Day 8 – PSC 8 What if the problem wasn’t the problem?
You’re stuck in a loop. Again. You’ve already thought about it a thousand times. And yet, nothing changes.
Maybe it’s because you’re still looking for the right solution instead of changing the question.
PSC 8 – The ability to solve problems creatively – isn’t about trapping you in endless reasoning. It invites you to step out of the maze.
Not by running away, but by looking differently.
“Problem” doesn’t mean blockage
Are you afraid of the word? That’s normal. It tenses you up. It paralyzes you. It triggers your brain’s survival mode.
But in Latin,
problema simply means “a question to be solved.”
You’re not facing a wall — you’re facing a riddle.
And a leader can embrace that with method, courage, and creativity.
Change perspective, not reality
Being creative isn’t about finding a “brilliant” or “original” idea. It’s daring to stop asking the same question over and over.
Feeling stuck? Maybe your question is the wrong one.
Example: You keep asking, “How can I get my team to finally meet deadlines?”
→ You’re stuck in blame or control.
This is the last of the cognitive skills. And not the least.
PSC 8 mobilizes your critical thinking (PSC 2), your mindfulness (PSC 4), and your self-awareness (PSC 1) to help you step aside — without denying reality.
It helps you:
- Simplify without ignoring
- Dare to shift angles without losing direction
- Test without waiting for perfection
🎯 Micro-action of the day: Change the question
- Stop. Take a situation that’s been on your mind.
- Write down the question you keep asking yourself (e.g., “Why isn’t this working?”).
- Reformulate it in three different ways.
- Choose the most productive one. Write down one idea to test this week.
💡 With each new phrasing, you train your creativity, your emotional regulation… and you reconnect with what you can actually influence.
Tomorrow we enter a new family: the emotional skills. We’ll start with PSC 9 – Understanding emotions. Not just yours, but others’ too. Because behind every tension, resistance, or silence… there’s an emotion to decode.
Ready?
And if you want to talk it through sooner, book a session with me.
Krumma
