person to spend way more time on their strengths. If they’re
to understand everything before they move forward, it can
able to focus their time on their strengths because they’ve got
sometimes hinder them from having the best education. You
support and structure around their weaknesses, they’re going
have to just get started.
to be able to be all the more productive and successful.
Paul: You have to go and make it happen. I say this all the
What were your biggest challenges as you were
reaching for Presidential Diamond?
Betsy: I think it’s easy at this level to start to get complicated with
things. It’s important to keep it simple. I had to scale myself
back a few times. Things always need to be duplicable. When
you become Blue or Presidential Diamond, you need to give
yourself permission to take a break. If the life you are projecting
to your team is that of a run-down, overworked, and tired
individual, that’s not going to make it appealing for people to
time to the rugby teams I coach: “If you’re going to make a
mistake, make it going 100 percent forward.” You can always
recover with momentum, but if you’re not making something
happen and you make a mistake, it’s going to hinder your
growth. You can’t make excuses. You can’t be worried about
what you don’t have. You have to take what you do have, move
forward, and make it happen.
What difference has dōTERRA made in your life?
Betsy: We both come from small, humble beginnings. I was
try to reach that rank. The challenge is to find out how you
born in one of the poorest counties in the state of Ohio and
can enjoy your work and have boundaries so you can enjoy
lived in a trailer. Paul was born in Beirut, Lebanon, and lived
your rest as well. You may have a crazy schedule at this stage,
there until he was adopted by South African missionaries
but we need to find a way to live that schedule well so we’re
when he was eight years old. He spent his childhood in a
teaching our team that it’s worth it to be at this level. There
war-torn country; his house was blown up while he was in it.
should be motivation to get to this level, because that means
We met while I was teaching English and he was visiting his
the people on your team have reached a higher level as well.
parents in Lebanon. When we found dōTERRA, our home
was in foreclosure and we were in a massive amount of debt.
What advice would you give to a new business builder?
We’ve learned to take all the things that have happened in our
Betsy: Just get started. The best thing you can do with
lives and be grateful for how they’ve shaped us. Our eyes have
dōTERRA is to learn as you go. Don’t wait until you know
been opened to difficulty in other people’s lives and how we
everything, because your education is waiting for you in the
can be a solution for them and not just bystanders. We know
next class you’re about to teach. Sometimes it takes teaching
that people can overcome difficulties. We know that people
a class or sharing with someone to fully grasp and understand
can become better people through challenges. I think we’ve
the opportunity that is before you. I think if people are waiting
proved through our lives that anyone can be successful.
Give Back
The Blessing:
“I think people have the
assumption that the
blessing of being this rank
is all in the money. It’s more
the growth you receive
as a person and the time
and financial freedom to
be able to give of yourself
to something you really
believe in. That’s why we
created giveoils.org.”
The Dream:
“I’ve always traveled and
done work overseas helping
people, and I get to do
that more now than I ever
thought I would be able
to. It’s amazing how many
times a year we’re able to
go overseas and work with
the people we love. We’re
blessed to be a blessing.”
Learn more at giveoils.org.
The Cause:
“We kept coming across
the need for oils in other
countries. We had no way
on our own to give all of our
own oils all of the time, so
we had the idea to bring
other people into that
through giveoils.org. Now,
we’re able to give so much
more than we would
have ever been able to
on our own.”
The Motivation:
“The heart of why we
even wanted to be at this
level is to have the ability
to influence and make a
positive difference in the
world. I think we have more
to offer the world now
than we ever did before
because of the refinement
process we’ve been able to
experience.”
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