"I think getting used to not getting my way, comma, has been one of the big psychological hacks that I've had in my life," he said. "If we don't know if something's going to be good or bad, then why even bother ascribing a label to it? Because the only thing we actually know is that it happened." He says most short-term problems are actually long-term benefits.

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