This isn’t an easy thing to do, especially when you are in the thick of things. But that’s why it’s really important to do it – to find a way of stepping back from the emotion of the situation and finding a place of learning from it.

Obstacles come in every form. Some are life-changing and huge. Others are small; papercut size that irritate and get in the way. They all hurt. And they can all teach us something. It’s up to us to look for the learning in them.

Sometimes obstacles aren’t just there to trip us up, they are there to get our attention, to make us look at our own behaviour and actually save us from a much bigger fall.

Let’s see what you can learn from yours…