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We’ve all experienced this, we diligently work hard on achieving a goal, moving forward on it, and feeling good about our accomplishments.  And then for some reason you end up taking a break which turns out to be longer than you had anticipated. It results in losing your momentum, and with it goes your focus. The structure you had in place to get the work done seems hard to regain, and the clarity you once had, doesn’t seem to be there anymore. It results in avoidance, easily

A resourceful problem solver does not hope for, nor rely on “a magic pill”. It is all about actively understanding the problem and desired solution. It is about using the resources available to strategically apply the best methods to address your situation. This active participation in the problem-solving process requires you to be informed, in charge and confident that you have undertaken the best tools/approach to meet your challenge.

There’s a moment every dreamer knows — that gut-punch feeling when the opportunity you’ve been chasing suddenly slams shut. A deal falls through. A partnership dissolves. A plan you believed in collapses overnight. I’ve been there — staring at closed doors, wondering what went wrong. At first, I did what most of us do: waited for another door to open. I hoped for a sign, a stroke of luck, a “new beginning” that would make the failure make sense. But it never came. What came i

“I can do it” are four simple words, but when strung together like this, they can send an extremely powerful message that can make the difference between strategically undertaking something truly important to you or not being in the proper headspace to tackle it or simply opting to pass on it.

What I shall call the First Journey of our lives is made from our quests and our adventures, and its legacies are achievements, memories, possessions and status. But even as we live our first journey, there grows beside it a Second Journey. And whereas the First Journey is made from our seeking and adventures, so the Second Journey is made from our identity and our destiny.

Resourcefulness can lead to changes that are strategic, well thought out, grounded in reality, and that leverage appropriate resources that you can apply in an effective manner.

October’s EDGE (Entrepreneurial Discussion Group Exchange) meeting focused on the Start Up Experience.  We began this meeting by hearing from two businesses that have recently kicked off operations, to serve as case studies for the evening’s round table discussion. K Parsons Designs – Krista Parsons After working in the industry for 15 years, interior designer Krista Parsons decided to break out on her own with the opening of K Parsons Designs. What sets K Parsons Designs apa