PRESIDENTIAL DIAMONDS
Congratulations on Reaching Presidential Diamond
Christian & Jill Winger
CHEYENNE, WYOMING, USA
There was also the temptation to just hang out at Blue
Diamond—we had a great salary, we were comfortable,
and we got a lot of perks. Then I started to see my leaders
subconsciously capping themselves. They only wanted to get
to Blue Diamond, and I realized it was because they couldn’t
visualize getting past my point. I saw that I had to keep growing
as well in order to keep them motivated.
What was it like to have Christian come home from his job?
Jill: Christian quit his traditional employment when we were
Blue Diamond. Everyone in dōTERRA holds up getting your
spouse to come home as the ultimate goal. It was exciting and
fun, but I was surprised the day he came home by how scared I
was, even though we had a great salary and our team was super
secure. We were in uncharted territory. I had to learn how to
trust the process and trust what we built.
Jill: I never would have imagined when we got married 10 years
ago that we would both be full time with our family. We had
such a small vision back then of what life was capable of being.
Looking at where it is now—it’s completely changed everything
for the better.
We’ve had our dreams realized, so just to hang out and hide in
our little homestead and never share what we have and think
we’ve done enough is not fair to the people around us who
really need this. Our focus now is teaching people to do what
we’ve done, and that’s so rewarding.
Christian: You tend to think of your traditional job as a security
blanket. When you’re an entrepreneur, you have to be willing to
take a risk, but once you quit your day job, your security blanket
is gone. It just brings it home that this is real now. Our business
is what we’re depending on. We’ve had to really own that this is
a business, not a hobby. This is what we do. This is why we get
out of bed in the morning.
How do you work together in the business?
Jill: How we work together is a little different than some couples
in dōTERRA. Christian is more of a support in our business.
He helps with mentoring, especially when I get stuck, and he
travels with me and helps with the kids as well. He still has a lot of
projects that he works on his own, especially with our homestead.
We had clear conversations and outlined roles before Christian
came home. It was really important to him that he didn’t feel
like he was going to be the laundry doer, the dishwasher,
and the diaper changer. He’s always been the breadwinner
and a really hard worker, and he needed to know that he
was still contributing and that he was a really valuable part of
the team. So, we talked a lot about how we could share the
responsibilities so he wouldn’t get dumped with the house
chores. We actually kept our babysitter even when he came
home from work, just so we would have those clear delineations
of what his roles were. We still had concentrated work times for
both of us so the childcare wouldn’t automatically get all shoved
on him. Having our clear roles defined ahead of time played a
huge role in our success when he came ho me.
At this stage, what motivates you to continue building
your business?
What advice would you give to someone who is trying to
reach Presidential Diamond?
Jill: We had to really level up our personal development to
get to Presidential Diamond. Reaching Diamond was about
enrollments and working with volume, but for Presidential
Diamond we had to develop ourselves into leaders and
mentors. We had to do a lot of self-examination and figure
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out what was holding us back and how we were transferring
that subconsciously to our leaders. We had to dive deeper into
our team and learn how to motivate our leaders and work with
them more effectively. I discovered I had some limiting beliefs
around success. I thought that if we got to Presidential Diamond
that our lives would be crazier or that people would think of us
differently. It was something I had to overcome before I could
push forward wholeheartedly.
Christian: This has made things bigger. We’re from such a
small town in Wyoming, we got used to doing things here. We
were operating on our own little island and it was easy to forget
about the rest of the world. Now that we’ve seen the impact
dōTERRA can have, we’ve learned to think bigger. It’s brought
things to the forefront of my brain that I never would have
thought of before.
*Results not typical. Average earnings are less. See dōTERRA Opportunity and Earnings Disclosure Summary on doterra.com.
Time Management for
Presidential Diamonds
Set the example.
“We’ve had to learn how to manage our time better to
more effectively show our team how to manage their time.
Before I quit my job, they saw that we were successful, and
they saw that we were super busy. We never had time for
anything and we were always running 100 miles an hour.”
–Christian
Stick to a schedule.
“Next thing you know, everyone on our team was trying
to mimic us. They thought that was what it took to be
successful. We realized that was not what we wanted, for
our lives or theirs. So, we learned to set a schedule just like
we would in a traditional job.” –Christian
Know your seasons.
“Getting particular with our time management was a
big part of what took us from Diamond to Presidential
Diamond. In this business, you have to go through some
periods of imbalance and that’s OK, as long as they’re
for a season.” –Jill
Mature your business.
“I used to want to work 24 hours a day. I was always
available. People could call, email, or text me at any hour
of the day and I would respond within five minutes. It was
fine for that period. It got me to Diamond and created a lot
of growth, but as the business has matured, I’ve had to
change that.” –Jill
Create a steady pace.
“Now, I schedule dōTERRA days, I schedule days to work in
the garden, I schedule in kid time, and I schedule Sundays
as our rest day. Scheduling in all aspects of our life and not
just the business has made sure that we don’t burn out and
we can keep the steady pace of what we’re doing.” –Jill
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