Leadership Magazines Issue 17 Scott & Rhonda Ford | Page 56

NEW dōTERRA DIAMONDS A Josh & Season Johnson Beauty from Ashes t the end of 2013, Season Johnson’s two-year-old son, Kicker, had a serious health need. She says, “That diagnosis rocked our world. It was something I never would’ve imagined.” Within days, her sister brought her dōTERRA essen­tial oils and told her to try them. Though Season was a nutritional Eventually, this grew into Season phone and called someone else, starting a nonprofit in honor of because I wanted this to happen. Kicker. She says, “The foundation is I wasn’t going to wait for anyone.” educating families on helping their children thrive.” Then, a friend offered Season a ticket to the dōTERRA convention. Season thought it would be a good idea to learn more about She knew right away that she would hit Diamond before the next convention. She had closed her practice to care for her son so the checks that started coming in from dōTERRA were a the science behind essential oils. She huge blessing for their family—but really hoped that it wouldn’t end up that was not her true motivation. She but she was des­perate enough to being a convention about sales. She says, “I know what I’m capable of with give anything a try. says, “Of course, I went and it was the knowledge and information that incredible, inspiring, and educational. I have. I’m not going to doubt for a therapy practitioner, she didn’t know much about essential oils, Season saw amazing results with the essential oils, along with diet and alternative treatments she had always used. As she shared about their journey on social media, other families started reaching out to her for help with their children that had the same health need. Season says, “All of a sudden, I found myself on the phone all day long, between taking my son to appointments for I came back not only super empow­ ered with all this education, but I also now felt an obligation in my heart to get this information out there. I knew MAMMOTH LAKES, CALIFORNIA, USA “Because I had my own point of desperation with my son, I saw the desperate need that people have to get this information. How dare I keep this to myself?” second that I have the ability to reach thousands of families with dōTERRA.” She didn’t let anything stop her, and she reached Diamond in eight months. it could be such an instrumental tool “dōTERRA has made the suffering and in helping people.” the heartache of what we’ve gone through with our son not seem in vain,” Right after convention, she went Season says. “To have this opportunity home and called five people and invited them to join her in building a to educate other people and grow a successful business in the midst of health-care, talking to these families, dōTERRA bus­iness. All of them said what would otherwise be a pretty and sharing what we were using to yes. Season says, “If they would’ve devastating life season, has allowed help our son.” said no, I would’ve picked up the us to see beauty from the ashes.” TA K E I T I N TO YO U R H A N DS 56 GO FOR IT. TAKE CONTROL. DO WHAT YOU CAN. ALLOW AUTHENTICITY. INSPIRE OTHERS. “Don’t sit back and wait. Don’t get frustrated if you have a leg that maybe is not growing as fast, or a builder who is much slower moving that you can help.” “You can basically take complete control in your hands and in turn be educating and encouraging your builders to still be successful.” “Instead of sitting back and getting frustrated and deciding it would take me longer to hit Diamond, I decided to keep doing everything I can to reach my goal.” “I didn’t want to push my builders. I wanted them to grow their business at their own pace. I wanted them to feel authentic; they didn’t need to mimic what I was doing.” “Because I was taking it into my own hands and moved at the pace I wanted to move at, I in turn helped inspire some of my builders to move faster as well.” dōTERRA ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP I NOVEMBER NOVEMBER // DECEMBER DECEMBER 2015 2015 *Results not typical. Average earnings are less. See dōTERRA 2014 Opportunity and Earnings Disclosure Summary on doterratools.com. www.doterra.com 57