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first month. “I immediately hit the ground
Adam & Leah Graham
running,” she says. Though she was
pregnant with her first child, she didn’t
let that stop her and hit Silver the month
she gave birth. “I was a brand new mom
and I was overwhelmed having a child,
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ecause she felt overworked as a choir
teacher, Leah Graham quit her job
after getting married to her husband,
Adam. Later that year, a family friend
invited her to a dōTERRA class. By the
end of the class, Leah knew she wanted
essential oils in her life. She says, “Even
though I didn’t know anything about a
natural lifestyle—I didn’t even know what
organic meant—I knew dōTERRA essential
oils were what I was supposed to do next.”
Leah was interested in getting involved
with the business right away. She says,
“I’m used to being very busy, working hard,
having a challenge, and pouring myself
but I didn’t give up my business. I stayed
visible, I stayed consistent, and I didn’t let
my momentum fall.”
Leah was Silver for a year, then Gold for
a year, building a solid base underneath
her. She did Diamond Club to help the
members on her team who weren’t
getting any support, and ended with a
horrible last month. She says, “I had six
classes that month where either no one
enrolled or no one showed up. I was
at a really low point. I had to really dig
deep. I thought, ‘Why am I doing this? My
husband has a great job. We don’t even
It took her about six weeks to answer
that question, but eventually she
remembered how important it was to
her to do something wonderful with her
business. In particular, she wanted to be
“I had been getting caught up in things
and losing the joy in the journey. I had to
remember that if I can do something that
will change the rest of my life for
my family, then this is worth it.”
incentive trip with her husband and was
Wright for the first time. By the end, Leah
and I wasn’t doing anything else, so I
had committed to hitting Diamond in two
thought I might as well try.”
months, and at the time she was only
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Gold. But, she didn’t want to let Emily
down, so she did it. She knows it takes
another level of commitment to become
a Diamond. She says, “You have to be
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This year, Leah went on the Jamaica
working. I was so attracted to this company
“My husband is happy that I have
found something that I truly love.”
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able to help her mom retire. She says,
able to have a conversation with Emily
she could and paid for her LRP after the
DOING WHAT’S NECESSARY
need the money.’”
into something—and at that point I wasn’t
She started teaching as many classes as
“I’ve learned to encourage, champion, and cheerlead
my leaders’ dreams. That has brought joy into my
business because there’s so much celebration.”
willing to invest for two to three years
and then you can get the lifestyle you’ve
always dreamed of.”
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HOLD TEAM EVENTS. “You won’t make amazing money
if you aren’t putting in the work that is necessary. People will
say, ‘My business isn’t growing,’ or ‘I can’t find builders’ and
yet they’re not taking the time to do team events. Those team
events create culture and engagement.”
TRAVEL TO YOUR LEADERS. “You also need to make
the sacrifice to go visit the people you’ve enrolled in other
cities. Take a long weekend and go do a class for an out-of-town
team. Take people to dinner, get to know them, and put in
some vision.”
BALANCE FAMILY. “Almost every time I left for a class it was
in emotional upheaval because my daughter was bawling her
eyes out. With a toddler, I’m doing my business five minutes
here, 10 minutes there, during her nap time. It’s a challenge, but
I’ve just figured out how to make it work.”
MAKE THE INVESTMENT. “We haven’t been on a family
vacation in more than two years because instead we invested
to build our business. What is it worth to you if you can make
something fabulous with this business? You have to take
those extra steps.”
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