NEW dōTERRA DIAMONDS
Daniel & Isabel Calkins
FORT MILL, SOUTH CAROLINA, USA
Success through the Mess
I sabel Calkins was already a health
coach when she was introduced to dōTERRA ®. She believed in natural solutions; however, this was the first time she saw real results from essential oils. While she was excited about the product, she wasn’ t interested in the business side of dōTERRA; at the time Isabel was the family’ s main breadwinner, and her hands were already full with health coaching, her
career as a flight attendant, and the Calkins’ four adopted children.
Then, in 2014, interest in dōTERRA products brought Isabel to convention.
It was there that she realized that nothing stood between her and the success she saw other dōTERRA leaders achieving. Rank advancement and financial freedom were possible for her, too. She went home and decided to work toward Silver.
Meanwhile, after 25 years as a real estate broker and 18 years as a web-designer, Isabel’ s husband, Daniel, had developed an interest in network marketing opportunities. Up to this point, he mostly stayed home with the youngest child, who has social challenges. He got right onboard with helping Isabel with her dōTERRA business and was especially helpful with the numbers. After they reached Silver and then Gold, he looked at their back office and realized they had everything in place to go straight to Diamond.
However, due to an outcrop of challenges with their children, the Calkins family’ s final push to Diamond took longer than anticipated. Daniel says,“ Despite the struggle, we didn’ t quit the business because we had family problems. Everyone has those. Rather than continuing to grow at the rate we had been, we stayed where we
18 dōTERRA ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP I JULY / AUGUST 2018