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| Overcoming Life’s Setbacks Mohamad Razali
Mohamad Razali got involved in Tupperware Brands when his late wife Hjh. Maimum took up the business in the 80’s. He was a headmaster then, a job he loved but which earned him only a modest salary. The income from the Tupperware Brands Business however was more encouraging. While he kept his day job, Mohamad Razali helped his late wife in his spare time and before long, the business was growing at a steady rate.
In 1982, Mohamad Razali was offered a Tupperware Brands distributorship in the East Coast. He found himself faced with having to make some tough decisions. “I believed in the potential of the business and although it was a risk, I resigned from my school job to join the Tupperware Brands Business full time. In this way, I could really make a go at giving my all to the business.” he says.
The first eight years were exciting but challenging. He and Hjh Maimum ate, slept and breathed the Tupperware Brands Business.
In 2000, things took a turn for the better. With a new rented shop in Temerloh and a business recovering from the recession, Mohamad Razali could breathe easy again. However on 12 November, all that changed.
“We were driving out to meet prospects at a service centre in Temerloh. Along the way, Hjh Maimum said she was experiencing pain. There were no clinics along the way as it was a Sunday so I raced over to the Kuantan Medical Centre instead. I was too late. She died in the car.” Two days later, Mohamad Razali’s dear mother also passed away.
Crushed by these deaths, he just wanted to give up on everything. He remembers, “I was devastated. The grief and fear was just too much to bear. First, my wife. Then my mother. I also struggled with the fear of not being able to care for my children on my own. What if I failed? But it was my friends and family and the people at Tupperware Brands who came to my aid. I can’t imagine the state I would have been in if not for them.”
Feeling strengthened by their support, Mohamad Razali resolved to stay on with the business. His looked to the business as a way to pull him out of his darkest hour. From a man driven to the brink of despair, Mohamad Razali picked himself up and pushed harder than ever to make it big.
His efforts paid off. In 2001, he was awarded the ‘Best Outstanding Distributor of the Year’. He began to feel self-assured again saying, “The award made me realise that if I put my mind to it, I could achieve anything. I was a good leader. I had loyal customers. And most of all, I had the backing of a trusted brand and a company that truly cared. With the people of Tupperware Brands behind me, I had the confidence to make it.”
Having found love again with his current wife Norida Ahmad, Mohamad Razali is a content man in more ways than one. A former banker, Norida too joined him in the business full time after seeing how promising the Tupperware Brands business model was.
He says, “From earning just RM1,245 a month as a headmaster, I am now earning a five-figure income with Tupperware Brands every month. With the new business plan, I moved up from Executive Director to Senior Executive Director. In just one additional year, I made it to Presidential Director. The people at Tupperware Brands have always believed in me and now I believe in myself too.”
From simple homemaker to savvy motivator
Siti Zaleha
Upon completing her Form 6 examinations, Siti joined Estee Lauder. “I have always had an interest in beauty and being a counter manager involved in sales and marketing brought me great satisfaction,” says Siti of her first job.
It was while working there that she met Idris Arshad, her future husband. Soon the two married and after three years, decided to start a family. She says, “I had difficulty conceiving and the doctor ordered complete rest. So I gave up my job.”
“I felt completely lost without a job and without my own income. I felt a little cut off from the world. Like I lost my independence somehow. But for the time-being, I tried to adjust,” she said.
Then one day Tupperware Brands came her way. She says, “I was immediately drawn to the products at a Tupperware Brands kiosk. I decided to purchase about RM500 worth of products but the distributor running the kiosk persuaded me to sign up so I could enjoy the discounts.” She also invited me to an assembly was being held by her business leader, and there were lots of free gifts handed out.
Siti found herself very eager to pursue Tupperware Brands as a serious business. “I attended numerous training sessions after that. I took my kids along because I had no babysitter at the time. I had the youngest in a stroller and the other sitting beside me with his colouring book and crayons. It was little tough but I’ve no regrets,” she says.
The training soon paid off. “In my first week, I made sales of RM1,000 just by showing the catalogue to friends. At my Announcement Party the second week, 12 people signed-up as downlines. What’s more, I made sales of RM1,800. It was amazing. My commission was RM400 and I received special recognition for my efforts at the next assembly!” Siti exclaims.
“I soon realised Tupperware Brands products sold easily. Plus I loved meeting new people and I loved training them on how to use BeautiControl products. Being from the beauty line myself, I guess I loved this part of the business especially,” she explains.
Since then Siti has been to numerous countries on incentive trips for hitting her sales targets over and over again. She gushes, “I’ve been all over the world, and I absolutely love it! I’ve been to Switzerland, Russia, Australia, Vietnam, Egypt, Thailand and I just returned from Beijing in China. I feel so blessed.”
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