Perfect!
I ran across a YouTube video – Good with Jocko Willink – that reminded me of my good friend and mentor, Tom Ferry.
Tom and I were blessed to travel and work together on many projects, and I noticed one day when something did not go as planned, he said one simple yet powerful word:
Perfect!
Mark, declare it perfect. Good, bad, or indifferent, Tom would declare it perfect. Something didn’t go our way? Perfect – more time to get better! Unexpected challenges, perfect: we have the opportunity to figure out a solution. It was an intentional mindset and the opposite mindset of many people I know.
It’s an enabling core belief. I was thinking you and I don’t need a new market, a new tool, or a new widget. We need an upgrade to our belief system.
Perfect!
So maybe today, do as George did in Seinfeld Season 5, Episode 22 do the opposite. Or, like Tom does, declare it perfect. And that’s how you’ll win the day.
#WinTheDay
