I left school officially at 16 (unofficially 14 )into a depressed North-eastern economy with no qualifications. This was the 80’s with closing shipyards and closing coal mines. The era of YTS and ET training programmes. Which I did both of. I studied graphic design, trained as a youth worker and went on expedition to Borneo. I dabbled with MLM Amway and claimed my dole cheque. With no prospects I stumbled into door-to-door sales.
At 21 I learned about selling the hard way. How to deal with negatives, how to maintain a positive attitude, how to stay motivated. I learned about setting goals, working hard and improved my communication skills. I learned how to lead a sales team, how to teach them to sell and within 2 years headed off to Edinburgh to start my own Direct Sales company.
From 1995-2000 I got married and with my husband we ran our sales company in Edinburgh expanding the team to Glasgow, Dundee and south to the midlands.
From 2000 I retrained and opened my second company providing business admin and support to other Direct Sales companies. We moved to Perthshire and started our family. My business grew with clients throughout the UK. I took on clients in Ireland and Holland.