Leadership Magazines doTERRA Issue 30 Gabriel and Holly Lo | Page 4

PRESIDENTIAL DIAMONDS
Congratulations on Reaching Presidential Diamond
Eric & Kristen Pardue
“We’re excited to be able to bless more and more
people through the fruits of our hard work.”
FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE, USA
What have been the biggest hurdles you have had What advice would you give to someone who At this stage, what motivates you to Some people don’t want to reach Presidential
to overcome on the way to Presidential Diamond? is trying to reach Presidential Diamond? continue building your business? Diamond because of how hard and stressful it
The biggest hurdle has been going through pregnancy and My advice is to make sure you don’t go into 100 percent I’m motivated by seeing this business change the financial, seems. What are the benefits of this rank?
the newborn/postpartum stage while building my business. management mode of your teams. What can easily happen emotional, physical, and spiritual aspects of our team members’ Why should someone want to reach it?
My second baby had nursing issues, so it was a difficult at the higher ranks is you pour everything you have into your lives. I absolutely love watching their dreams come true. I will I think that Diamond is harder to maintain and more
journey during that season. Juggling being a mom to little ones, team, and you forget to keep growing your own business. never quit working and growing my business because it’s my serving my team in the highest capacity, and also growing my Never stop teaching classes and sharing oils. If you want to passion to change lives and to help people live in complete stressful because most Silvers haven’t fully taken
business was challenging until I learned it was wise to make an rank advance, you can’t stop enrolling. Once you hit Diamond freedom. To whom much is given, much is required. I feel we investment and hire help (and also have my husband quit his or above, you must learn the art of time-blocking and giving have been given a gift in this business, and if I don’t use it to job). If I could change anything, we would have had my husband part of your time to leading and inspiring your team, and the help and serve people, then I’m wasting that gift. quit his job and hired our nanny sooner. Now I truly have the other part to enrolling people and expanding your network.
freedom to enjoy every part of my day.
responsibility for their team and aren’t 100 percent
committed yet. It usually takes Gold and Platinum for
builders to take full responsibility and be able to do the
dōTERRA business full time. Everyone should want to hit
Presidential because this rank means all of your leaders are
How have you learned to balance running your
business and taking care of your family?
taking complete responsibility of their own teams, and your
business is more sustainable compared to any other rank.
Hire help! With little ones at home and our third baby on the This means Presidential Diamond is actually less work than
way, I hit the point where I couldn’t do it by myself any longer. Diamond or Blue Diamond.
That was when Eric and I realized that he either needed to quit
his job, or we needed to hire help. He had always wanted to be
an entrepreneur, so he was excited to quit his job and join me.
We also hired a nanny. We look at hiring help as an investment
for our business. If you can hire help for things you don’t have
time to do, you’ll have more time to focus on growing your
business and doing money-producing activities.
How has this business changed your life?
Before our dōTERRA business, Eric and I were living paycheck
to paycheck, both working full-time jobs to make ends meet. I
wanted so badly to be able to stay home with our toddler, but
financially it wasn’t possible. When the dōTERRA opportunity
came into our lives, I never dreamed I could make enough
money to quit my job. I just kept sharing the oils and teaching
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How do you and your spouse work
together in the business?
I still do the majority of our dōTERRA business. I teach
classes,