standard/feeling

I hope this brief post this morning encourages you to accomplish more than you could ever imagine, and it helps set you on the trajectory you want your life to be on. It's called "standard over feelings." 

I had the privilege to listen to one of my favorite speakers present yesterday, and his name is Ben Newman. Ben is the host of The Burn podcast, a best selling author, and a former financial advisor with Northwestern Mutual. 

I listened to the podcast about standard over feelings more than a year ago and it was one of those things that fired me up and then I quickly forgot about it as life was hectic. Much like a lot of the things we seem to learn over time. 

Anyway, standard over feelings is the idea that you set a high standard for yourself on a daily basis and commit to it, no matter how you feel. It doesn't matter how good or bad yesterday was, and it doesn't matter how good or bad tomorrow will be, what matters is the standard that you set for yourself on a daily basis. Setting a high standard for yourself and then being able to live by it daily is what is going to lead you to your wildest dreams. It's not a couple good days in a row, or a couple good months. It's the standard. 

What is the standard you set for yourself? I will be transparent with you, I have a standard for myself but lately I got away from it. I let how I was feeling drive me all over the map. No matter what plans God has for you and your life, we always have the ability to set a standard for ourselves, and commit to it.

My challenge for you is to put your standard over your feelings everyday. I don't care if all your meetings cancelled, I don't care if you got told no every sales pitch yesterday, it happens to us all and those who rise up, and hold themselves to a high standard are the ones who are going to be the most successful.