How to deal with failure and bad situations. Excerpt from the Jocko Podcast (iTunes).
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one of my direct subordinates one of my guys that worked for me he would he would call me up or pull me aside with some major problem some issue that was going on and he'd say possibly got this and that and the other thing and I look at him 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 gonna 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 your time you get Oh mission got cancelled good we can focus on the other one didn't get funded didn't get the job you wanted got injured sprained my ankle got tapped out good got be unexpected problems good we have the opportunity to figure out a
solution that's it when things are going bad don't get all bummed out don't get startled don't get frustrated you if you can say the word good means you're still alive it means you're still bleeding and if you're still breathing or now you still got some fight left in you so get up dust off reload recalibrate re-engage go out on the attack you