Why this is happening to me? What to DO when things Go wrong.

Usually, when something goes wrong or is not going as good as we wanted we ask ourselves a wrong question:

"Why this is happening to me?"

And a lot of negative thoughts cross our mind in that moment... we start to feel bad, to think that the problem is impossible to solve. We can do that or we can ask ourselves the correct questions, those that will help us to solve the problem or at least to face it with optimism.

• What can I do to solve it?
• What can I learn from that?
• How can I make this issue useful for me and my team?

The correct questions content "I" and not "you". This way we don't focus on the others as the source of the problem but on us as the solution for it. The answer to them will lead you to find how to solve the problem or in the worst case, to learn how to do it better for the next time.

The first step to solve a problem is to understand it, to know its source and to analyse how it can affect you and your working team. Since then, you can work on finding the best end to this new opportunity for you to learn, to innovate in the art of problem solving.

The only advice I can give you about that if you're leading a project or if you do it in the future is:

"Don't focus on the problems you may have...but on the solutions you have to find"