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FITTING IT IN NEW dōTERRA DIAMONDS Cade & Dominique King KETCHIKAN, ALASKA, USA, “It’s not one thing that gets you to Diamond, it’s all the little things. Just be consistent in doing them.” Abundantly Full D ominique King had been in a previous business with Peggy Smith and Kristi Zastrow that she participated in more as a hobby. When that business went under, 1 2 3 4 DON’T BE TOO HARD ON YOURSELF. “I get really OK with not being OK. I try not to be too hard on myself. If I don’t get one thing done, then there will be another thing that I do get done. As long as I’m getting something done, I’m moving forward and I’m hanging in there.” ACCEPT THAT THINGS WON’T GET DONE. “I officially only work two days a week, so I can’t get everything that I want to do done. I just fit it all into the cracks. I make my to-do list and I never give up working on it, even if things don’t go my way or I don’t make all my goals.” DO WHAT YOU LOVE. “You’ll find things that you love and that fill you up, then you’ll find the things that aren’t easy for you. You can either find a team member that’s good at those things or you can consider hiring someone for help.” HAVE REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS. “You can’t compare yourself to people who gave up their life to make this a yearlong commitment to work their tails off if you can’t do that or don’t want to. That’s still OK. You just can’t expect the same results when you’re not making the same commitment—but you can still expect results.” both Peggy and Kristi got involved with dōTERRA. Kristi signed Dominique up and sent her a kit. That kit sat on Dominique’s counter for a long time. She gradually started sharing the essential oils she had with others, and was amazed when people kept coming back for more. Finally, Kristi invited Dominique to come with her on a trip she had won to Mexico— if she also went with her to the dōTERRA convention. Dominique went and was impressed with how well the owners were able to answer the questions that she had. worked this business full time, but God like a lofty goal. She says, “Now I really plane, she is now able to work with a has blessed me even without that.” believe they’re going to accomplish that. successful team of great people. She This year when I got to actually go down says, “Sometimes I can’t believe that this that carpet, I realized that dreams do is even my job. Where else can you work come true. I didn’t even realize that I with people that you love and that have was putting that idea out there and now the same passion and goals as you? it’s a reality.” It’s pretty exciting. I love my team, and I Dominique used to joke with her kids that one day she would be Diamond and they would walk down the carpet with her, and they would all laugh. She also remembers attending her first convention and hearing the owners say She is still amazed that though she they wanted to one day be a household started out in a small town on an island name, and she thought that seemed in Alaska, only accessible by boat or couldn’t do it without their support.” She is grateful to be living her passion and be a part of a vision for empowering and lifting people to be their best. She says, “After being at that conference, I realized I was all in, because of the answers that I got about where the company was going, what their vision for it was, and also because of the things that I learned about the power of the essential oils.” That convention created a passion inside of Dominique, and gradually she got more and more involved in growing a team and a business. As a homeschooling mom and a pastor’s wife, Dominique always wanted to make sure that God and family came first. She learned how to fit her dōTERRA business into the cracks in her life. She says, “I have to be really intentional. I think sometimes people get discouraged because they think they have to have it all together or be working full time to do this. I’ve never 10 dōTERRA ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP I MARCH/APRIL 2015 “There’s always going to be some down times. Your job is to not give up. If you can persevere through all that, then you’re going to be successful.” www.doterra.com 11