Origin: a Latin derivative
meaning "Gift of the Earth."
Stephanie Howells-Scoville knows that succeeding at doTERRA requires a vision for the future. She says, “For the first couple of years you work really hard without much return. You have to see past that and say, ‘I’m putting forth this effort now for the stuff that’s going to come later.’” After a lot of consistent effort, the business will begin to snowball.
After a few good experiences with the oils, stephanie and her husband Benjamin were both eager to learn more. They were willing to let their upline hold several classes in their home and buy as many oils as they could, but they weren’t interested in the business until checks started appearing in the mail. Stephanie says, “In the beginning, my why was ‘why not?’ We kept getting these fast Start checks, and we were sharing the oils anyway— might as well do it.”
Before they knew it, they were silver and were able to attend leadership retreat and participate in Diamond Club. Stephanie says, “After those experiences, we knew what it took to be successful with our business, and that is consistency and persistence.”
They were fortunate enough to attract skilled, motivated leaders to their team. “We have self-learners on our team. I think the most we do for our team is to help them implement ideas that they have and inspire them to believe they can get there,” explains Stephanie. Because Benjamin and Stephanie always believe in their team, their team has been able to rely on that belief until they gain it for themselves.
Benjamin and Stephanie’s main goal is to have their frontline leaders be able to duplicate everything they do. Stephanie says, “We don’t want to be put on a pedestal or be seen as the experts. We want our leaders to be seen as leaders
to their frontline. We let them take their leadership role, and we’re fine being in the background.”
They also know that they never could’ve done without the support of family and friends. “My parents, particularly, have been so supportive,” says Stephanie. “They believed in us from the beginning and it was a huge motivator for us. They were always cheering us on.”
After all their hard work, they’ve been able to see their lifelong dreams come true. Stephanie says, “We had a vision, long before this business, of getting out of the Monday through Friday rat race and traveling the country with our kids. doTERRA has enabled us to live that dream.” Benjamin says, “I never thought there was any possible way for our biggest dreams to be fulfilled, I thought they were too big. Now all my dreams are attainable, it doesn’t matter how big.”