Leadership in Action - US English - 202211

LEADERSHIP Through the Years EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 3 Terry O’Neill WASHINGTON

“Be persistent and never quit. You can’t give up. You have to keep going through thick or thin,

and it will pay off—it definitely will. So be persistent no matter what.”

Enrollment Date: March 26, 1996

Personal Enrollees’ Earnings: $2,146,323 Monthly Repeat Income: $5,618 Members in Organization: 1,081 Directors in Organization: 32

Through Thick and Thin When Terry O’Neill discovered Melaleuca in 1996, she felt right at home. She had finally found the natural, safer products she was

needs and her family. And now that she has eight grandkids, she wants to be the most available grandma in the world. She has goals and dreams for the future, and she knows that she can count on Melaleuca to help her reach them. “I would have never dreamed that this company would be such a solid, reliable foundation in my life,” Terry says, “such an anchor through all of it—the good and the bad, the hard and the fun. It’s been a tremendous enhancement to my life the last 26 years. It’s invaluable what Melaleuca means to me.”

own business, and take care of my kids. I remarried in 2013, 12 years later. But unfortunately, a year into our marriage, my husband was diagnosed with cancer. Four years later, he passed away. I’m glad my business gave me the time freedom to take care of him through those years and do everything I needed to do for him.” As she faces new challenges, Terry can’t find the words to express how grateful she is for the time flexibility and predictable repeat income her business continues to provide after all these years. “I was also recently diagnosed with cancer,” says, “so having Melaleuca to fall back on has been a wonderful thing. I have an aggressive breast cancer, but I also have an aggressive God, who I believe will heal me. Already there’s been remarkable, miraculous results. I’m very hopeful.” Terry lives each day with unwavering determination and resilience. She loves that she can work her schedule around her

anxiously looking for, as well as a way to earn an additional income as a mom of five young children. “It all made complete sense,” Terry says. “Melaleuca fit so nicely into my life because I could have the best of both worlds—be a stay-at-home mom and also build my own career from home.” Focusing on Melaleuca’s Seven Critical Business-Building Activities, Terry soon established an organization that started to grow and enhance the lives of those around her. Looking back, she is amazed at the incredible difference her business has made for her and countless others. She sees that Melaleuca has been a reliable resource every step of the way, through good times and bad. “I became a single mom four years into my Melaleuca career,” she recalls. “And that was huge—to be a single mom, have my

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