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NEW dōTERRA DIAMONDS “I want to help others financially as well as physically, because I see what this has done for my family.” Brian & Jeannie Harrison CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, USA A Full Potential t her job as the vice president of Diamond Club, hit Silver, and realized abuse or some type of addiction in their a mortgage lending bank, Jeannie the dōTERRA business really could work. family. She is grateful that dōTERRA has Harrison often ended up talking on She says, “It could not have worked out any better. If I had not been laid off, I given her the freedom to do what she is the phone to another bank worker in a different state. She says, “We became would probably still be at my old job, friends over the years, and I would doing dōTERRA part-time, and never always complain about my job and my realizing my full potential. It’s easy to get back pain. Then one day he asked me, ‘Do you know anything about essential oils?’” Jeannie decided to buy some dōTERRA oils, and found them to be effective. Then her friend brought up the business side of dōTERRA. comfortable, but if you go out there and take a chance, those risks really pay off.” passionate about in her life. She says, “My calendar is full, but it’s full of something I enjoy doing, so it doesn’t feel like work. It’s fun. God has a great plan for our lives and He wants us to dream big.” As Jeannie’s business grew, she learned she had to commit to the long-term and never compare herself to others. She says, “Comparison is one of the biggest Jeannie had never heard of network marketing, but she decided to give it a try. She enjoyed the part-time income she received until she got laid off from her job. She felt that with the economy and her years of service at a high level in the corporate world, she would struggle sources of unhappiness. I might have been a little slower to get there, but that consistency over time has built a wonderful foundation underneath me.” She knows she made a lot of mistakes in the beginning, but in the long-run it has all worked out. to find employment. So, she and her One of Jeannie’s long-term goals is to set husband, Brian, decided they would give up a charitable organization that helps dōTERRA a try. Jeannie participated in children that are displaced due to drug 1 3 QUESTIONS TO ASK BEFORE STARTING THE BUSINESS Does it work? In other words, do we have a good product and is the company successful? 2 Can I do it? Emotionally, are you able to talk to people? Can you share the oils and do the simple tasks required? 3 Is it worth it? If I commit to this, will it be worth it for me in the long run? “My job is to be a confidence builder. I tell my team, ‘You can do this,’ ‘You have what it takes,’ and ‘I believe in you.’” 20 dōTERRA ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP I MAY/JUNE 2015 www.doterra.com 21