Resort Girl, what is on the vision board for your ultimate life? Is it living on a beautiful boat and sailing the open seas? Could it be opening up a little tea shop or teaching yoga by the seaside? Or would it be loving what you do by just making everyday a weekend by living the Resort Girl lifestyle?

When faced with a total life transition, this Resort Girl had an open slate to start a new life, but from my past experience as an entrepreneur, I knew it was not about finding a new life, but rather building one!

For the first year, my focus was on improving my professional skills, so I became a college grad art student at SCAD. Then, under the persona of SmartSamantha, I penned the WizBizKids® biz book series.

The books are for enlightening youth about “The 6Ps of an Idea”: Guidebooks to Creating a Super Cool Idea. The 6P methodology’s formula is:

(What + How + Who + “To Do”) + (Sell + Sale) = Idea Come True!

Then the thought hit me one day! I should start applying the “6P’s of an Idea” methodology to my desired “Perfect” lifestyle not just “Professional” career?

You can do it too Resort Girls, just ask yourself the following questions:

• Where do I see myself in 5 years?
• What is my life Plan to get there?
• Do I need a Partner?
• What are the pieces to Produce my lifestyle?
• What do I need to Purchase to achieve it?
• And how am I going to continue to grow and be Promoted?

As women, we all go through life changes, including the BIG life change starting around our mid 40s. Our lives shift and, as children leave the nest, things become hot with your body — the sweats — but most of all during these times, one realizes how short life is!

Granted, most of us are still working either full-time or part-time, but what are you doing after hours? Have you lived your ultimate life? Make time before it runs out.

Resort Girls, live your dreams by thinking through the 6Ps and using them to help achieve your “Perfect” life!

Confidence is queen in golf. If you don’t have it on the course, you might as well walk off. Golf, like many sports, is a muscle and mind game and in golf, mind matters equally to moves.

Resort Girls are now playing their own games – not just as a spouse or girlfriend – so much so that women are now the ones taking the initiative to sign on the dotted line for many country club and golf memberships…including this Resort Girl.

Many times, RGs will play by themselves on a course full of highly seasoned golfers, both men and women. There is nothing more intimidating than standing on that mile-high tee box with three people staring at you and possibly four more in queue for the box. This is when all RG beginner golfers need confidence.

And how do you get confidence? Instruction, playing lessons and practice, practice and practice. Just like any other sport, practice make perfect, and in golf – between the swing motion, hand grips, ball position to course conditions, etc. – RGs need knowledge.

Unfortunately, many Resort Girls do not take the time to get lessons and quickly get frustrated with the game and give it up. Many RGs may also feel intimidated about the sport, let alone even entering a clubhouse, so a golf course etiquette course is highly recommended to make RGs feel at ease. Practice and etiquette makes a Resort Girl queen on the golf course.

I personally started taking lessons before venturing out on a golf course. My first was a combo vacay and instructional golf trip to sunny Florida. I became hooked when I hit my first iron and the trainer exclaimed, “Are you a ringer? Look how straight you hit that ball – and on your first try!”

My golf education was uphill and downhill from there. I visited many more courses, from Vail to California to Florida, and took many more lessons in a variety of venues and people, from group to individual.

“Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising ones level of aspiration and expectation.” -Jack Nicklaus

To me, the key is also finding the right pro for your personality – your “Golf Whisperer”. Mine was at Big Canoe Resort about a decade ago, and we spent many days on the driving range and practicing on the hilly mountains courses. I am still a property owner to this day.

A good “golf whisperer” has the ability to sense one’s personal traits and skills. When your pro keenly knows your own Resort Girl strengths and weaknesses, he or she can build a personalized and peak program for you.

There is no better time to play among the majestic mountains, especially when the leaves are turning vibrant colors or when cool sea or lake breezes brush up against your face while you’re bundled up in your stylish golf sweater.

Enjoy the glory of a good round of golf, Resort Girls and remember: Confidence is queen!