Leading by Example
Donna Reid-Mitchell: Building a Business on Family Values
By Stephanie DuPré
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When Donna Reid-Mitchell of Frisco, Texas first entered the networking space,
the upline representative who recruited her implicitly dismissed her.
“I had been with the company for just a little while, when she called me
and told me she was quitting because she couldn’t find any good people,”
Donna recalls. “I had to wonder what she thought of me—wasn’t
I a good person?”
The pain of that dismissal could have crippled the fledgling networker, but
for Donna, it only strengthened her resolve to build a successful career helping
others find their own greatness. It was an ambitious dream, since Donna was
new in her town with very few acquaintances, but she was also driven by an even
greater purpose: her children. She craved the flexibility networking offers
so that she could stay at home with them.
She got to work, her children in tow, and embarked upon a journey that would
lead to the creation of the “High Achievers,” a group of entrepreneurs
working together for networking greatness.
“Achievement is what we’re all about,” Donna says, and the group’s
results prove her point. The High Achievers collectively generate annual sales
of several million a year, all the while celebrating together the many victories
of teamwork.
“I consider every recruit a partner. We work together, as close as a family,”
she says. “We work for the benefit of the individuals and for the benefit
of the team as a whole. Our whole is much greater than the sum of our parts.”
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Beginner’s Enthusiasm
It took two years to reach their current level of success and if her personal
goal to stay home with her children hadn’t been so powerful, she might
not have had the strength to hold the team together long enough to get there.
“When I first started, my goal was to earn $100 a month. I thought that
would be a good paycheck for work you could do at home,” she laughs. “I
didn’t fully comprehend the business or the opportunity it offers. I just
knew it gave me what I most cherished—control over my own schedule.”
She found inspiration within the covers of her company’s sales brochure,
and she advises all who are considering entering the networking space to sign
up with a company that sells products they love and use themselves.
“I pored through those brochures from cover to cover, filling up my order
forms with items I wanted to buy for myself and my family,” she recalls.
Resisting the urge to become her own best customer...
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