My journey up until I discovered essential oils was the life of a stay at home mom who started a family while still in college. Throughout the years, I had on and off odd jobs such as day care/babysitting, selling jewelry for a friend, making frames with old windows, worked in a home decor store as well as ran their social media and even got certified for boxing fitness training clients in my basement. I loved the bit of extra cash and learning new things but nothing set my soul on fire or felt like it fit me. As much I loved staying home with my kids, I knew that time was flying, they would all be gone and I had lost myself in my family for a variety of reasons but I had no idea what type of career I would pursue given that I finished my degree in Communications but never used it in the workforce.
As I mentioned in my last post, I started getting obsessed with essential oils and while attending a leads meeting for my boxing gig I was introduced to doTERRA by a wonderful woman who was so heartfelt and sincere that I was hooked immediately. I told her on the spot I was all in. I spent the next few days researching and making binders of everything I could find on doTERRA and essential oil uses. I will admit, I was very leery about becoming involved with an MLM company though and was actually waiting for the shoe to drop and find out they were all creepy, salesy, swindlers but the more I learned and experienced, the more I was impressed with the company, their leaders and was reassured this was my path!
The flexility of running your own business without the stress of starting something from scratch was exactly the perfect combination to satisfy my entrepreneurial spirit but let my focus stay on my family and teenage boys. It is completely a you get out what you put in set up without pressure. The only commitment is to use the products yourself so you are not just selling to jump on the bandwagon for commission which is perfect for me since I prefer just about everything I have tried to what I had been using before from my medicine cabinet to household cleaning supplies to personal care. So when I introduce someone to a product it is because through experience I think that they can truly benefit from it, not just for the sale. When you read business books pertaining to sales you learn that most success comes from the people who genuinely love their product and want to help others, not themselves so no wonder there are thousands of successful doTERRA wellness advocates from young moms to empty nesters who enjoy improving people’s lives while benefiting from time and financial freedom. Maybe you will be one someday too??
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