Stop Raising Your Goals. Raise Your Standards Instead.
From Master Your Mindset, Master Your Life by Sanjay
March 31, 2026 · 14 min · Episode 281
About this episode
This episode explains why standards — not ambition — determine outcomes and reorients the approach to growth.
More goals won’t save you. This episode explains why standards — not ambition — determine outcomes. If goal-setting has kept you stuck in preparation mode, this conversation will reorient how you approach growth entirely. Less inspiration. More enforcement.
People in this episode
Host: Sanjay
Topics covered
- goal setting
- standards
- personal growth
- self improvement
- mindset
Keywords
- goals
- standards
- ambition
- outcomes
- growth
- mindset
- self improvement
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