Positive personality trait
Resourceful
Skilled at finding workable solutions with what is available.
4 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu
What it looks like
- Solves problems with what is at hand.
- Finds the person, tool or way that gets something done.
- Copes well when plans fall through.
Fits when someone solves problems with what is at hand, often on their own
Not when the solution cut a corner on safety or on the rules
How to say it
Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.
Fills [Name] in the reference and the report card comment, ready to copy.
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Resume line Delivered [project or event] after [funding cut or supplier failure] by [finding an alternative], keeping [cost or date] within [target].
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Reference or recommendation [Name] is resourceful: when [the supplier failed or the budget was cut], they found [an alternative] and the [project or event] went ahead.
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Report card comment [Name] is resourceful and finds ways to solve problems on their own before asking for help.
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In a story, shown not told The rain washed out the hike. By ten, she had the children building shelters from the canoe tarps, and by noon they had voted it the best day of camp.
The resourceful camp leader turned a rained-out hike into a shelter-building contest.
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