MAKING DREAMS
NEW dōTERRA DIAMOND
Anne Calhoun
CALEDONIA, MICHIGAN, USA
When Anne Calhoun’ s best friend,
Elizabeth Jeffery, came to visit for the summer, she brought her dōTERRA essential oils with her. Elizabeth eagerly shared the oils with Anne and gave her an AromaTouch ® Technique. Anne says,“ I thought they were nice, but being an ICU nurse, I had no interest in therapeutic oils.” But out of support for Elizabeth, Anne signed up with dōTERRA, and her oils went right into the closet when she got them.
A year later, after many follow-ups, Elizabeth reached out to Anne asking if she would host a class. Once again, Anne said yes, not because she was interested in the oils, but because she wanted to support her friend. Up to that point, Anne had only used one oil on her son, and it proved to work, but it still wasn’ t a strong enough motivation to do the business. When Anne finally hosted the class, the outcome was shocking— she enrolled 16 people.
Many of the enrollees and attendees in that class were so excited about the oils that they wanted to bring their friends and family to Anne’ s next class, and Anne’ s silent response was,“ Next class? I wasn’ t planning on a next class.” But after consulting with her husband and asking a few family members to join her, Anne started teaching one class a week.
Anne began to love her classes because she could use her talent for teaching, and it challenged her. She started researching essential oils, listening to podcasts, and figuring out the business— quickly climbing up to the rank of Silver. But it wasn’ t until Leadership that she was fully on board with the business. Anne says,“ My upline offered to pay my lodging if I would go to Leadership, and if they hadn’ t done that, I probably wouldn’ t be a Diamond today. I went to Leadership thinking it was going to be one big hoax with a bunch of weird people, but Leadership showed me that what I was doing was noteworthy, and I loved everyone from the minute I got off the plane. These were my people.”
This experience inspired Anne and her husband to reevaluate their business plan, and from then on, Anne was teaching multiple classes a week. Now, Anne has created a strong team, and her frontline leaders live within 10 miles of her, giving her team the freedom to collaborate and work together often.
Anne and her team’ s success have opened many doors for Anne and her husband that they once believed were locked. Before they started dōTERRA, they didn’ t focus on dreams because they didn’ t want to set themselves up for disappointment, but now, they have broken that mold, created dreams, and achieved them. Her husband even left his full-time job to be an entrepreneur and own a business, something that he has always wanted to do.
With so many exciting changes and blessings, Anne is hopeful for all that the future holds. Anne says,“ We now have dreams, and I want to take what we’ ve been given and help other people have dreams too. Instead of just surviving life, we are creating our lives. It’ s beyond what I ever thought would happen.”
DIAMOND ADVICE
CATER TO THE INDIVIDUAL.“ Try to individualize each person’ s oil journey. Just like we have different personalities, we all learn differently. We should teach in a way that will connect with the individual.”
HAVE AN ANSWER.“ Always have an answer that will politely, yet boldly explain that essential oils are a part of your life so that it is easy for you to talk to people about the oils.”
FOCUS ON YOUR STRENGTHS.“ Part of personal development is learning more about yourself. The more you know about yourself, the more secure you are, and the more you realize what your strengths and weaknesses are. The more you’ re aware of your strengths, the more you can function with your strengths.”
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