When life throws you a curve ball, what do you say? When disappointment strikes, what statements do you proclaim? One day, as I was expressing my shock from a disappointment I heard myself saying, “I cannot believe this!” I kept saying it over and over again.

Problems are opportunities. Problems create strength training. Problems produce endurance. Problems help us grow. Problems improve our performance. Problems are our friend.

I was having a pretty intense conversation with my daughter, Skylar, and I could feel her frustration level with me rise higher and higher. I too was frustrated. The conversation was not going in a productive direction. It was to a state of depletion and exhaustion.

You have probably heard this quote before. You probably even believe it to be true, yet how many times do we find ourselves banging our heads up against the wall, trying to solve the same problem over and over, yet are left to frustration and a lack of notable progress?