Leadership Magazines doTERRA Issue 33 Barrus | Page 148

NEW dōTERRA DIAMONDS

Kevin & Amanda Rahija

YORK, ONTARIO, CAN

A SURVIVOR’ S STRENGTH

At age 29, Amanda Rahija’ s life was turned upside-down by a serious health concern. She had thought she was living a healthy lifestyle, but now she made major changes in her diet and lifestyle to help her body be healthier. During this journey, she heard about essential oils but never tried them.

Several years later, Amanda was a survivor of her health concern and still interested in any kind of healthy living when she attended her first dōTERRA ® class. After doing some research, she enrolled. As she learned more and experimented with the oils, over time she found they complemented her natural lifestyle.
Still, every time her upline asked if she wanted to do the business, Amanda told her no. She was a social worker and had a stressful job as a supervisor of foster homes across southern Ontario. She says,“ To be honest, I didn’ t want to add something else to my plate.” Eventually, she caved and agreed to hold a class. When 10 people enrolled, she got excited and became an active sharer of the oils.
When the company Amanda worked for restructured, she found herself in the job market. Despite other job offers, she decided this was her chance to take her dōTERRA business to the next level. She says,“ My only regret was I didn’ t do this sooner. After my health setback, I wanted my life to be normal and easy. I wanted to go back to doing the things that I enjoyed. But there were so many things inside me, that I learned through my experiences, and I felt I needed to share.” Through her dōTERRA business, Amanda felt she was able to take her experience and channel it into helping others live healthier lives.
Amanda’ s husband, Kevin, was fully supportive of her decision, though he had doubts. She says,“ This was my driving force in the beginning. I needed to prove to myself and to Kevin that I could do something I loved each day and that it would replace my former paycheck.” She participated in Diamond Club twice and through lots of hard work was able to reach Diamond.
“ Since my health problem, I have come to believe that everything happens in life for a reason,” Amanda says,“ and we either take that experience and find the positives and make an impact, or we ignore the messages that life is giving us. I chose to listen and be a positive light in the world.”
HOW TO FIND BUILDERS
Build up sharers
“ I hit the rank of Diamond with me building dōTERRA full time with my team of beautiful sharers. I believe all we need is a group of people who want to share and find others that want to share. I always ask people to share and host a class and offer the opportunity to make at least a little money, and if they want, more.”
Invest and inspire
“ I believe strong leaders will emerge if you keep investing in them and inspiring them to dream. It’ s my job to keep putting myself out there to find those people, connect, and build relationships so they want to do what I do. It brings me so much joy to see my leaders in their element of joy and loving what they are doing.”
Support action
“ I pour my heart and time into those who are taking action at any given moment and support these people to reach their goals. It motivates them to keep going, while allowing others the rest or time they need. It also keeps me working within a realm of positive energy. I don’ t feel like I am pushing or forcing people.”
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