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NEW dōTERRA DIAMOND
Megan Frasheski
STINSON BEACH, CALIFORNIA, USA
“If you want to move into
the higher ranks, you have
to become generous at
a greater level. Let go of
ownership, and find it in
your heart to help people.”
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hen Arin Ingraham introduced
Megan Frasheski to dōTERRA,
Megan was impressed by the lifestyle
she saw Arin living. Though she wasn’t
interested in the business, she bought
a kit and continued to order monthly.
She remained a product-user for three
years until everything changed at one
fated tax appointment.
THE
FRUITION OF
Megan’s photography business was
graphy business. I called Arin and said,
not doing well, and she was in debt and
‘I want to do dōTERRA. Tell me what to do.’”
working as a waitress to get by. She
and her partner were living in a guest
room sharing a twin-sized bed at the
already-crowded house of their friend.
When she went to file her taxes that
year, the accountant asked about her
dōTERRA business. Megan told her it
wasn’t a business, she just got occasional
bonuses. The accountant assured her
that she was getting paid and the IRS
would consider it a job. Megan says,
“I hadn’t thought about it that way.
I wasn’t conscious of the fact that I really
was making income from dōTERRA. I left
that day knowing I was retiring my photo-
Bring Out the
Leader in People
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Get to know them.
“I love getting to know
people and listening to
where they are. I often
believe in people when
they don’t even believe in
themselves yet.”
Very quickly, Megan saw that in order
to get to the level she wanted to in the
business, she couldn’t just rely on Arin.
She was going to have to become a
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Have patience with
them. “I’ve gained a
big level of patience for
people’s timing. You have
to just keep showing up
and supporting them,
and then they’ll reveal the
leader in themselves.”
leader for her team in the same way
Arin was for hers. She says, “I needed to
own the leadership of my organization
instead of placing it upon my upline.
Maybe I couldn’t answer every question,
but I could show up, listen to people, and
point them in the right direction. It wasn’t
about knowing all the answers; it was just
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Trust in their timing.
“It’s almost like
planting seeds. I’ve just
learned to trust that their
time will come when it’s
meant to come. Once
they’ve had their ‘aha
moment,’ they won’t go
back from that.”
about being willing and confident enough
to try.” She believed that she would be a
Diamond and that got her there.
Megan was in a low spot when she
started dōTERRA. She says, “Since
I’ve started building my business,
I’ve watched my income grow every
month, and I gained confidence that I
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Make them feel
needed. “When
someone decides they
want to do dōTERRA,
help them feel safe and
needed. Help them feel
faith that what they
have to offer is really
necessary.”
could do this on my own. That was an
empowering moment of my life to reach
a place where I could not only pay for
the roof over my head, but be generous
with others too.” Since hitting Diamond,
she’s discovered a new responsibility to
help others who were in the situation
she once was. “I realized this money isn’t
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just for me as my business has definitely
rescued a lot of people besides me.
This is the first time in my life where I
have all the tools to help people in every
instance. It’s been a fruition of everything
I’ve long asked for.”
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dōTERRA ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP I JULY / AUGUST 2015
“Showing intention, love, and care
to others will always come back to you.”
Recognize their
talents. “Identify their
own unique abilities as
leaders. Help them see
that those qualities that
make them unique are
really their brilliance
as a leader.”
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