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NEW dōTERRA DIAMOND
Claudia Saputo
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA, USA
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Keep Showing Up
laudia was extremely proud of her
career. A registered nurse, she
worked night shifts in the neonatal
intensive care unit and day shifts in the
emergency department. This was all
while she raised her children. During
her third pregnancy, she was put on
bed rest. Unable to work, her income
from nursing stopped. “But since I had
casually shared dōTERRA ® products with
friends, those checks kept coming,” she
remembers. During this time, she realized
the incredible opportunity she had with
dōTERRA. She started teaching weekly
classes when her baby was six weeks old.
When it was time for Claudia to go back to
work, her heart simply wasn’t in it. “I came
home completely exhausted, and my
family felt that. I realized I had a choice.”
She decided to go all in with dōTERRA.
Instead of working overtime, she worked
minimum hours and dedicated as much
time as she could to growing her team.
“I had to learn to redirect my time to
the things that mattered most during
this stage of my life,” she explains. “This
business brings me tremendous joy.
Because of that, it’s easy to let everything
else fall into its place.”
Claudia’s advice to others is to just
show up. “You just need to be brave
enough to keep showing up. You
can’t just show up for the good stuff .”
Claudia knows from experience that if
you’re all in with dōTERRA, that means
showing up for the scary things. “My
fi rst class, I showed up with fl ashcards
and the class DVD. Speaking in front of
people is something I would normally
run away from, but I showed up.
And I kept showing up.”
When Claudia did Diamond Club,
she got used to teaching classes.
“I ended up teaching over 130 classes
in four months.” For most of those 130
classes, she had her three kids with
her. It was hard work, but the payoff
was worth it. In four months, her team
had a double rank advance. She went
from Gold to Diamond. “I didn’t know I
had it in me,” she says.
“Personally, the hardest ranks to tackle
were Premier through Gold,” Claudia
recalls. “I see now that the hard days
were teaching me the ins and outs
of the business.” The lessons she
learned early helped her build a strong
foundation to support her to higher
ranks. From launching her business
while on bedrest to Diamond Club,
Claudia has learned how important it
is to embrace the process and keep
showing up. “There’s no growth without
struggle. Just because something is hard
doesn’t mean it was not meant for you.”
“So much of this business
revolves around building others.”
—Claudia Saputo
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