Good

You may have noticed the board in the bathroom this week simply said, “Good.”

This comes from Navy Seal, Jocko Willink. In his book, Discipline Equals Freedom, Jocko explains that whatever bad thing happens to him or bad news comes his way, he always responds by saying “good.”

Whatever negative thing happened, there will be a positive because of it too, so long as you’re willing to see it. An opportunity to see a different perspective, a chance to redesign the plan. 

Got injured? Good. Time to revamp the training and address why the injury happened.

Lost the game? Good. Learn from loss. 

Missed two weeks of workouts? Good. Come up with a better plan to stick with your habit. 

One of our core values at Gain is “Leave better than when you came in.” I summarize this by saying we want to find the positive in anything. Something bad happened? Good. You’ll be able to squeeze some good out of it. 

Justin Miner

@justinminergain