NEW dōTERRA DIAMONDS
Mark & Alicia Haugstad
EAGLE RIVER, ALASKA, USA
Relationship Focused
A
fter years of trying to find a
she had. Soon she was able to make
She says, “My whole team was more
solution to her health problems,
“As long as you are holding
classes and getting oils into
people’s hands, you are doing
the basics of the business. Just
go out there and share your little
heart out.”
enough money to cover the cost of her
excited that I was pregnant than that
Alicia Haugstad was introduced to
oils, and within a year was able to quit
I hit Diamond. They knew how much
dōTERRA by a coworker who wasn’t even
her full-time job.
I wanted to be a mom, so they forgot
a Wellness Advocate. Having never tried
essential oils, Alicia did her research
online, found a friend on Facebook she
could enroll under, and ended up buying
a Premium Essentials Kit. She says,
“It was a huge leap of faith, but I was
so convinced and so desperate that I
wasn’t going to just dabble in them. I was
Alicia never made it a point to hit
Diamond, but rather focused on
relationships and educating her team.
Diamond had seemed like a far off
dream to her, and she was surprised at
how quickly she achieved it. She says,
“I kept it in the back of my mind and then
about the rank. That’s what it’s all
about—caring about people instead
of status.”
She is amazed at how everything has
seemed to work out in the perfect
timing. Her husband went from working
700 miles away in the oil fields for two
in.” She was amazed at how well they
just helped people reach their goals and
worked, and from there couldn’t keep
it happened. My team just flourished.
her mouth shut about them. She had to
I think that makes it easier to get there
get the oils into everyone’s hands.
than when you’re constantly pushing.”
As Alicia began sharing and giving oils
Alicia’s team is so relationship-focused
says, “It’s amazing that after two years
away, her husband, Mark, was skeptical
that they don’t always just talk about
of working so hard and giving to other
of whether they could afford such
the business, but they are involved in
people, now I can take a step back and
generosity. Then Alicia started helping
each other’s lives. After years of trying
be a mom. This has changed my life in
people get their own accounts, happy to
to have a child, Alicia found out she
so many ways. I couldn’t say that one is
help them get the same discount
was pregnant the day she hit Diamond.
bigger than the other.”
weeks a month to working in town, and
she will now be able to work from home
as a new mother with a residual income
that is sustainable on its own. She
AREAS OF FOCUS
RELATIONSHIPS. “This is a relationship business, and those that value relationships with other people and
serving others will get much farther and get more out of the business than they would if they focused only
on the business.”
EDUCATION. “It’s super important to educate people on how to use the oils and incorporate them into their lives.
I definitely value teaching product classes far more than I value business classes, because the oils are lifechanging and learning the business just comes with being in dōTERRA. ”
SUSTAINABILITY. “When structuring, I always take relationships into account before business decisions. I keep
families and friends together, and I’ve found that in the long run that ends up being far more sustainable.
If you can’t build a sustainable organization, then you’re going to be constantly working harder than you need to.”
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