Lower your standards

Lower your standards.

I'm serious.

Everyone tells you to raise the bar.

Set higher goals. Demand more from yourself. Never settle.

But here's what nobody says:

Unrealistic standards are why most people quit.

Not because they're weak.

Because they're exhausted from trying to be perfect.

Let me explain.

You set the bar so high that every day feels like failure.

You want to work out 7 days a week, eat perfectly, build a business, post daily, read a book a week, wake up at 5 AM.

And when you inevitably miss something, you feel like you've failed.

So you give up entirely.

Because if you can't do it perfectly, why do it at all?

That's the trap.

Perfectionism disguised as ambition.

And it kills more progress than anything else.

Here's what actually works:

Lower your standards to something sustainable.

Not because you're settling.

Because you're being realistic about what you can actually maintain.

You don't need to work out 7 days a week.

3 is enough. 3 you'll actually do.

You don't need to post every single day.

3 times a week is enough. 3 times a week you'll actually stick to.

You don't need to read a book a week.

One a month is enough. One a month you'll actually finish.

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The goal isn't to do the most impressive thing.

The goal is to do something you can sustain.

Because consistency beats intensity every time.

And you can't be consistent with standards you can't maintain.

I see this all the time.

People set these massive goals.

They're all in for 2 weeks.

Then they burn out and quit entirely.

Meanwhile, the person doing half as much but doing it consistently?

They're still going a year later.

And that's who wins.

Not the person with the highest standards.

The person with the sustainable ones.

So here's my advice:

Look at your current goals.

Now cut them in half.

Seriously.

If you're trying to post every day, aim for 3 times a week.

If you're trying to work out 6 days, aim for 3.

If you're trying to build 5 income streams, focus on 1.

Make it so easy you can't fail.

Then do that consistently for 6 months.

You'll be shocked at how much further you get than when you were trying to do everything.

Because lower standards you maintain beat high standards you quit.

Every time.

Talk soon,

Dyl - Founder of Relentlece.

P.S. What standard have you set that's actually stopping you from being consistent? Cut it in half and see what happens.

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