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S ND “We aspire to train our team so that they can be more successful than we are.” –Austin O R R Austin & Amber Nordstrom NEW dōTE NEW dōTERRA DIAMONDS A DIA M LONGVIEW, WASHINGTON, uSA AN AMAZING GIFT W hen her family was in need, Amber Nordstrom finally decided to call the “crazy oil lady.” “Focus on yourself and all that you can do. Support your team wherever they’re at, and fill in the gaps until they’re ready to rise up to their full potential.” –Amber Amber used the essential oils as instructed and was amazed by how quickly they worked. She started researching dōTERRA and experimenting with the oils, and before she knew it she was in love. Amber says, “I’m the type of person where if I like something, I talk about it. The whole world will know.” The business, she says, happened by default. She started inviting her friends and family to attend the regular dōTERRA classes that took place in her area until she eventually felt ready to hold classes of her own. Even then, she hoped her helping Amber build a website that Amber does, however, encourage her that as they learn and retain, they’ll soon she can send people to for answers new builders to bother her as much as be off building their businesses on their to their questions. Austin says, “That they want with their questions because own—but she wants them to come to website has really provided a place she knows that was how she found her for help first. She says, “That way where people can go to learn some of success. She says, “I think I got to Silver I can support them in whatever they the basic things, so we don’t have to as quickly as I did because I was the girl need so I can help them get the success spend all our time doing that ourselves. who would not shut up. I had questions, they want and deserve.” My wife used to be on the phone all day and I had to know the answers, because answering questions, and that website I had people to help.” She wants her has freed her up a ton.” team to do the same thing. She knows 3 KEYS TO SUCCESS upline, Jessica Iddings, would teach them for her. Amber says, “She literally taught one class for me then made me teach the rest myself. It actually turned out to be a win-win, because I ended up loving it. It also helped me grow faster, because I could teach whenever I was available.” Her husband, Austin, was willing to let his wife run her own business, but wasn’t interested himself until he had his own experience with the products. Today, he gets excited that he sometimes knows something his wife doesn’t about essential oils. He’s gotten involved by 24 dōTERRA ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP I WINTER 2014 Enthusiasm. “I think people are drawn to enthusiasm and sincerity. When I’m passionate about something, people can feel my enthusiasm from rooms away.” Integrity. “When you’re a trustworthy person, people really listen to what you have to say. I feel like I’m a person who is authentic, so it gave me a platform to share.” Excitement. “Being excited is second nature to me. When you jump on others’ excitement to use or share dōTERRA, it grows and you have consistency in your organization.” www.doterra.com 25