The Number 1 Thing That Will Change Your Life

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RAISE YOUR STANDARDS!

The only thing that will change your life on a long-term basis is raising your standards. Both consciously and subconsciously we all have standards for ourselves. Standards at work (what we expect from ourselves and from others), standards for fitness (what we should be doing or completing on a daily, weekly, yearly basis), standards at home (cleanliness, making sure things are up to date). We have standards for everything we do in life, whether we recognise that or not. It is the standards that we set for ourselves that identify us and separate us from one another. By taking conscious control and actually setting our standards in different aspects of life it promotes a higher being and allows us to achieve more. Standards are what separate the elite from the average and the average from the weak.

A fine example of setting high standards is the famous coach Vince Lombardi of the Green Bay Packers in American Football who took the team from floundering at the bottom of the NFL and moulded them into a championship team within two seasons, going on to win championships in 1962, 1963 & 1965. The difference between the team before and after Lombardi took over? You guessed it, STANDARDS. Lombardi changed the complete ethos within the club, and by changing the standards the team set as a group, this filtered down to each individual and the standards they set for themselves. Lombardi would make the team go over play again and again and again until each player’s exact role was engrained in his brain and perfection was achieved. By changing the standards we set for ourselves we also impact the people around us, creating a high success environment.

In society today it is extremely common to see people who have settled, dreams and desires crushed; so many people who go to work each day and their life has become almost robotic, not particularly enjoying life or their job but settling for what pays the bills and allows them to maintain the lifestyle they have become used to. All of us in life have things that we want, but we don’t get what we want, we get what we have to have! When you can’t tolerate something anymore, that is when your life changes. When you finally accept that you can no longer waste your life doing something you are not passionate about, when you can no longer accept not achieving the goals you set for yourself, no longer accept taking orders from someone you don’t respect, that is when your life changes. Everyone in the world has a list of things they think they should do; I should lose weight, I should work out, I should spend more time with family, I should work harder, I should, I should, I should. What changes people is when your should becomes a MUST! When suddenly the list of things that you should do becomes a list of things you HAVE to do, that’s when human beings change.

If you are the head of the army and you want to take the island what do you do? The most powerful way to take the islands is to burn the boats. Why? Because there is no way to turn back, no escape route. It is either take the island or die at sea. The same is true for all avenues of life, take away the alternative options so that you have to do what needs to be done. So you’re thinking, great I’ll raise my standards; have a positive mindset and GET SHIT DONE! But how?

First and foremost take some time to evaluate yourself in different aspects of life, step away from everyone else, social media and the fast paced life to focus on where you are at and where you want to be. The key is not to think too broad. Pick a few key areas of your life that are most important to you, for example: health, family and work. Identify where you are currently at in these areas and truly assess whether you are happy; if you are, then what are you happy with; if not, then what needs to be changed. Where can standards be raised?

1 Identify a few things in each of these areas of where you want to be/what you want to achieve in the shorter term (1 month) and longer term (6months/year).

2. Begin by writing a list of what NEEDS to be done to get there. For example, if you NEED to spend more time with your kids, identify areas where this is possible, whether it is sitting down 30minutes together at meal times, getting to their sports games at least once a week etc.

3. Once you have identified what needs to be done it can be affirmed by writing regular reminders and having punishments for when you don’t stick to it.

Life is mans greatest possession, use it to its full potential and never trade it in for something else.

Raise those standards!

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