CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER

The Right Stuff is a 1979 book by Tom Wolfe that celebrates the heroics of the men who slipped the bonds of Earth for the first time. The focus of the book is on the guts and determination it took to risk it all in the pursuit of a worthy cause.

Judy Desjarlais is made of that same stuff: fearlessness, drive, determination, the ability to see opportunity where others don't and the willingness to go for it knowing full well that she doesn't have all the answers.

“Sometimes you just gotta put yourself out there, you gotta start and not stop,” she says.

For the past 18 years Desjarlais and her business partner and husband Boomer have been beating the odds in B.C.'S oilpatch. They fought their way through the great recession of 2008, survived the decimation of the energy sector and are poised to benefit from a resurgent economy in northeastern B.C.

Desjarlais of Top Notch Oilfield Contractors joined a Conversation That Matters about a mindset that will not accept defeat. See the video at vancouversun.com/tag/conversations-that-matter

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