Leadership Magazines doTERRA Issue 39A Hsiung | Page 5

“On the path to Presidential Diamond, we are constantly exposed to new knowledge of essential oils and innovative ideas; as a result, we have to understand and experience the products ourselves so that we can share with and coach others. As a leader, if you practice what you preach, you will find yourself turning a stumbling block into a stepping stone.”—Steven Hsiung the aromatherapy industry—we thought we knew essential How have you learned to balance running oils very well. After we started our dōTERRA business, though, your business and taking care of your family? we realized there was much to learn and much treasure for us It takes great effort to balance family and business; however, to hunt. We started taking essential oil lessons from dōTERRA because Monica and I share the same goal and our children and learned everything from the very beginning. are understanding, it’s easier to achieve our dream. Both of us reached a consensus that we need to have great teamwork How do you and your spouse work together in the business? A successful career requires devotion from both sides of a married couple. We bring our skills and talents into full play and deliver high levels of business performance. For us, I am in charge of operation and Monica focuses on essential oil lessons. Monica plays an important role in our career. She started from knowing nothing about essential oils, so she put a lot of effort into translating related information, taking notes, attending seminars, and getting certifications. Monica has shared her knowledge of essential oils selflessly and also applied her knowledge to product training sessions. She wants to draw people closer to essential oils so that everyone will get to know the benefit of essential oils. Monica and I have great teamwork; while I am in charge of business development in each city, Monica takes care of after-sales service and education sessions for team members. when it comes to business and family. When our children need us, we make time for them. Generally speaking, Monica spends more time with our children; however, when our business partners need Monica, I am the one who takes care of the kids. Our children are all currently studying abroad, so the whole family makes time for each other by having at least one video chat each week in order to bond. Some people don’t want to reach Presidential Diamond because of how hard and stressful it seems. What are the benefits of this rank? Why should someone want to reach it? How can we show our partners a bright future if we, as team leaders, aren’t able to achieve our goal? We have been leading many partners during this whole time; we push forward to reach our goal and make new records so that we can show our partners if we can do it, they can also achieve their goal. For us, there is no end. There is always a new goal awaiting us to fulfill and conquer. We have sessions every week: every Tuesday and Wednesday is an essential oils sharing session, Thursday is an online education session, Friday is a training session with dōTERRA, and Saturday is for meetings. If you work alone, you will have to make good use of team resources so that you will be more productive. We have made it a habit to read every day and share information regarding essential oils and dōTERRA news and updates with our team members, thus providing inspiration to the whole team. Results not typical. Average earnings are less. See dōTERRA Opportunity and Earnings Disclosure Summary on doterra.com. Images by Tseng Ping Hung doterra.com 5