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NEW dōTERRA DIAMONDS Kent & Stephanie Crane BUFORD, GEORGIA, USA GROW AND “I aspire to be radically generous with my finances.” supportive of her running a dōTERRA business. Stephanie worked part-time as a social worker while homeschooling Flourish “I’ve learned that I can change my thought process. It’s completely and totally possible. I’m in such a different place than when I started.” S tephanie Crane had been interested in natural health for more than 20 years when she was introduced to dōTERRA. Though she found the products to be effective, she was very suspicious of network marketing companies. She says, her kids, while Kent owned his own construction business. Stephanie says, “I work with people wherever they are, and very often as they grow they catch a bigger vision. I’m there to help them achieve whatever goal they have.” “When I committed to do the business, I wanted to go all the way. I was determined and dedicated, I challenged myself, and I went outside my comfort zone.” She was intentional about sharing the products every day, and that is what brought her to Diamond. Now, her husband was able to sell his business and come home. Along the way, Stephanie learned the importance of letting her leaders lead. She says, “When you take over everything, you’re doing your leaders a disservice. You’re not allowing them to grow and flourish. When you step back and allow them to lead with the expectation that they’re going to be great, and you fully trust that they’re going to step up and do it— they do. The key is to treat everyone like a leader, and then they become one.” “I thought that dōTERRA couldn’t be the Stephanie is grateful that she was able to only company out there with good quality take her husband out of a stressful job, oils.” She researched and bought products and that she was able to find a career that from other companies and did side-by- fulfilled her passion. She says, “I’m so much side comparisons. Finally, her husband, more confident now. I’ve discovered that Kent, told her she needed to save money I absolutely love servant leadership. I love and just stick with dōTERRA because they this business as much as I love the oils. worked the best. I love being able to serve my team and People always come to Stephanie for their share in their success.” natural health questions, so she started to tell them about dōTERRA essential oils. She says, “I remember the first time someone said, ‘Can I buy these from you?’ I just stood there and didn’t know what to say. In my head I was thinking, ‘Am I going to have to sell this stuff? This is crazy. I’m not a salesperson.’” After six months of that happening, Stephanie decided to embrace the business full on. Kent had always thought she would be great at direct sales, so he was very 6 dōTERRA ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP I MAY/JUNE 2015 PRINCIPLES OF STRUCTURE Don’t worry. Think of your team. Delay gratification. “My structure is so messed up and I still hit Diamond. So, if you’re structure is not ideal, don’t worry. You can still hit your goals. You don’t have to be perfectly structured in order to succeed.” “Sometimes we get too hung up on structure and achieving the next rank. You have to pull back and think about what the people on your team really want. Do they want to earn rank, or income? The two are not necessarily mutually exclusive.” “Don’t get so caught up in getting your $50 Power of 3 that you give up the prime positions in your organization. If you delay that $50 for four or six months, in the grand scheme of things the return on investment will be far greater.” www.doterra.com 7