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title: "The three factors of resourcefulness"
description: "What decides whether you can get the resources you need."
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updated: 2026-11-03
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# The three factors of resourcefulness

> What decides whether you can get the resources you need.

Kevin Harrington and Daniel Priestley's framework, from Key Person of Influence, pp. 129 to 150.

Framework 10 of 11 from [Key Person of Influence](https://tomsharman.com/bookshelf/key-person-of-influence/index.md) by Kevin Harrington and Daniel Priestley. Category: Life and thinking.

## The steps

1. **The questions you ask.** Swap unresourceful questions for ones such as "Who has already achieved the result I want?".
2. **The people you know.** Build a network of people who share opportunities, and speak the language of opportunities rather than requests.
3. **Your willingness to stretch into the unknown.** Commit first, then work out how, because resourcefulness shows up after commitment.

## Where it comes from

From chapter: 3. Making It Happen, pp. 129–150

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