Leadership Magazines doTERRA Issue 33 Barrus | Page 70

NEW dōTERRA DIAMONDS David & Abigial Gonzales SPRING, TEXAS, USA W Golden Time of Growth hen one of her childhood friends pursuing the dōTERRA business and Abigail and David have worked as a invited her to a dōTERRA ® class, asked if Abigail would be interested in team to build their business, each filling Abigail Gonzales decided to attend, doing the same. As Abigail remembers, different roles to ensure that their even though she didn’t know much she replied, “I might as well!” business life and family life can both class, Abigail began using DigestZen ® Her propensity for teaching and love for on the finances, media, networking, and had her first real experience with the oils made for a smooth transition and leadership development, while an essential oil product. According to into the business side of dōTERRA for Abigail does most of the education and Abigail, using DigestZen transformed Abigail. She says, “I started to share product training. They trade off with her life and the way that she thought and build because I knew people traveling so that one of them can always about essential oils. needed these oils. dōTERRA gave me be home with their four children. about essential oils. After attending the In college, Abigail was a dance major and has spent her life dancing and teaching dance all over Texas. She went on to get her Pilates certification and has been able to teach a variety of fitness classes. Because teaching and wellness were already two of her passions, it was easy for Abigail to share essential oils with others. While she started out as an enthusiastic customer, she says that she became a dōTERRA business builder without even realizing it because she loved inviting the ability to live a life I never thought was possible. There is way too much potential to bless people and not to do so would have been entirely selfish and not worthy of this gift given to us.” As Abigail advanced in rank with dōTERRA, eventually her husband, David, would come to be a big part of her business. Together, the Gonzales family worked to build up their dōTERRA business and align their purposes with the dōTERRA mission. Abigail says, work properly. David works primarily While Abigail has had major support from her husband and her team, things “The dōTERRA business opportunity has the potential to bring freedom and blessings into people's lives. The business model is incredibly strong, and the company stands for things that we can align with.” were not always easy on the road to Diamond. After several setbacks, Abigail was able to reach Diamond on her third attempt; however, she cherishes the difficult circumstances that allowed her to rise to this challenge. When thinking back on her journey to Diamond she says, “We needed those experiences so that