FEATURE ARTICLE
Leader
Richard & Lisa Jones Blue Diamonds
You asked, they answered. We took your most pressing questions about the business and asked one of our top dōTERRA leaders for their advice from their years of experience.
If you knew earlier what you know now, what would you do differently?
Lisa: I would never hesitate to offer a solution to someone’ s health concerns. I am continually blown away by the testimonies I hear and the lives that are changed by these tiny brown bottles of goodness. If I had known and been confident that the business worked, I would have offered that sooner too. It’ s amazing, and it works if you work it!
Richard: Knowing how effective the oils and supplements are, we would have started sharing more earnestly in helping people with their various health issues. There is so much joy in assisting others with the oils and supplements, and seeing such positive, lasting results. Now realizing how strong the compensation plan is, we also would have been more forthright to share that there is a real opportunity to supplement or even replace their income. Seeing so many people being able to quit their jobs and to work full time sharing dōTERRA products has been so fun to watch.
How do you avoid getting discouraged when your team members don’ t follow through on their goals?
Lisa: Life happens to everyone, and sometimes someone has to take things a little more slowly than I’ d like, or worse, someone quits. I remind myself why I started in the first place: to get oils into as many hands as possible. I take a minute to breathe and make sure I ' m practicing good self-care so I can focus on keeping my energy high and my mindset positive. I am always very careful in what I say to myself. It’ s not that I deny reality— I just choose to believe the best is yet to come. I stay in gratitude for where I am and how far I’ ve come. Early on, I heard Boyd Truman say,
26 dōTERRA ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP I MARCH / APRIL 2018