Leadership Magazines doTERRA Issue 33 Barrus | Page 74

NEW dōTERRA DIAMONDS Kevin & Amanda Rahija YORK, ONTARIO, CAN “Kevin is my rock, my organized, logical, analytical, structured, Excel spreadsheet kind of guy—the complete opposite of me. He balances me and challenges me to look at things from a different perspective.” A SURVIVOR’S STRENGTH A t age 29, Amanda Rahija’s life was and had a stressful job as a supervisor she was able to take her experience turned upside-down by a serious of foster homes across southern and channel it into helping others live health concern. She had thought Ontario. She says, “To be honest, I healthier lives. she was living a healthy lifestyle, but didn’t want to add something else to now she made major changes in her my plate.” Eventually, she caved and diet and lifestyle to help her body be agreed to hold a class. When 10 people healthier. During this journey, she enrolled, she got excited and became heard about essential oils but never an active sharer of the oils. driving force in the beginning. I needed When the company Amanda worked I could do something I loved each day tried them. for restructured, she found herself Several years later, Amanda was a survivor of her health concern and still interested in any kind of healthy living when she attended her first dōTERRA ® class. After doing some research, she in the job market. Despite other job offers, she decided this was her chance to take her dōTERRA business to the next level. She says, “My only regret Amanda’s husband, Kevin, was fully supportive of her decision, though he had doubts. She says, “This was my to prove to myself and to Kevin that and that it would replace my former paycheck.” She participated in Diamond Club twice and through lots of hard work was able to reach Diamond. was I didn’t do this sooner. After my “Since my health problem, I have come health setback, I wanted my life to be to believe that everything happens in normal and easy. I wanted to go back life for a reason,” Amanda says, “and we natural lifestyle. to doing the things that I enjoyed. But either take that experience and find the there were so many things inside me, positives and make an impact, or we Still, every time her upline asked if she that I learned through my experiences, ignore the messages that life is giving wanted to do the business, Amanda and I felt I needed to share.” Through us. I chose to listen and be a positive told her no. She was a social worker her dōTERRA business, Amanda felt light in the world.” enrolled. As she learned more and experimented with the oils, over time she found they complemented her HOW TO FIND BUILDERS 74 dōTERRA ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP I JULY / AUGUST 2018 Build up sharers Invest and inspire Support action “I hit the rank of Diamond with me building dōTERRA full time with my team of beautiful sharers. I believe all we need is a group of people who want to share and find others that want to share. I always ask people to share and host a class and offer the opportunity to make at least a little money, and if they want, more.” “I believe strong leaders will emerge if you keep investing in them and inspiring them to dream. It’s my job to keep putting myself out there to find those people, connect, and build relationships so they want to do what I do. It brings me so much joy to see my leaders in their element of joy and loving what they are doing.” “I pour my heart and time into those who are taking action at any given moment and support these people to reach their goals. It motivates them to keep going, while allowing others the rest or time they need. It also keeps me working within a realm of positive energy. I don’t feel like I am pushing or forcing people.” Results not typical. Average earnings are less. See dōTERRA Opportunity and Earnings Disclosure Summary on doterra.com. doterra.com 75