Battle for high standards

Thursday, April 25

Here’s the problem with having high standards: almost everyone around you has low standards.

Who around you is committed to living a high standard? In their leadership, their communication, their health, their attitude, their mindset, their discipline, their effort, their performance? Very few, if any.

This isn’t a judgement on people. It’s simply reality. We’ve all been there, been that person. And we could easily be there again.
​
​But this means every day you are going against the grain. Every day you are fighting a battle against average. And most people simply give in. They fight the fight for a while and then decide it isn’t worth it. They go back to settling for average.

This is where commitment, resilience and playing the long game come in. Because when you keep showing up with high standards, they eventually become your norm. The fight gets easier because you get better. The more you live it, the less you let the standards of others impact you.

And eventually, others will decide to join you. They will see how you live and they will want what you have. And there’s no greater joy than helping to develop others into living a high standard. To be there so they don’t have to fight the fight alone…and now you don’t either.

So keep showing up. Let your high standards make others uncomfortable. Let your high standards be a threat to others.

And let your high standards lead you to unlocking your greatest potential, and using it for the good of others.

Keep chopping wood. 🪵🪓

-Kevin