“My husband and I make
decisions together. It’s
important to me to check in
with him regularly to make sure
the stress and time involved is
not taking a toll on our family.
We really try to stay on the
same page.”
NEW dōTERRA DIAMONDS
Steve & Rachel Loth
Love First
R
achel Loth’s stepmom bought her
and her sister a kit and enrolled
them in dōTERRA as a gift. Although
Rachel was already naturally-minded
and very passionate about natural
choices in her home, she was skeptical
about the essential oils. Only a few
weeks later, one of her five children
was in need, so she looked up how the
essential oils could help. When they
worked the first time, she dismissed it
as a coincidence. When they worked
the second time, she got curious.
Her upline drove out to teach a class
in her home, and she had several
friends there who all wanted to sign
up, including her chiropractor. Even so,
Rachel was not ready to get involved
with the business. She says, “When she
told me that it required a $100 a month
order, I thought she was out of her
mind. We had no money, so the thought
of putting $100 into oils when I could
buy food instead blew my mind. I had a
photography business, it was our busy
season, I was very pregnant with my fifth
child, and we homeschool, so to me it
wasn’t even an option.” Several months
later, there were people begging her
chiropractor for classes.
Their upline was unavailable, so she and
her chiropractor felt like they had no
choice but to teach a class themselves.
They’ve taught at least one every month
since. At the same time, two of her
other friends who attended her first
class were sharing and growing their
businesses as well. A year later, Rachel
realized she had a team underneath her
and she needed to step up as a leader
and invest in her team. She talked about
it with her husband, Steve, and they
agreed that they would try it for three or
four months. By April she was teaching
eight to nine classes a month, by August
she was Gold, and less than a year later
she was Diamond.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, USA
She has learned to be patient with
people and to focus on building
relationships before anything else.
She says, “I followed up with one of
my frontline leaders for at least a year
before she got a kit. I had a feeling
about her and I just kne w there was
something there. I worked on just
being her friend and not making it all
about dōTERRA all the time. I think it’s
important to be patient, supportive, and
let them know that you love them first.”
Rachel can look back and see that
dōTERRA has taken her on a journey
that she would have never imagined.
Years ago, she couldn’t even let herself
think that she and her husband would
ever stop struggling financially. Through
dōTERRA, she has been able to not only
imagine financial freedom, but achieve
it. She says, “dōTERRA fit perfectly into
what I was already passionate about.
It’s given me a platform that I never
expected to have and I’m so thankful.”
ALL ABOUT TEAM RELATIONSHIPS
LOVE THEM FIRST. “Let your leaders know that you care about them more than you care about advancing. We view this as a
way for us to minister to people, and that helps us not to get caught up in the mindset of our own success.”
SUCCEED TOGETHER. “There are times when you have to say, ‘You’re a key part in what I’m doing this month, do you want to
join with me and accomplish something?’ But, I never want to say, ‘I need you to do this for me.’ I wouldn’t want to be treated
that way.”
STRUCTURE FOR THEM. “I’m adamant about keeping family and friends together to build support networks. I was signed up
under my sister and stepmom so they both benefited from our team growth and it inspired them to build successful teams
themselves. If we had been placed only for our upline’s advancement, we would not be able to work together in dōTERRA today.”
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