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ND R R O dōTE Mike & Lori Davis S NEW NEW dōTERRA DIAMONDS A DIA M Las Vegas, NEVADA, USA Open the Possibilities “One thing I love about d TERRA is the people I’ve met through this business who have become my best friends.” business, she had several people on her team say they wanted to take December off because it was so busy. Lori agreed and quickly regretted it. “When January came and it was time to start back up, we couldn’t gather anybody back F ive years ago, the economy crashed and Mike Davis’s contracting business was hit hard. He went to his wife Lori and told her she would have to go back to work as a speech pathologist. After around. They wouldn’t get going. That really killed our business.” She learned you can’t take time off in this business, especially when the momentum has just started to build. contemplating the matter, Lori felt strongly She also learned the importance of that she wasn’t supposed to return to work. sticking to a schedule. Early on, she She didn’t understand why she felt this way, planned out regular events and trainings because they really needed the money. and made sure every one happened. Around the same time, Lori had a friend approach her about creating a network marketing business together. They had tried others before, but wanted to try again “If no one showed up to an event but IPCs, we went ahead and turned it into a training. We didn’t cancel it. If we planned an event, we did it.” with a company in the natural health industry. When she first started growing her They had already settled on one when they business, Lori made sure to put in heard about dōTERRA. Lori says, “My friend the sacrifices necessary to build a called me up and said there were two ladies strong foundation. “We were struggling coming down from Salt Lake to talk about financially in the beginning, but I realized essen F