When someone comes up to you and says, "I have good news and bad news," which do you say you want to hear first?
I always select the bad news.
I've found that the bad isn't usually as bad as the person thinks it will be.
Plus, I find it easier to absorb the blow of bad news from a neutral state.
And the good at least returns me to even (if not better), but on a positive trajectory.
End on an upbeat note.
Deferred gratification, I guess.
You?