Sometimes, you are just not dealt a good hand of cards. Sometimes, you have to be resourceful.
I volunteer a lot. Of late, most of my volunteer hours are for one particular organization due to the commitment level I have. As a board member, I'm actively helping run the organization. As for my role within the board seat, I'm helping secure sponsorships. We have some big events coming up this fall and we had one sponsor on board since this past June... then this week they pulled. We have also had a tough time finding a few key industries to participate in these events and we're getting to crunch time. So what did we do? We simply changed the game plan.
One of the women on the committee threw out some ideas for change in order to still have a great event but got resourceful on multiple ways to accomplish the goal. She had great ideas and, I think, things may even be better than what was in the plan. It also opens the door to more relationships our organization can establish and cultivate. It's a great alternative when you just don't get the best luck of the deal.
I'm happy to be part of a group of women that, when given some less than ideal situations they instead said "Well, how can we change things and move forward?" instead of "What now?" and spend time complaining about the challenge instead of doing something about it.
Next time you're faced with a less than ideal situation, use it as a chance to look at things in a new way. They may even get better with your changes.
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