NEW dōTERRA DIAMONDS
Alana & Kyle Wilson
RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, USA
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Diamond on Deployment
iamond on deployment” flashed on I couldn’t stay in this lukewarm area. Alana determined challenges were
Alana Wilson’s screen during Kyle’s That’s when I decided to be radical not going to derail her dreams. “I’m
service in the Middle East. Months about changing who I am to become the kind of person when I make a
earlier, they had set a goal to reach the kind of leader who is Gold, decision to do something, I’m pretty
Diamond within the following year. Platinum, Diamond, and beyond. I had serious about it. I jumped in and
to grow myself to grow my business.” went for it.” She dove headfirst into
Then suddenly, Kyle was leaving in a
month. “It’s over. We’re not going to do
it,” Alana thought. “For 24 hours, I had Before starting their family, both Alana
a major pity party. And then I decided and Kyle served in the US Air Force. “In
I’m not going to put my dreams on hold the military, things are always changing.
because the military decides they need Once you get settled, the military shakes
Kyle in the Middle East. We sat down it up again,” Alana describes. Because of
as a family and decided to shoot for all the moving, she’s had to learn how to
Diamond anyway.” function on her own without local upline
This was Alana’s goal because, after
spending two years at Silver, she felt
stuck in the business. “I was so focused
help. She did Diamond Club three times
despite the challenge of lacking local
family support. The first time Alana did
personal development and utilizing all
her resources. Kyle worked tirelessly
behind the scenes helping with BOGOs,
even while he was deployed overseas.
“It was so cool he was doing everything
he could to help, even though he
couldn’t be here,” Alana says gratefully.
Their six-year-old daughter asked every
day if they hit Diamond, and declared,
“When we hit it, I’m going to scream!”
Diamond Club, her mom stayed with Finally, on the last day of the month,
them to babysit their daughter. “The the Wilsons’ dream came true, and
next two times, I brought my daughter their daughter screamed excitedly. “We
to stay with my mom. So even though got everyone involved, and, incredibly,
a leader,” she explains. “I had these we were living in South Dakota, we hit Diamond about six weeks after my
huge goals, but was heartbroken were separated as a family because my husband left. It was exhausting, but an
because I was so stuck. So, I was either husband was in Mississippi, my daughter amazing feeling to see our team and
doing something radical to change was in Washington, and I was traveling all leaders hit their goals and change so
my business, or I was done because over the place to make this work.” many lives!”
on skillsets, being a good teacher of
essential oils, and supporting people,
that I didn’t know how to be a leader.
I didn’t have confidence in myself as
C H A S E A F T E R T H I N G S T H AT S C A R E Y O U
“When people are stuck or are having a hard time, it comes down to fear. Deep down fears
that we’re not good enough or we can’t put ourselves out there and possibly get rejected.
Someone really awesome told me that ‘fear should be your compass.’ When something
scares us, we normally run away from whatever it is. Instead, we need to use fear as a
compass and run toward it because that’s where you’ll grow and have a break-through
that’s going to change your business. Your business will grow when you chase after things
that scare you.” —Alana Wilson
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dōTERRA ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP I JULY / AUGUST 2019
Images by Cora Carroll Photography