Develop a (flexible) roadmap“You need a plan for getting from where you are to where you want to be,” says Johnson. “But it needs to be flexible. If you’re too rigid, there’s a good chance that it won’t go as well as you hoped, and you’ll go back to helplessness.” Break the problem down. “Think constructively but realistically and take it a step at a time,” adds Johnson. “Look at the potential you have, the capabilities you have, not what you can’t do.”Image: Rolf Hecken