Each of these has played a part in making the present what it is right now. To resist this reality is futile and serves only to divert time and effort away from the things that could be doing to make a difference.
The key to living a successful life isn't about bemoaning the past; it's about doing what you can do with what you have. Success comes from seizing opportunities when they come along and never letting an opportunity catch you being unmotivated or unprepared. This means keeping yourself working on the things you want from life, fusing action with your ambition.
I grew up watching MacGyver with Richard Dean Anderson and loved how he used whatever was around him as tools to solve his weekly life and death situations. The stakes in our lives may not be as dire but having resourcefulness is as close to becoming an Angus MacGyver as is possible.
I've struggled with this most of my life, but thankfully a degree of wisdom comes to us all with age. If you can believe it used to fight for the reasons why I couldn't. It couldn't be done because I didn't have the money. It couldn't be done because I didn't have the time. It couldn't be done because I wasn't good enough. You will always think that you lack something you need to complete a goal or a project - although it's not true. What will set you apart is your
ability to create what you need from what you have.
Resourcefulness is the superpower.
Being resourceful means leveraging existing connections, absorbing wisdom from mentors and books, and an attitude to do all you can with what you have from where you are. We all have it in us, but we must develop a frame of mind to accommodate it, which takes effort, trial, and error. If there was one skill I should have consistently developed when I began my writing journey, it would have been my resourcefulness muscle.
The story of my life.😜
Now I know how important it is, and I've been quietly developing it for years. The pandemic significantly accelerated my focus and opened up some distinctions I may not have come to realize without this world tragedy happening.
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It's not the lack of resources that causes failure; it's the lack of resourcefulness.
Anthony Robbins
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How have you applied resourcefulness to the things that mean the most to you? What impact has that had on your life?
