
Mental Performance Daily with Brian Cain Good
Mar 14, 2025
Discover how Jocko Willink’s powerful one-word mantra, 'Good,' can reshape your perspective on challenges. Learn to pivot from problems to solutions with real-life examples like job loss and client issues. Explore the formula that event plus response equals outcome, emphasizing the importance of how you react. Brian encourages choosing positivity and making proactive decisions to keep moving toward your goals. Embrace setbacks as opportunities and transform adversity into growth!
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Respond To Your Response
- Respond to your nervous energy by choosing your response deliberately, not reacting automatically.
- Say "Good" to move from problem to solution and make the next best decision.
Jocko's One-Word Reframe
- Brian Cain cites Jocko Willink's viral message of saying "Good" in the face of setbacks to shift mindset.
- He gives concrete examples like not getting a job or being sent to the minors and reframing them as opportunities.
E+R=O: Response Drives Outcome
- Event plus Response equals Outcome, so your response shapes results more than events do.
- Focus on controlling your response to influence the outcome you want.






