meeting with Gardener and the other members. She

confided as much in Jake Carson, who lent a sympa-

thetic ear. “Hey, sometimes you need others to help

you get unstuck,” he said. “Or sometimes you need to

talk with somebody who’s been through the wars,

been through the same things you have. I mean, what

do you think the Saturday Morning Sales Club is but

a support group for salespeople?”

The comment really hit home with Marsha. She

mentioned it to Gardener, who shrugged and then

said, “Well, Marsha, why do you think we meet on a

regular basis? Why do you think we meet on Satur-

days? Why do you think we try to give everyone the

opportunity to air their concerns?”

Marsha didn’t have any answers at the time. But a

few weeks later, she discussed the structure of the

meetings with Brenda Cobb. What Brenda said set the

stage for Marsha’s own growth within the structure of

the Saturday Morning Sales Club: “For us to get the

most out of these meetings, they’ve got to have some

organization, some structure. Sometimes we might

get long-winded and monopolize the time. But some-

one else will bring us back down to earth and remind

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