Good-ish person framework
Subject in Self-Improvement
Good-ish person framework has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Mel Robbins Podcast. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Dolly ChughSocial psychologist, behavioral scientist and professor at NYU Stern School of Business
Chugh contrasts the static label of a good person with the continual improvement of a good-ish person.
“Being a good person is a static. You either are or you're not. A good-ish person is someone who's always trying to get better”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: Stop Wasting Your Time: How to Deal With People Who Won’t Change & What to Do Instead (Aug 27, 2026) · Listen from 22:21
Chugh argues that deciding you are a good person leads to proving rather than improving.
“as soon as we decide we're a good person, we're trying to prove it instead of trying to improve towards it”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: Stop Wasting Your Time: How to Deal With People Who Won’t Change & What to Do Instead (Aug 27, 2026) · Listen from 19:41
Podcasts
- The Mel Robbins Podcast · 1 episode
Episodes
Stop Wasting Your Time: How to Deal With People Who Won’t Change & What to Do InsteadThe Mel Robbins Podcast · Aug 27, 2026 · 1 h 10 min
Mel Robbins and social psychologist Dolly Chugh discuss why people resist change and research-backed tools for influencing others without nagging.