When something goes wrong, say "Good" and look for what you can learn from it. A colleague used this habit to reframe setbacks like missed promotions into chances to improve, shifting focus from disappointment to growth.
There's a video that I 100% legitimately play in my mind when I'm tired. I say, "Good." Listen to this video. Have you ever heard this? It's amazing.
He would call me up or pull me aside with some major problem, some issue that was going on, and he'd say, "Boss, we got this and that and the other thing." And I look at him and I'd say, "Good." And finally one day he was telling me about some issue that he was having, some problem, and he said, "I already know what you're gonna say." I said, well, what am I going to say? He said, you're going to say good. He said, that's what you always say when something is wrong and going bad. You always just look at me and say good. And I said, well, yeah, when things are going bad, there's going to be some good that's going to come from it. Didn't get the new high-speed gear we wanted. Good. Didn't get promoted.
Good. More time to get better.
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