I experienced business and business people being quite harsh.
I have learned an abundance of valuable lessons since the origination of Scentsy in Idaho and would not trade them or any of my experiences - be they exuberant or heartbreaking. I decided to stay with what I know and love - going to work and ending up at parties. I love wearing the Consultant hat, which also permits me to have an extraordinary team - TEAM FABULOUS - Scentsy's original team!
Because of Scentsy I have reaped many rewards, one of which is meeting up with scores of remarkable people, numerous I can truly call my friends and have come to trust. While others have taught me valuable lessons. For all, I value.
I know this is still the beginning of many marvelous things to come and I am thankful each day for the fact that my cup over flows with countless blessings, one of which is Scentsy.
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail"
- Ralph Waldo Emerson