Good…Not Yet
Lessons In Patience and Perseverance
Although my son is at a very young age, I’m working to teach him what I feel that a man should know including treating people with kindness and how to appropriately handle his behavior. Right now, some of the things that he’s working on is developing patience and understanding what not yet means.
One of the things that I’m working with the little guy on is dealing with setbacks. Just the other day, I used a lesson from the Jocko Podcast YouTube clip, “Good.” In it, Jocko says,
This is a lesson that seems simple but hard to apply when going through something difficult. When I was laid off from my call center job, it didn’t feel great. In fact, it felt horrible. However, with time, I can see that it prepared me for a later job, where I came in with a relative ease on the phones along with a familiarity with call reviews. While it took considerable work to be very good, I had a strong foundation. Lastly, I was able to spend the time between jobs taking care of my son. These things wouldn’t have been possible without losing my job.
The other lesson that I work with him on is understanding the idea of “not yet.” Often, we use this response to him when he asks to eat a piece of…
