Leadership Magazines Leadership Magazine Issue 10 | Page 78

ND R R O dōTE John & Amanda Olsen S NEW NEW dōTERRA DIAMONDS A DIA M Choose Your Path Meridian, Idaho, USA A manda Olsen joined dōTERRA for the business opportunity. She knew the best kit to buy for building a business was the Diamond Kit, but the largest kit she could afford was the Family Physician Kit. She says, “Even that, honestly, was a huge stretch for us. I hadn’t spent $150 on something for as long as I could remember.” For a long time, all their focus had been on paying their rent and utilities and everything extra went by the wayside—including Christmas gifts, haircuts, and light bulbs. Keeping up with her monthly Loyalty Rewards order was even harder, but Amanda and her husband, John, stuck to their commitment and didn’t quit. They viewed their dōTERRA business as an investment and learned to respect the process. Amanda says, “Today, our dōTERRA paychecks have absolutely changed our lives and given us a different future than the path we were on. We now have a path full of choices that we never thought we’d have.” Before finding dōTERRA, the Olsens felt inspired to start living a cleaner, healthier lifestyle. After that, Amanda found Robyn Openshaw through Facebook and invited her to host a natural health class at her home. She began working part-time for Robyn as an event planner, but she and her husband continued to struggle financially. When Robyn told Amanda she was joining dōTERRA and offered to put her on her 78 dōTERRA ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP I FALL 2014