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NEW dōTERRA DIAMONDS “If you’re not where you want to be at this moment, think about if you have really done the work to be where you want to be, or if you just thought about doing the work to get there.” R Tom & Rommy Kirby HENDERSONVILLE, TENNESSEE, USA ommy Kirby first got into essential the best, Rommy pushed herself in the says, “That’s something that’s important oils to use them as a replacement business. She participated in Diamond to me. I believe that where much is for the harsh chemicals she was using Club and reached Platinum, and then given, much is required. If we expect to to clean her house. That was back in realized that Diamond could be real. reach the higher leadership ranks in this 2005, before dōTERRA started, but once she was introduced to dōTERRA she quickly saw how much better the company’s oils are. As a yoga studio owner, instructor, and health coach, Rommy thought she would bring the oils into her work just as a nice addition for her clients and students. Then she went on a trip to Europe for 17 days with her husband, Tom. She didn’t do anything work related the whole time, and when she came home, dōTERRA had deposited $1,000 into her Though Tom does not work with her in the business, he is supportive and respects dōTERRA as a company. Rommy says, “He gave me the freedom to choose what I wanted to do with yoga and dōTERRA, so now I want to give him the freedom to choose what he wants to do.” She hopes to build her business to the point where that’s possible. Tom and Rommy have an autistic son and they want to be able to give back to other people with mental difficulties and company, then we should also have an understanding that it’s a gift to be paid forward through the community. It’s a platform from which we can give back.” She has always wanted to find ways to change people’s lives, and dōTERRA is helping her do that. Rommy says, “I wanted a tribe of women that I could give tools to empower them to live their best lives; to live healthy, happy, and full of energy; and to richly fulfill their purpose, whether that’s being a mom to their families. Through the support of or serving the community. dōTERRA account. Rommy says, “That’s when it her dōTERRA business, Rommy’s yoga snuck up on me. I didn’t know it would changed for me. I realized this was an studio is able to offer free yoga classes be the vehicle through which I could opportunity that I had no idea existed. for adults with Down syndrome, autism, accomplish that, but it has allowed me I hadn’t really looked at it that way.” As and other similar conditions, as well as to realize and fulfill my purpose and a person who has always strived to be classes for veterans and others. Rommy dream of empowering women.” FE E L DIAMO ND E M P O W E R Y O U R TRIBE VISUALIZE YOUR GOAL GO BEYOND THE PAYCHECK FIND THE FEELING “Put your goal in front of you. I have mine written on my bathroom mirror. This will help you to start believing it and start to feel what it will feel like when you’re Diamond.” “Sometimes just getting that paycheck may not be enough for you. It might not drive you. What I wanted to feel as a Diamond was being capable of empowering thousands of lives.” “Most of us are not after Diamond; we’re after the feeling that being Diamond will give us. I wanted to feel the accomplishment and fulfillment of having changed that many lives.” “It’s OK to feel lonely and to want to quit. It’s just a feeling. Do something different in that moment—physically shift your body, call your mentor—and recognize your inspiration again.” 42 dōTERRA ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP I SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2016 *Results not typical. Average earnings are less. See dōTERRA Opportunity and Earnings Disclosure Summary on doterra.com. www.doterra.com 43