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NEW dōTERRA DIAMONDS Mark & Alicia Haugstad EAGLE RIVER, ALASKA, USA Relationship Focused A fter years of trying to find a she had. Soon she was able to make She says, “My whole team was more solution to her health problems, “As long as you are holding classes and getting oils into people’s hands, you are doing the basics of the business. Just go out there and share your little heart out.” enough money to cover the cost of her excited that I was pregnant than that Alicia Haugstad was introduced to oils, and within a year was able to quit I hit Diamond. They knew how much dōTERRA by a coworker who wasn’t even her full-time job. I wanted to be a mom, so they forgot a Wellness Advocate. Having never tried essential oils, Alicia did her research online, found a friend on Facebook she could enroll under, and ended up buying a Premium Essentials Kit. She says, “It was a huge leap of faith, but I was so convinced and so desperate that I wasn’t going to just dabble in them. I was Alicia never made it a point to hit Diamond, but rather focused on relationships and educating her team. Diamond had seemed like a far off dream to her, and she was surprised at how quickly she achieved it. She says, “I kept it in the back of my mind and then about the rank. That’s what it’s all about—caring about people instead of status.” She is amazed at how everything has seemed to work out in the perfect timing. Her husband went from working 700 miles away in the oil fields for two in.” She was amazed at how well they just helped people reach their goals and worked, and from there couldn’t keep it happened. My team just flourished. her mouth shut about them. She had to I think that makes it easier to get there get the oils into everyone’s hands. than when you’re constantly pushing.” As Alicia began sharing and giving oils Alicia’s team is so relationship-focused says, “It’s amazing that after two years away, her husband, Mark, was skeptical that they don’t always just talk about of working so hard and giving to other of whether they could afford such the business, but they are involved in people, now I can take a step back and generosity. Then Alicia started helping each other’s lives. After years of trying be a mom. This has changed my life in people get their own accounts, happy to to have a child, Alicia found out she so many ways. I couldn’t say that one is help them get the same discount was pregnant the day she hit Diamond. bigger than the other.” weeks a month to working in town, and she will now be able to work from home as a new mother with a residual income that is sustainable on its own. She AREAS OF FOCUS RELATIONSHIPS. “This is a relationship business, and those that value relationships with other people and serving others will get much farther and get more out of the business than they would if they focused only on the business.” EDUCATION. “It’s super important to educate people on how to use the oils and incorporate them into their lives. I definitely value teaching product classes far more than I value business classes, because the oils are lifechanging and learning the business just comes with being in dōTERRA. ” SUSTAINABILITY. “When structuring, I always take relationships into account before business decisions. I keep families and friends together, and I’ve found that in the long run that ends up being far more sustainable. If you can’t build a sustainable organization, then you’re going to be constantly working harder than you need to.” 22 dōTERRA ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP I MAY/JUNE 2015 www.doterra.com 23