Leadership Magazines doTERRA Issue 33 Barrus | Page 54

NEW dōTERRA DIAMOND “Dream big, learn to push through, and never give up. Focus on the needs of the person in front of you before your own, and love and serve others. The rest will fall into place.” Melanie Maitre BEND, OREGON, USA T SO MUCH TO EXPLORE hough Melanie Maitre had some In fact, even though I had a positive she was later inspired to make her previous experience in network experience, I bought the kit mostly business more than a hobby. “I marketing, she was deeply involved in to support Carey. Essential oils were remember Jessica asking what I would running her real estate business when completely new to me and something I do with a couple hundred dollars a Carey Brown invited her to a dōTERRA ® was pretty skeptical of.” month. I answered that I would get class Jessica Iddings was teaching. At the time, Melanie was facing several health challenges and was surprised Over time, however, Melanie’s love of oils grew. She started a dōTERRA my oils and some coffee runs paid for. Then she upped the amount to $2,000, which would be a start to contribute to by how she felt after experiencing business as a hobby, and people from dōTERRA Breathe and drinking her office would come to her for help higher and went up to $30K or more Lemon in her water. Still, she says of with a variety of health concerns. a month. I said, ‘No one needs that the experience, “When my now-upline “Some actually nicknamed me the much money.’” Jessica agreed, then leader Carey invited me, I just assumed Florence Nightingale of Oils,” she says told Melanie that was when her “Why” it was just like all those home parties. with a laugh. With some direction, would become bigger than herself. ® my family income. She continued to go At that moment, Melanie decided that she was all in. Skills that Melanie had learned from her real estate business kept her going with her dōTERRA business, even when she faced challenges. “I got into real estate back when the market crashed,” she THREE WAYS TO SHARE THE BUSINESS 1 says. “People thought I was