Leadership Magazines Leadership Magazine Issue 16 | Page 44

NEW dōTERRA DIAMOND Pramela Thiagesan My children walked every Diamond step with me. They are not just my family, they’re my business partners. Being the Difference B ecause she grew up in Singapore, Pramela Thiagesan has always used essential oils. When a friend needed a ride to a dōTERRA class, Pramela offered to take her. At the class, Pramela won a free bottle of Wild Orange. She says, “When I opened it and took my first whiff, everything in my brain just came to life.” She went home and compared it to her collection of oils, and she could tell that dōTERRA was different. abuse, and she and her two young Though Pramela wanted to purchase a kit immediately, she couldn’t afford even the cheapest kit. She was living in transitional living for victims of domestic and tax. She was so defeated she cried. children were categorized as homeless. But, she made getting oils a priority and started taking some of the few things she owned to the consignment store to sell them. After a month, she had $150 to buy a Family Physician Kit. She called customer service to place her order and her card was declined. She only had exactly enough money for the cost of the kit, but not for the shipping fees Her daughter offered to sell her toys to get the extra money they needed. This inspired Pramela to keep trying. Soon after, they were able to afford the Family Physician Kit. As Pramela began to use the oils, people around her noticed a difference and asked how they could get them too. Not fully aware of the compensation plan, Pramela thought that telling people about the wholesale account instead of retail would mean that she was losing out on income, but she helped her friends sign up anyway. When she received a check a week later that covered the cost of her oils, she was shocked. She started working to make enough to pay for rent and move out of transitional living. Then, she thought if she could just make $2,000 a month, she would be set. She reached that goal within four months. “After that, it stopped being about the money and it became about helping other people earn what they needed.” She soon realized that she had become a part of something bigger than herself. Pram knows that she could not have achieved anything without the support and encouragement of her children. Sometimes they couldn’t afford gas to drive to a class, so they would walk through Wisconsin winters to get there—and her children found ways to make it fun and enjoyable. She says, “My children don’t remember our hardships with anything but pride and victory because of the abundance and the blessings that we embody in our life right now.” Today, she can hardly comprehend all that she has received. She says, “Last month, my check was $13,000. If anyone had asked me what I needed to feel stable, comfortable, and powerful in my life, $13,000 is not the amount I would have come up with—it would have been a lot less.” Now, she is putting her money back into supporting the domestic abuse programs that once supported her. “dōTERRA has enabled me to actualize my childhood dream of being the reason why someone’s life could be different. There’s no way I could have done this without dōTERRA.” Becoming a Leader DUPLICATE ABUNDANCE “I didn’t start my business by looking for builders. I wanted to bless the lives of others with the benefits of the oils. Through usage, others experienced their lives transform, and they got bonuses to be able to afford the oils. This then rippled into financial abundance, so they turned around and became excited about being able to bless ot