That Special Time of Year  07-09-2009 1:54 PM  I always know
when it's getting close to one of my favorite times of the year
when the mercury tops 100 degrees in Dallas, Texas.  No, it's
not that I like the heat so much, but it means that it's time
for the annual Mary Kay Seminar.  It recharges my batteries like
nothing else I've ever experienced.  It always reminds me of why
I love this company so much and gets me motivated for another
year of challenging work.  It's the time that I reconnect with
women that I haven't seen for a year, get updates on their
families, see the new hairdos, and find out who is breaking
records and setting audacious goals for new ones.  So what
exactly IS this thing called Seminar?  Well, what it IS NOT is
another stuffy, boring workshop that someone sends you to where
you're supposed to learn something, but you usually don't.  What
it IS can best be described as the Academy Awards, Broadway, and
the Miss Universe pageant all rolled up into one, with a dose of
business education a