Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and once again I’m caught up in the shopping, preparing a menu, cleaning the house and all those things we that host the feast are subject to do.  We can get so busy we forget why we celebrate - we forget to be thankful.

I’m a reader.  If I move to a different location I never feel at home until I have unpacked my books.  Most of my books are motivational or inspirational.  One that taught me to give thanks was Corrie ten Boom’s “The Hiding Place.”  Corrie, a Dutch woman, and her sister, Betsie hid Jews during World War II.  The two women were caught and sent to a Nazi concentration camp.  Betsie was able to smuggle into the camp four tiny books each containing one of the gospels.  Once at their assigned barracks the two women discovered their surroundings were infested with fleas.

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It’s been a busy a month and it’s only half over.  We had an exciting, historical election and you know the former history teacher in me was totally involved.  Lisa Young and I started our Direct Sales Jump Start program that is going great guns - there are still a couple of “seats” left if you’re interested (go to http://www.homepartysolution.com/jumpstart for more information).  And if you’re having a typical month in direct sales this should be one of your, if not your absolutely busiest month of the year.

But nows not the time to sit back and count your earnings.   Now’s the time to be planning January 2009.  It’s important to have a consistent calendar and get bookings for the early part of December, up until the time that holiday shipping ends.  But this is also the time to be planning January and getting bookings for January that will give you the start that you want for 2009.

Does your company have a January hostess or guest special to assist you in getting bookings?  Has that been announced yet?  If not, I encourage you to let people know what was offered last year and offer them a tentative date now to be confirmed once the specials for January are announced.

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