A goodish person absolutely still makes mistakes.

一个善良人无疑仍会犯错误。

As a goodish person, I'm making them all the time.

作为一个善良人，我常常都会犯错误。

But as a goodish person, I'm trying to learn from them, own them.

但作为一个善良人，我试图从错误中习，解决问题。

As a goodish person, in fact, I become better at noticing my own mistakes.

作为一个善良人，实上，我变得更善于发现自己错误。

And instead, set a higher standard of being a goodish person.

而是要树立一个更高标准，成为一个更好人。

Obviously you play B. John and you hope for great things, not just goodish things.

显然，你扮演 B. John，你希望得到伟情，而不仅仅是美好情。

They're goodish, they're trying to get better.

他们本质上是好，并努力变得更好。

And being a goodish person is someone who has a growth mindset instead of a fixed mindset.

而成为一个“尚善”之人，意味着拥有成长型思维而非固定型思维。

That's 180,000 words over a three-month span, a goodish length for a book—something in which the reader can get happily lost, if the tale is done well and stays fresh.

三个月就有概十八万字，作为一本书长度恰好——如果小说写得好，故还很鲜活话，读者可以享受迷失其中过程。

So what I've been thinking about is what if we were to just forget about being good people, just let it go, and instead, set a higher standard, a higher standard of being a goodish person?

如果我们忘记做一个好人会怎样？就这么随它去，反之，设立一个更高标准，一个善良人更高标准？