My blogging pal Curt Rosengren offer this great post called, Running into Trouble? Look for the outrageous upside! I love the idea and know it can and has worked - this is how breakthroughs occur! Here's a wee snippet:
So instead of only saying, "How can I solve this problem," we say both,
"How can I solve this problem" and, "How could this propel me even
further? How could I create an outrageous best-case scenario out of
this?
Check it out.