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ND R R O dōTE Ryan & Janessa Salsbery S NEW NEW dōTERRA DIAMONDS A DIA M BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, uSA “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” –Maya Angelou B E AT T H E every single day, I’m having the time of NERVES my life, and it is very easy to share with people. You don’t sell anything here.” From there her team grew, and Janessa and Ryan have had amazing support from their team, especially in times of crisis. When Janessa was 23 weeks pregnant with her third child, her water broke unexpectedly. “We stayed in the hospital for nine and a half weeks before the baby was born, and then the baby was in the NICu for five weeks. I let my dōTERRA team know they could still call me to ask questions and take my mind off things. They did more: they prayed and sent messages and gifts. They really kept us going, along with our family and community. I remember feeling panic because I couldn’t work, but we realized what we’d been working so hard for when it all paid off while I was lying in the hospital. Ryan was trying For new builders, sometimes the most nerve-wracking thing can simply be teaching a class. Janessa advises: 1 GET STARTED. “Just go for it. You do not need to know everything. If your heart is in the right place, people will know. I help my team get the basic tools that they need and I tell them to keep it simple.” 2 3 BE HONEST. “It’s okay to be vulnerable and admit when you first get started, ‘I’m new, I’m kind of nervous, but I want to help people.’ Right there you’ve opened it up and people will be more open to you because of that.” FOCUS ON SERVICE. “I don’t care if they buy anything. They can leave the checkbook at home. I just want to teach them and if they choose to purchase, wonderful.” to keep everything alive at home, and we still got paid.” Create the Future A s a licensed massage therapist, Janessa began feeling frazzled. “Ryan somebody to pop out of the woodwork Janessa Salsbery fell in love with came home one night and said, ‘Why like I did and just want to do it and the quality of dōTERRA essential oils don’t you quit massaging and just do help people. I still felt uncomfortable and noticed what a difference they dōTERRA? That’s what you love.’ And it with even mentioning a tidbit about made for her clients. However, she and was true. I had so much fun doing it, so I decided to do it fulltime.” her that she needed to mention the passionate about the oils when they used them on their son, and saw almost immediate results. Janessa decided she needed to help other people learn about the oils, so she began researching and teaching classes. Between teaching classes and still trying to do massage, 28 of dōTERRA. “I’ve never gotten off the phone or an email and been irritated with anyone in dōTERRA. I feel like it’s just a wonderful community of people that all have the same mission. I would the business.” Peggy Smith convinced her husband Ryan became the most Janessa loves the positive atmosphere dōTERRA ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP I WINTER 2014 Fear kept Janessa from mentioning the business aspect of dōTERRA to people, which kept her team from growing. After a while of building the business on her own, she told Peggy Smith that she wasn’t attracting any leaders. “I expected business and helped her word a phrase that she uses at the end of every class. She says simply, “If you know anyone that would like to get their oils for free, earn a little extra income, or replace their income like me, this is the best job in the whole world. I get to help people like to thank the owners for creating that environment and for giving us the opportunity to work with it.” “Direct sales products seem to hit the market fast and then fizzle out because they are just onetime purchases. But dōTERRA is not a one-time shot—people experience the benefits of using essential oils and they come back for more.” –Ryan www.doterra.com 29