Refocusing your life can take time and determination. You
first have to start thinking…Are you unhappy at work? Perhaps you’re
experiencing a setback in your career, or maybe you’re faced with a new
challenge, either personally or professionally. It could be that you’re bored
or just need a current from your situation and you need something new and
inspiring to set things in motion once again.

Don’t panic.

There are options. You just need to uncover them.
Begin by reflecting on a similar situation in your life. Then use the memory of
that experience to help you plan for the future. At the same time, identify
your most resilient attributes. Are you flexible, determined and/or confident?
Once you’ve identified some key attributes, combine them with what you’ve
learned from past experiences, and move forward—all the while looking for new
options.

Karen Hough, founder of ImprovEdge
LLC, knows what it means to be flexible. She has taken her background in
improvisational acting and applied it to the business world where she uses it
to provide training and consulting to businesses. By doing so, she looks for
ways to help people communicate, behave and work differently. Why? Because
people can get stuck, and when that happens, they need to look for another
option. Quite simply, they need to get unstuck. According to Hough, it’s not
that hard to do—as long as you believe in yourself and remain open to other options.

Are you temporarily stuck? Do you lack motivation? Now is the time to look for
options. Begin with Real Fact #1 in Real You Incorporated: 8 Essentials for
Women Entrepreneurs—It All Starts With You. Then learn more about Karen
Hough in RYI’s featured entrepreneur
section, or tell us your story in the Share Forum!