{"id":980,"date":"2010-05-24T11:36:58","date_gmt":"2010-05-24T19:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/?p=980"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:12:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:12:25","slug":"how-do-you-adapt-overcome-and-improvise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/24\/how-do-you-adapt-overcome-and-improvise\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do You Adapt, Overcome and Improvise?"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/24\/how-do-you-adapt-overcome-and-improvise\/&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=1&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fheathervale.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F05%2F24%2Fhow-do-you-adapt-overcome-and-improvise%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><p>One of our favorite slogans around here is &#8220;Adapt, Overcome and Improvise.&#8221; Barry started saying it years ago, and together we&#8217;ve made it into a Goss family motto.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>For what it means, and how it can help you like it&#8217;s helped the Marines, job seekers and us, read my latest article on <strong><em>Life As A Human<\/em><\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/lifeasahuman.com\/2010\/current-affairs\/military\/adapt-overcome-and-improvise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adapt, Overcome and Improvise<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Keep Unwrapping the Mysteries of Life!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Heather Vale Goss\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/sigHVG_2.1_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"35\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of our favorite slogans around here is &#8220;Adapt, Overcome and Improvise.&#8221; Barry started saying it years ago, and together we&#8217;ve made it into a Goss family motto. 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