NEW dōTERRA DIAMONDS
B.J. & Kari Coody and to take as many people with me
COCHRAN, GEORGIA, USA the strength and passion for this, and I
as I can. I know that God has given me
want to use that to allow Him to shine
through me. I also want my leaders’
dreams to come true. I love working with
them and guiding them on the path to
their best selves.”
Kari has also enjoyed getting back to
the roots of pharmacy, without having
to compromise what matters most
to her. She says, “Plants are nature’s
health remedy and are all people had
thousands of years ago. I love that I can
serve people in this awesome way, using
the remedy God provided.”
Along the way, Kari has been supported
by an incredible network of family
members, including her parents and
in-laws, her sister, and especially her
husband, B.J. In the beginning, B.J. was
supportive of Kari’s passion and later
saw the vision of where the business
would go. He has also taken a behind-
the-scenes role in the business, working
“Make no excuses. Don’t wait on your team
to go out there and do it for you. You have
to decide that you are 100 percent committed
and make it happen no matter what.”
SIMPLE STEPS TOWARD SUCCESS
with finances, the back office, planning,
and networking. Kari’s sister has also
HE SHINES THROUGH ME
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FOCUS ON WHAT IS IMPORTANT. “Don’t think you have to know
she loves that they can work together everything before you get started. I knew nothing about oils before I got
my first kit, and I just spoke from experience—which is what people want to
know, and it’s why they buy.”
while living their passion.
Kari’s experience with her dōTERRA
business is in complete contrast with
her life in the pharmacy world. She says,
“I went from a stressed-out pharmacist
or Kari Coody, life as a pharmacist to serve people in her career, there enough, people started coming to her
was monotonous, stressful, and was still something unsatisfying to her with questions about essential oils, and
unfulfilling. She says, “I had succumbed about her job, and she lacked a desire she found herself with a small team.
to fact that I would not get to see to be at work.
my kids nearly enough and that I
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played a huge role in her journey, and
As her team and her passion for the oils
would work day in and day out just to In the meantime, Kari had her first continued to grow, so did her realization
earn a paycheck.” When she started introduction to essential oils through a of how she could positively influence
studying to become a pharmacist, she blog that she was following. She didn’t her life and the lives of others through
was motivated by the idea of serving intend to make a business of it; she just dōTERRA. This desire to serve became
others and was excited to put that wanted to try the oils because she had her motivation. She says, “My mission is
into practice. And though she was able always liked natural products. But soon to live the absolute best life I know how
dōTERRA ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP I JULY / AUGUST 2017
to living a life I could have only dreamt
BECOME PART OF THE CULTURE. “Almost everyone I have ever
met in dōTERRA really does want to help. Whether it benefits them or not,
they just want to see others succeed and be of service where they can.”
about. I get to be with my kids more
and make my house more of a home. SURROUND YOURSELF WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE. “It helps
We have paid off almost all of our debt, tremendously to be around like-minded people. You get ideas from them,
and they push you to move faster and get out of your comfort zone. You can
also share ideas, which is great.”
including a large amount of student
loans with the help of B.J.’s planning
and my income from dōTERRA. I had
forgotten how to dream, and dōTERRA
gave that back to me. I’m forever grateful
God saw more in me and brought me
out of comfort and monotony into such
an incredible life.”
“The product speaks for itself. You do not have
to sell anything. All I really do is share and
educate, and the oils do the rest for me.”
Results not typical. Average earnings are less. See dōTERRA Opportunity and Earnings Disclosure Summary on doterra.com.
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