Resourceful: having the ability to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulty. I want to start by focusing on “quick”. I will share my thoughts on this and will also share information from people who are more qualified than I to address topics related to being quick and clever. The ability to respond quickly and appropriately to whatever comes up isn’t always directly related to how smart a person is. I think people often misjudge co-workers in this way. If you’ve developed a negative attitude toward anyone because they don’t respond in the moment as you think they should, I caution you to rethink your perspective: you might be missing the person’s strengths. Demonstrating resourcefulness looks different on different people. I once worked with a person who was resourceful in terms of figuring out where to get information quickly. Brenda didn’t need to know all the answers; she developed systems for quickly accessing answers to customer questions. She was a detail-oriented thinke
