Leadership Magazines Issue 17 Scott & Rhonda Ford | Page 56
NEW dōTERRA DIAMONDS
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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
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“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
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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.
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