Heather Hutson

 4 Benefits of Giving My friends Lisa and Natalie dress up like elves, complete in silly hats, and scurry around northern suburbs of Atlanta dropping gifts on the front steps of unsuspecting recipients.  They call it #12daysofelvingchristmas.  They find someone in the community who is having a rough go of the holiday season and "elf " them - kinda like Ashton Kutcher in  "Punk'd" but much nicer.  Natalie suggested that I grab a partner and start "elfing" people in my area. So Frances and I set out with journals, and candles and CD's in pretty paper into different parts of the city.  And do you know what happened?  We had a blast.  I mean, something magical happened. Maybe it was the Christmas Spirit or the Holy Spirit or simply good mojo.  Whatever you wanna call it, we were high on it. What is that? Why do we feel so good when we are giving? I went to the Google cave to find out.  Turns out that I'm not the only person t...

I was in sales back in 2001. I was calling into meeting planners at Fortune 500 companies within a 300 mile radius of Atlanta. I would cold call for hours. It was hard. Really hard. I started in November - one month after 9/11. ALL of the companies I called had a freeze on meetings and events. The whole industry sat in suspended animation for a time.  And I was a green production sales person. I had a sales manager who told me every Monday morning that I was going to lose my job if I didn't sell something soon.  It was high pressure.  This is the climate for most sales organizations within corporate America.  No one wants to hear from a high pressured sales person who's trying like mad to make a sale. I get it though, the company NEEDED me to make a sale. We needed the cash to keep the doors open.  The profits from any business that I brought in would go to feeding the company, keeping the lights on, phones ringing, pay the rent etc. Social commerce ...

5 Reasons Why I'm a Rodan + Fields Consultant  My Boy I started my career as a producer back in 1998 and I love it. I love the creative process, being part of a crew, that feels like family for that week on show site. Everything about it scratches my theatre itch. What I don't love is that I have to get on a plane to produce a show.  When I became a mom leaving to go to show site got harder and harder as he gets older. Yes, I always come back but the tears and the "When are you going to get another job, Mom?" questions just break my heart.   Time Freedom  At the end of the summer this year (2016) the production company I was working for needed to make a change in how they paid me. I had spent the last 2 years working from home as a salaried employee. Now I needed change to contractor status or find another full - time salaried position.  The thought of going back to an office was extremely distasteful to me.  Some people love it, but I absolu...

Recently I was listening to an R+F consultant tell her story. She was married to a pastor, homeschooled her six, counte 'em, SIX children, played piano in the church, taught piano lessons, and ran a drop ship bakery service.  Her husband also had a painting and dry wall business, and it had flat dried up.  No money coming in for 4 weeks. Their savings as caput, and they needed to do something to keep food on the table.  So they decided to open a bakery.  But the thought of opening the bakery filled our friend with serious anxiety and dread. How was she going to continue running this huge household while also working full time in a bakery! She went to God and asked him for clear direction-- within 24 hours.  Now we all know that we aren't supposed to test God but she was pressed, and she needed an answer. So she went back to Him and said, "Really! I need you to tell me what you want me to do!" The next day her mother called and invited her to her sister's R+F l...

3 Truths about Direct Selling I was in the FedEx Office store the other day, printing up invitations for my Business Launch party when I noticed another lady coming into the store. She was obviously working. She had on a name badge and looked spunky in her denim skirt and ankle cowboy boots.   I’ve been trained by Rodan + Fields to share the R+ F products and business with EVERYONE I meet. So, being outgoing, and feeling pretty good that day,   I was ready to strike up a conversation with this spunky chick when she said, “Your hair is beautiful.”   What a lovely conversation starter! We started chatting and it turns out that we know people in common. I told her about R+F. She told me that she also is a part of a direct sales organization herself.    We exchanged cards and agreed to meet for coffee. This got me to thinking about how direct selling can literally change the world. If we all walked out the door looking to connect with other people, how ...