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    <body><![CDATA[I was very inspired by Ash's personal story as it informed her company's business philosophy.  I had to laugh at the incident where an ill-groomed woman comes in to meet with her and she can barely stand to look at her.  Oh Mary Kay.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It is really good because Mary Kay Ash tells about how she built her way up the cooperate ladder but putting God first Family second and Career third. She also tries more to help people than to make money from them]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't read a lot of biographies.  A person has to be REALLY interesting for me to even think about picking up a bio.  When I first became a Mary Kay consultant, my director insisted I read this book to pick up the philosophy of the company and find out something about its &quot;founding mother.&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19856468">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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