Leadership Magazines Leadership Magazine Issue 12 | Page 8

NEW dōTERRA DIAMOND Rachell Brinkerhoff WAIALUA, HAWAII, USA “It comes down to hard work and dedication. You have to be all in, 100 percent.” “It’s been an awesome experience to know where I’ve been, how far I’ve come, and where I’ll be able to go.” A BETTER PLACE T hough she was working two jobs, stay-at-home mom again. She decided Rachell Brinkerhoff struggled to find to go big with a dōTERRA business. an affordable place to live in her home state of Hawaii. Before her divorce, she had been a stay-at-home mom of two kids. Now she found herself living from paycheck to paycheck, struggling just Later, she was forced to move from her one-bedroom apartment and find a new home. She found a beachside cottage that cost almost twice as much in rent as she had paid before. Knowing to put gas in the car. For six months, she lived in a one-bedroom apartment, sharing a bed with her kids. support that they need. It was then that I decided that I wanted to hit Diamond for them. I knew how much Silver had changed my life, so I wanted to hit Diamond to make a difference in each one of my leaders’ lives as well.” her dōTERRA business was growing, Rachell knows that without dōTERRA she signed the lease for this new home she would still be stuck working for and told herself she had to hit Silver someone else, never able to see her Not long after her divorce, Rachell in order to pay for it. She made that kids—and unhappy. She says, “I feel like was approached by her lifelong friend, commitment, and not only hit Silver the dōTERRA has given me all the things Kierston Kirschbaum. Kierston had month she needed to, but continued to that I’ve been searching for for years. already introduced her to dōTERRA a do so every month after. Soon she hit It’s completely aligned with everything year before, but this time around she Gold, and replaced her income from her I’ve ever wanted. I can make a difference invited her to participate in the business two jobs. in other people’s lives and have the opportunity. Rachell loved the essential oils and she had many people in her life that needed the benefits they could provide. She also wanted to be able to better provide for her children and be a Then, her sights went to Diamond. Rachell says, “When I hit Gold, I started to understand what it means to be a leader and give my leaders all the time and financial freedom that I’ve always dreamed of. As a single mom, that’s a big deal.” She loves being able to empower other single moms—and anyone she meets—to do the same. A STRONG SUPPORT SYSTEM KEEPS YOU MOVING FORWARD. “There were definitely times when I felt like I wanted to give up, but my upline was amazing and gave me so much support—in and out of dōTERRA. They were there for me and that meant the world. It helped me to continue to push forward to achieve my goals.” 8 dōTERRA ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP I JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2015 STRENGTHENS YOU WHEN YOU’RE WEAK. “My business grew so fast and I was going through so much personally that it made it really difficult in the beginning to be the best leader I could be. That’s why I’m so grateful to have such a great upline who helped my leaders with things I wasn’t capable of giving yet.” RELIES ON STRONG RELATIONSHIPS. “If you don’t have good relationships with your people, then it’s hard to know what they’re thinking and where they’re at. I make sure that I’m in constant contact with my leaders so I know what I need to do on my end to help them and be able to give them the best support possible.” COMES WITH GOOD STRUCTURING. “I help create good support systems in my team by grouping people together that work in similar industries, have friends in common, or that I know will be able to collaborate with one another. It’s important that they feel like they can relate to and work with the people on their team.” www.doterra.com 9