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Weathering the Storm
BY LUISA CRANE
“ I am not afraid of the storm for I am learning how to sail my ship.”— Louisa May Alcott
Most leaders in dōTERRA can look back on their journey and find that moment when they decided to give dōTERRA a fair shot. When I look back, I don’ t feel I was given that choice. For me, it was divine intervention. Twelve months into my journey with dōTERRA, I unexpectedly became a single mom of three daughters with no other sources of income. However, in the midst of this challenge, I found that God had a plan for me and was creating a team for me that I didn’ t even know I needed until one-year post enrollment. My team and I were excited to use and share dōTERRA products, and we created enough momentum to achieve Gold rank without employing an intentional strategy. This organic growth became the foundation for my healing and financial security and led me to realize five key principles that can help safely navigate the storms in our lives and help build successful businesses.
Having a Positive Outlook
My unexpected dōTERRA journey allowed me to understand more about who I am, how I face trials, and the strength within me. I realized I couldn’ t have controlled what had happened to me in my personal life, but I challenged myself to respond to this adversity in a positive way. My optimistic mindset helped me in my individual circumstance and inspired me when navigating the uncharted territories that came with leading a dōTERRA team.
Being Strong in the Face of Adversity
I always tell my daughters it is not the quiet, fearful women that make history. It is the ones that see adversity as potential for growth and the ones that feel fear and push beyond it. So, after alleviating some of the tension in my home and committing to therapy and health, I made the conscious decision to build dōTERRA full-time. I was committed to the vision that this storm would make me stronger, better, and more qualified and would help me reach, bless, and encourage others that were also weathering storms of their own.
Getting Creative
I quickly realized that as a single mom, I didn’ t have a lot of free time on my hands. I was limited by my small income, and I didn’ t have adequate help in the home or energy to devote hours to building dōTERRA. But I had to make it work because I didn’ t have an alternative plan. I got creative. I accepted that my circumstances were not changing, therefore, I had to change. I made business time quality time with my children. I got my children involved in sampling, and I took them to classes, and we learned about the essential oils together. By involving my children, I not only set an example for them to follow but also fostered a sense of pride that we were creating something good together.
Standing Together
I surrounded myself with like-minded men and women that wholeheartedly embraced the dōTERRA vision of changing the world one family and one drop at a time through improved health and financial freedom. I saw my journey with dōTERRA as a grassroots movement of building relationships one by one, fostering them until I saw people go from users to sharers and sharers to builders. Before long, I had created a tribe of committed friends, family members, neighbors, and even strangers that were looking to build something meaningful that was actually changing the world. I may be biased, but God blessed me with some of the most amazing leaders, and I am so grateful for their commitment. Looking back, I see the common denominator that held us together was our humanness. I was attracting people that were on the same journey as I and were driven to succeed out of necessity.
I know my journey with dōTERRA would have been short lived had I not learned to depend on my support system and to rely on God’ s daily provision. Far too often we believe that we must rely on our own strength to succeed, but life is not meant to be lived alone. I appreciate dōTERRA’ s compensation plan not only because of the generosity of the pay out but because it forces us to work as a team. The unilevel, Power of 3, rank advancements, and leadership pool commissions happen efficiently and harmoniously when we commit to building faithfully, communicating openly, and following through as a team.
Preserving Your Passion
My passion is defined by clearly understanding my Why. I have verbalized my Why to friends, family, and team members so that when the process becomes difficult, I am reminded why I am doing dōTERRA in the first place. They hold me accountable, and it helps keep my passion alive.
With these principles to bolster me, I have learned to never quit on a bad day. The storms of life will come, but dōTERRA has created a secure, reliable, and joyful boat for me to weather the storm in. If we commit to growing through the storm, we will be refined into the best version of ourselves, creating a bigger impact in the community that God has placed us in to grow and bless.
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