A Lesson in Persistence.

Kirk & Jennifer Hamilton (*spring 2012)

When Kirk’s grandmother passed away, a visiting family friend mentioned to Kirk that her daughter-in-law had a niece he should go out with. Kirk, finding out she worked at Maceys, decided to investigate. He found Jennifer attractive and agreed. What was supposed to be a blind date wasn’t so blind for him.

However, their differences became more apparent when Jennifer, a country girl, opened the door wearing jeans, boots, and a T-shirt to find Kirk, a college frat boy, wearing slacks and a sweater. At first glance, neither thought the other was their type.

Fortunately for them, the couple they were meeting was late. Kirk and Jennifer, forced to get to know each other, realized they were actually hitting it off. That initial interest quickly became more, and within six, short months they were married.

Both Kirk and Jennifer were blessed with an entrepreneurial spirit. When given the opportunity to own their own restaurant they took it. They opened San Francisco Sourdough Pizza in Logan and eventually a second in Ogden.

It was an exciting time for them. Their youth and ambition caught the attention of others and they were awarded the Young Entrepreneur of the Year by Cache Valley.

Kirk joked that they won because they were the only entrepreneurs in that area, but when they won the same award for Utah’s Rocky Mountain Region, they thought there might be something to it. Kirk said, “We were the most successful poor people in all of Cache Valley.

Opening a restaurant can be extremely difficult.” Kirk eventually sold his restaurant to his business partner, which opened his family to new business opportunities.

Kirk said, “I liked change. I got bored quickly and people often tried to recruit me. If the business opportunity sounded good, I usually jumped in.” Kirk spent time in the cell phone industry, in truck stop restaurants for Flying J, and in real estate before trying to start his own merchant processing company.

During that process, he met Patrick and Allyse Sedivy and they began to work together. Teresa Harding had asked Kirk to look at dōTERRA a year prior to him meeting Patrick and Allyse Sedivy.

Kirk said, “Teresa told me I would be great at it. That was something I heard often because of my sales background. It wasn’t a new revelation. I told her no.”

However, a year later when Kirk wanted to recruit Roger into their trading company the door once again opened for Teresa. Not only did she want Kirk to reconsider, but she insisted that Patrick and Allyse Sedivy become involved as well.

Kirk came home and told Jenn, “I think I just succeed an MLMer on my business partner.” However, much to Kirk and Jennifer’s surprise Patrick and Allyse joined and immediately called to recruit them. “I was scared,” Kirk said, “but I trusted their entrepreneurial ability.”

Kirk and Jennifer joined dōTERRA on October 31, 2009. While working their dōTERRA business, Kirk realized that it was no longer about the business opportunity. “I saw that I could help people,” Kirk said, “and I thought to myself if I can do this all the time and get paid, then WOW!”

In the process of helping others, the Hamiltons have also helped themselves. Kirk explains, “The real estate market destroyed us. We were about as low as you can go and now we have passed as good as we have ever been.”

Kirk’s advice to others seeking the same success is first, duplication.

He expresses the need to keep it simple so that others can shine. Kirk said, “It’s good to be an oil expert, but not everyone can model that behavior. “

Instead he recommends that you set obtainable standards that are easily duplicated. Second, is timing. Kirk explains, “dōTERRA is at the top of what I do, but for most people it’s not even in the top twenty.

“I’ve been introduced to network marketing since I was 21. It took me twenty years to be ready. You have to talk to everyone and not get discouraged.”

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