Leadership Magazines Leadership Magazine Issue 9 | Page 62

ND R R O dōTE Jeremey & Annette Jukes S NEW NEW dōTERRA DIAMONDS A DIA M GREENWOOD, INDIANA, USA Put Your Heart into It “I think it’s critical to look at the positive about people. Shine the bright light on what they’re able to do. They do better when they know they’re good at something. They have the confidence to keep going.” A nnette Jukes had worked as a CPA for many years, so it was a different experience for her when she was able to help her aunt by sharing dōTERRA essential oils. She was surprised when her aunt immediately wanted to buy a large kit. Annette remembers, “It was so easy and so enjoyable. I loved it. After that first enrollment, I quickly turned on to the idea of the business.” She started sharing with all of her family and friends and bringing them to classes. 62 dōTERRA ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP I SUMMER 2014 After a few months, Annette was able to have dinner with Peggy Smith. She asked Peggy how she could get to Silver. Annette already had a well-paying job and had only been hosting one class a month. Peggy told her she would have to start teaching two to three classes a week. Annette says, “I liked the idea of growing a business. I liked the challenge of the compensation plan. It was fun to me. But when Peggy told me that, I realized just how much I was going to have to increase my activity.” What really made the difference in her success was Diamond Club. With four little girls at home, she wasn’t sure if she would be able to handle the sacrifice that it would take. Then she and her husband Jeremey went on the incentive cruise and realized it was something they needed to do. “We thought that if we chose not to do Diamond Club, we were basically choosing not to succeed in dōTERRA. I knew I could do it if I put my heart into it—so we did.” It boosted them from unstable Silvers to nearly Platinum, and six months later they were able to hit Diamond. After months of questioning why Annette would give up a stable job for essential oils, it was Diamond Club that got Jeremey more involved in the business. In February of 2014, he was