Problems are Opportunities

Mentors must change the way candidates perceive problems. Problems are opportunities for candidates to learn and advance their problem solving skills. Candidates must be taught to rethink long and hard about how they can transform each problem into an opportunity or gain some positive outcome from the experience, even if it is simply a lesson learned. Teaching candidates to approach problems differently often involves resisting our initial temptations and actions while focusing on the desired outcome. Instead, direct all of our energy toward the desired outcome.