Leadership Magazines doTERRA Issue 39A Hsiung | Page 45

“My intention is to make a meaningful connection, spark some interest in the oils, and be there to guide folks along when they’re ready. I meet them where they are and hold space for them where they might go. If they’re not ready right away, and even when they are, I see it as the start of a relationship.”—Katie Hussong A bout five years ago, if you’d Katie finally made the leap. She so many more people now. I love have asked Katie what she most left the ER and began working as a working as a team because we get wanted, she’d have said “happiness, full-time health coach, but she also to build this beautiful community peace, freedom, connection, and started building a dōTERRA business. together. I can share my knowledge She scheduled her first official class and referrals freely, and my life as a at a local juice bar, and six people business builder is actually healthier— confirmed they’d come. But as the physically, emotionally, spiritually, class time crept closer, that number environmentally, and financially— started to drop. By the time she was now than it was as a full-time coach.” ® impactful, fulfilling work.” She was gearing up to leave her job as an ER nurse, and it had been a long time coming. “I knew I no longer belonged there, but it was scary to leave the safe and reliable thing. I was afraid to make the move, afraid to leap.” leaving her house to go teach, the only person left was the owner of the Around this same time, Katie pur­ shop. She wanted to just cancel and chased a kit. She couldn’t stop reading, reschedule the class, but her upline watching, and learning everything she wisely told her, “One is better than could about the oils and the business. none.” Katie took that advice to heart “I couldn’t get enough! I honestly and has carried it with her for the last believe my bottle of dōTERRA Serenity ® helped me make it through those last hard months working in the ER. I loved five years. “In this business, just like in life, every person matters.” For Katie, the path to Diamond has been full of personal growth, an incredible team, consistency (PIPES), willingness to get uncomfortable in the name of growth and service, and a strong belief in herself, her team, and the process. “I can only imagine what I’ll learn and how I’ll be asked to show up in a bigger way between now and using the oils myself, and the friends, Slowly but surely, Katie shifted her Blue Diamond—but I’m here for it, family, and clients I was sharing them health coaching work to health and I am so unbelievably grateful for with loved the oils too!” coaching via dōTERRA. “I find I reach this opportunity.” E V E R Y P E R S O N M AT T E R S When Katie Hussong was tempted to cancel a class that all but one person had dropped out of, her upline reminded her that “one is better than none.” What are some situations that discourage you? How can you keep in mind that every person matters when you’re sharing essential oils? Jot down your ideas here: Results not typical. Average earnings are less. See dōTERRA Opportunity and Earnings Disclosure Summary on doterra.com. doterra.com 45