Go places with each failure

 

The best of the athletes are embracing their failed pitches, throws and kicks. They take it as a foundation, and forge better themselves for the next round.

 There are five stepping stones in solving a creative problem*: 

1. to want to solve the problem, 
2. to believe a solution of the problem exists,
3. to keep solving the problem at hand, 
4. to understand what the obstacle is,
5. to use that obstacle as a basis for discovering further path for the solution.

Whether you are leading blameless retrospective, or getting constructive feedback on a design, or fine-tuning execution steps – remember it’s beyond oneself; it’s about getting project to a better, more efficient place; it’s about running your team with candor; running your company in a smarter better way.

 * - credit to V. Zaretsky; author, and coach for a popular brainstorming game