in good stead
Meaning
in good stead
(literally or figuratively) In a positive state or position.
Examples
I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician.
There's a lot of people out there who have seen us once somewhere in a pub or heard our songs late night on radio. We'd done four years of it before we'd even released a single. It's put us in good stead.
A game one of my sisters will play with me in my first year of being alive is called Good Baby, Bad Baby. This consists of being told I am a good baby until I smile and laugh, then being told I am a bad baby until I burst into tears. This training will stand me in good stead all through my life.
I think that my past stands me in good stead in that it does have a certain strength for musicians.
My early education was in the public school system of Omaha, where, retrospectively, I realize that my high school training served me in good stead for the basic subjects of mathematics, English, foreign languages and history.