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NEW dōTERRA DIAMONDS Frank & Jacqueline Ritz HENDERSONVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, USA “I feel like so many of the disappointments in my life led me to this path. It’s the same for anybody else—the disappointments that have set you back will only fuel you for the future.” BRING JOY “We feel like this is something God gave to us, and we’re just stewards of it.” W hen Frank and Jacqueline Ritz people just started jumping onboard Though much of her success came finally achieved their dream with me. I had no idea what I was doing, online, Jacqueline encourages her team of moving to a small farm in North I had no idea what the compensation to focus on sharing dōTERRA through Carolina, Jacqueline bought a book plan was, and I wasn’t really trying to face-to-face interactions. She says, “If by Jill Winger, a dōTERRA Diamond, make any money. I was just sharing, they are interested in getting the word about running a homestead naturally. and it just all fell into my lap.” out through social media, I train them Jacqueline had used essential oils for years, but through Jill’s book she learned about dōTERRA. Jacqueline was suffering from depression after the loss of her younger sister, so she At one point, Jacqueline decided she would devote one month to only building her dōTERRA business and see where it went. That next month, she on that as well, but I highly believe that there is no replacement for holding the bottle of oil and letting people smell it or put it on their body.” went from Premier to Gold. She says, Her husband, Frank, is a physician’s “I saw that this was going to work and assistant who was completely that I loved doing it.” A couple months supportive of her using and sharing later she was Diamond, and since then essential oils as a business. They have has hit Blue Diamond as well. Though used their dōTERRA business to help she hit Diamond very quickly, Jacqueline them get out of $50,000 of debt in likes to tell people that it actually took less than a year. Jacqueline says, “It’s Though she had no intention of getting her two years. Most of her growth came been the most difficult and the most involved with the business side of from her blog, where it took her more rewarding journey. I’ve discovered so dōTERRA, Jacqueline did have a blog than a year to build a loyal following many things about myself. In so many about living naturally where she began before she ever started dōTERRA. She ways, dōTERRA has changed our family’s posting about essential oils. She says, “I knows she couldn’t have achieved what lives. It all started with me looking for started talking about the changes I was she did without having taken the time to more joy in my life, and dōTERRA has seeing in my life using essential oils and build those trusting relationships. been that avenue.” was particularly excited to see if the oils could help bring her joy. She started making a conscious effort to breathe in the joy from dōTERRA oils every day, and over time saw positive changes in her life. WOR K W I T H YOU R L E A DE R S 18 dōTERRA ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP I MARCH/APRIL 2015 COMMUNICATE YOUR NEEDS TO YOUR LEADERS. LET YOUR LEADERS HELP YOU. WATCH THEM SHINE. “At some point, it became clear that I hadn’t communicated to my leaders exactly what I needed from them and what I needed them to do, so I was doing a lot of it myself. I was working 16 hours a day, and I couldn’t do it anymore.” “Then my upline told me, ‘You aren’t supposed to do it all by yourself. Your leaders are supposed to help you, and they want to.’ From then on, it’s been completely different. My leaders take on their part and run with it.” “I have amazing leaders that are some of my best friends now. It’s important to be on the same page and encourage each other. One of the greatest things about the business is stepping back and watching them step up and shine.” www.doterra.com 19