“If you just keep giving what you have and sharing
without restraint, it just keeps coming back to you in
ways you never expected.” —Deanna
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Jonathan & Deanna Nichols
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ssential oils so dramatically changed
Deanna Nichols’s life and health that
she knew it was important to share the
hope she had received. When her enroller
suggested she could share her story and
make money at the same time, Deanna’s
husband, Jonathan, refused. Deanna,
however, wanted to get her oils for free.
She held a class and received a large Fast
Start check in the mail.
When Jonathan saw the check, his interest
was piqued. He met with Deanna’s enroller
and learned more about the compensation
plan. The Nichols already owned successful
businesses and didn’t need the money, but
they didn’t want to go into debt in order to
share dōTERRA. Jonathan says, “I thought it
was basically going to be a charitable thing
where she went around telling her story
and never made a dime. I just wanted to
know that it would cover its own co st.”
He also wanted to make sure that it was
something Deanna was passionate about.
Deanna says, “I hadn’t been able to do
anything for years. I had been completely
housebound. He saw that I was really
excited, and he said he would help me
if I wanted to do it.” In January 2013,
they bought an RV and spent the next
nine months driving around the country
sharing her story with everyone who
wanted to hear it.
By the end of the year, they were Diamond.
Deanna says, “We didn’t care a lot about
being Diamond for ourselves. We felt like
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