Learning to believe in a better future

We signed up with Oriflame in late January 1996, initially operating from a little house in our neighbourhood, which soon became cramped. By the end of the first month we had reached 15%, and in February we were already at 21%. On June 21, 1996, at the first official Oriflame Dinner, we were awarded the Director and Gold Director titles. From that moment on, the future seemed to take on a brighter hue: we were more confident of our abilities, and in the future of Oriflame in Romania.

After the first seminar, our efforts at professional self-improvement started to bear fruit, and we were awarded the coveted title of Sapphire Director at the Oriflame Dinner of December 1996.

The next year, 1997, was very difficult for every Romanian because of the severe devaluation of our national currency. But we battled on and found new resources, and inDecember 1997 we received the title of Diamond Director.

If you think these were great results, 1998 was even better! In June we were awarded Double Diamond Director status, and in December reached the rank of Executive Director – just two years after we’d started!

In the first years of the new millennium,we faced fresh challenges, due not only to economic reforms and new tax regulations, but also to increased competition from the many new direct selling companies that had entered the Romanian market in the meantime. But thanks to the management’s series of excellent solutions, we were able to fend off our rivals and even come out on top!

The work you do at Oriflame is very team-oriented, involving people you already know or you will meet; sharing your experience with others gives them the determination to fulfil their dreams, too; you are gaining a business partner, and a friend.

Attitude is the key to success! YOU are your own “recipe for success”: sharing is what your business is all about – along with hard work and perseverance, daily motivation and precise monthly goals. The future starts today, so decide now!

An average day for us starts very early with endless phone calls. Gabriela focuses on selling, recruiting and problem solving in our personal group, while Iulica watches over the groups we have in other cities. It’s true, Oriflame is our life! We are a family and a team all rolled into one, working and helping each other.

From the financial point of view, we’ve done quite well over the past ten years and, on top of it, have travelled the whole world attending the international conferences organized by Oriflame every year.

Our dreams have come true with Oriflame: we wanted to meet more people and now we are surrounded by good friends; we wished for a new car, and now each of us has one! Most of all, we now believe in a better future.

Gabriela and Iulica Dragusin
Double Diamond Directors
Romania