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Idea Exploration: Setting High Personal Standards and Realistic Expectations

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  1. Iron Insights

“Commit to constantly chase your ambitions, overcome obstacles with unwavering tenacity and enduring resolve.”

We must choose to cultivate a mindset of excellence and determination, as it is essential for personal and professional growth.

  1. Forge Forward

“Life is harder when you expect a lot of the world and little of yourself. Life is easier when you expect a lot of yourself and little of the world. High standards, low expectations.”

– Adam Grant

There is a balance to be struck between self-expectation and external reliance. That balance is something like 97% self-expectation and 3% external-reliance.

  1. Radical Curiosity

How can you apply high standards to your own actions and goals while tempering your expectations of external circumstances?

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Jon is an entrepreneur, author, podcast host, and strategic advisor who aims to provoke thought and incite positive action. He is the founder of the WayMaker Community, where he works to help men pursue significance, create immense value, and build strong communities, with a special passion for aiding fellow veterans in reclaiming their purpose post-service and forging their second mission.
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