If you want a better quality of life then you have to raise your standards.
Learn what this means and how to do it in today's video as we look and learn from the
master, Tony Robbins, himself.
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So what are standards?
How do they define the results of our lives and why is it we need to place so much emphasis
on them?
Well, that's what we're covering today and standards form the foundations of how we live
our lives.
If you want a better quality of life, raise your standards.
So what are standards?
Well Tony Robbins says they're essentially how much you hold yourself accountable and
more importantly, the expectation you set for yourself in the various aspects of your
life.
Your standards are critically used to identify where you want to be and how you are now.
They're the backbone in how you live your life and who you are as an individual.
Now in researching the concept of standards, I break this down into three categories.
They are:
Your Need Your Target (Quality)
Your Time (Quantity)
So let's take a deeper look into these three and understand better how they combine to
make your standards:
Your Need is understanding what you want to achieve and why.
So let's take money as an example as we all wish to be free from the stress of not having
enough money.
In terms of money, it's not necessarily we all need to be millionaires, but we do at
the very least need enough to make a comfortable living.
So this is the very lowest standard most of us set ourselves, we try and ensure we get
enough to get by, in most cases doing the necessary to earn that amount.
Now if you're happy there's nothing wrong with this, be happy and enjoy what you have.
The problem is for many this isn't enough, we know we want more and complain because
we don't have enough.
Now in this scenario our standard is we make what we need to survive, but not enough to
thrive, which is the point of raising standards.
It's not just about doing the basic necessity, it's about identifying the need beyond the
basic to fulfil ambitions.
In Tony Robbins case, this meant going from poverty into making a living, then going from
a salary of $38,000 to making a million, then from a million to making multiple millions.
Each time he raised his standards to achieve the next step of what he saw as progress in
his life.
Now this might sound great, but most won't fulfil on reaching the next level standard
they set themselves.
Why?
Because they would rather make excuses to stay where they are at in comfort than to
move beyond their comfort zone to progress to the next level.
So what needs to happen for you to follow through?
Well your need has to go from being something you should do or want, to being something
that you "MUST HAVE".
When you would like something, but it's hard to get, your mind will make the necessary
excuses to stop you progressing to get it, as it wants you to survive, not thrive.
However, when the "would like" becomes a "must", most people find ways to achieve what they
need to despite all the hardships that come with it.
Tony Robbins uses a great example for this when he says "to take the island, burn your
boats".
You get what you must have, so your need has to be something you must have, not just what
you want.
Once you know your need, next comes your target.
How are you going to accomplish the need and what do you need to achieve to reach your
standard.
Let's say you want to create something, then your target might be the equivalent of creating
something of a certain quality to achieve your need.
So let's use Tony Robbins as the example, he needed to make money, let's say his target
of a million.
Therefore, the need was set, and the target to achieve this was he created a service,
through his life coaching business and seminars.
His target was to create services of a certain quality, or standard, whereby he could justifiably
charge certain amounts of money to achieve his need.
You see, the target you set for yourself is critical in ensuring that you achieve your
need.
If you don't hit your target, the need can never be met.
If Tony's seminars or coaching wasn't of the standard target he set for himself, then he
wouldn't have been able to make the money to achieve his need.
Your Time Finally, your standard is made up of time.
So you've got your need, something you must have, and you've set your target, which might
be to provide a product or service that's of a certain quality to help ensure you meet
your need.
Next you have to decide them timeframe you intend to reach your need.
This is similar to setting and pursuing goals, which I've previously done a video on.
The point is, by setting yourself timescales to hit you give yourself responsibility to
follow through and take action on pursuing your standards, your needs and hitting your
targets.
Again, Tony Robbins is a perfect example, as he set himself a timeframe of a year to
hit his standard of earning a million each year and followed through to achieve this
target much earlier!
The point is, by raising his standards, he changed his state and mindset to achieve much
more.
So how do you decide on your standard and target?
Well the first point is understanding your "why".
Why do you NEED to hit this standard?
Understand this to make sure your standard isn't just something you hope to have, but
something you MUST have.
Next, look at market leaders and research time and effort required to achieve target.
Market leaders are usually the key indicators of where you want to be and by pursuing to
achieve their standards you immediately aim to raise your own.
Many who follow this channel are content creators so let's use YouTube as an example in this
regard.
When you work to create a video you should always aim to create content that can be held
in the same regard as the leaders of your niche.
I'd even argue aim to better them, create content of greater quality, greater value
and greater influence and content that's unique and different to them.
Use the best as the bar for your own standard.
We know we won't hit it straight away, but we work to reach that point.
Now, this raising another point many on YouTube face, which is sometimes standards conflict.
The best example of this is the Quality vs Quantity debate.
We know as we release more content, quality of the content can dip.
This is fine, as sometimes we make compromises to fulfil our need.
Therefore, if your need is to hit higher subscriber counts, then quality will be compromised to
create more content.
The focus is always to achieve the need of why you want to raise your standard.
However, the over time those compromises will be reduced, as we improve and get better with
creating content and work more efficiently.
This is the final point on setting our standards, be patient and grow incrementally as you need
to.
To take Tony Robbins, we saw incremental growth from no money to making a living, to becoming
a millionaire and finally a multi-millionaire.
Standards don't have to be fixed, they're about growth and progress.
So when you hit a standard, see what they next level is a continue progress.
Finally, our standards are directly influenced by those we surround ourselves with.
If you want to be the best, be around the best.
This at the start might be to watch and learn online videos of people who inspire you.
In your life surround yourself with people who view life with optimism and are ambitious,
forward thinking and set standards of excellence for themselves.
We all know the saying, we're the average of those we surround ourselves with.
I'd say go beyond, and try to be the worst in your group.
By surrounding yourself with people who are better than you, you automatically raise your
standard to try and keep pace with them.
So with all this said, work to raise your standards!
To reiterate, your standard is made up of:
Your Need
Your Target
Your Time
From there, understand how to raise your standard by:
Understand why your need is a MUST HAVE Learn from and work to be the best
Be patient and grow incrementally Raise your standard and live not a life to
survive, but a life of abundance!
So for my question of the day, which area of your life are you looking to raise your
standards?
Let me know in the comments section below.
Thanks for watching today's video, if you find it informative, please consider sharing
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