Leadership Magazines Leadership Magazine Issue 12 | Page 56

NEW dōTERRA DIAMONDS Nathan & Mindy Spradlin “BE POSITIVE, GO FORWARD, AND DON’T CLAIM DEFEAT AS SOON AS IT HAPPENS.” FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE, USA FIND THE TIME M indy Spradiln’s sister, Mary Crimmins, is also a Diamond and signed Mindy up for dōTERRA as a Christmas present two years ago. Mindy TIPS FOR SHARING BE INTENTIONAL. “Especially if you’re a mom that’s home a lot with your kids and not out there interacting with people on a daily basis, you have to be very intentional about connecting with people.” UTILIZE SOCIAL MEDIA. “It’s free and easy to connect with a lot of people in a short amount of time. Educate yourself on social media and know what the options are. Know how to effectively use them. You can learn about it right from your couch.” TAKE ACTION. “I hear people talk about the things they want to do, the people they want to reach out to, and the events they want to have. The rubber has to meet the road. Be willing to take action and actually do the things you want to do.” IGNORE WHAT PEOPLE THINK. “I knew that there were going to be people that were going to think what I was doing was stupid. I had to come to the realization that I didn’t care. I was changing my life and helping my family and if people thought it was dumb, then so be it.” didn’t know Mary was signing her up, and she didn’t know anything about essential oils. When the need arose within her family, she found them to be effective and from there she wanted to learn more. Her sister was already enthusiastic about the business aspect of dōTERRA, but Mindy wasn’t interested. She says, “I didn’t have time. I was a stay-at-home mom of four, I ran another business out of my home, and my husband was in paramedic school and working two jobs.” Though they were in financial need, Mindy didn’t see dōTERRA as the solution. After a few months of using and casually sharing the oils, Mindy agreed to hold a class, which was successful enough to cause her to reevaluate the business opportunity. She says, “I knew people wanted the oils and wanted to share them with their friends, so I thought I might as well make money off of it. From that point “I love running my own business, and it’s great to realize I can do that and take care of my family.” forward, I dove in 100 percent.” Once she done. When I began, I felt like I had zero the way she wanted. She says, “Things dōTERRA, he only has to work one job, saw the potential, she got serious about it time, but what I found is if you’re serious are inevitably going to fall off and you’re and on his days off is able to spend time enough about something and you want going to drop the ball somewhere, but with the family and fully support Mindy it to happen, you have enough time.” be willing to say, ‘I can still do this,’ pick in her business. Mindy is excited to be and hasn’t stopped since. Going into the business as a very busy stay-at-home mom, Mindy discovered the art of finding hidden time. She says, “The time is there, you just have to figure She also found it was important to give up the pieces, and continue on.” up the idea of everything being perfect. Mindy’s husband, Nathan, was relatively She couldn’t expect herself to hold a neutral about dōTERRA in the beginning, able to show her children that she can be a devoted mother and pursue what she’s passionate about at the same but attending convention ended up time. “My eyes are