Leadership Magazines Leadership Magazine Issue 9 | Page 36

ND R R O dōTE James & Tanya Cotterell S NEW NEW dōTERRA DIAMONDS A DIA M BOZEMAN, MONTANA, USA MAKE THE DECISION “MY HUSBAND HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE SINCE THE BEGINNING. SINCE I REACHED DIAMOND HE HAS BECOME MORE INVOLVED. HE IS REALLY GREAT AT CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE AND TAKING CARE OF THE ACCOUNTING SIDE OF THINGS SO I CAN FOCUS ON MENTORING MY TEAM.” W hen Tanya Cotterell first started purchasing dōTERRA products, she thought they would help her family and maybe contribute to the salon she owned. She knew she definitely wasn’t sharing with her friends and family. She says, “My perception was that people who became involved in these companies would lose relationships because they became only interested in selling.” Before long she saw so many benefits from the essential oils that it became natural to share them with everyone. Today, Tanya is glad that she didn’t hold back from sharing with those she is closest to. “I look back and several of my strongest builders were people that I really went back and forth on whether to invite. I didn’t know if they would be able to afford it. I thought it would be awkward. Now, I shake my head thinking of how life-changing dōTERRA has been for those people that I almost didn’t invite. I always encourage my team to erase all preconceptions—just invite.” It was at her first convention that Tanya really caught the vision of what dōTERRA could be in her life. “I realized I had a lot of reasons why I could justify not doing it. I had four little kids at home and another part-time business that I was operating. I was really busy, but at that moment I realized it’s up to me. I have a choice here. I can either find a way to do it, or I can let this opportunity slip through my fingers. I knew no other opportunity like this would come by again, and I didn’t want to lose it.” 36 dōTERRA ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP I SUMMER 2014