
Your Standards at Home Show Up at Work - Caleb Storts
From The Journey by Ricardo Vargas
January 10, 2026 · 1h 56m · Episode 57
About this episode
Ricardo Vargas and Caleb Storts discuss the importance of personal standards and emotional discipline in business success.
Most people talk about winning. This conversation is about the cost of trying to win too fast — and what it takes to build a life that can actually hold the weight of the business. In this episode of The Journey, Ricardo sits down with Caleb for a raw, practical talk that moves from the realities of scaling a lawn care/home service business (systems, hiring, leadership, money) into the parts nobody wants to admit out loud: relationship standards, emotional discipline, and the seasons where you feel “locked in”… but you’re actually breaking your foundation. If you’re a builder, creator, entrepreneur — or a man trying to grow without losing yourself — this one is a watch-to-the-end episode. Subscribe for more long-form conversations like this, and keep following The Journey. 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:53 Meeting Caleb 00:09:59 The Locked In Trap 00:29:53 You Can't Skip The Foundation 00:36:02 The Laundry Basket Test 00:45:54 Stop Tolerating Low Standards 00:56:09 The Weekly Test 01:01:56 Write It Down 01:11:53 The 3-Part Relationship Filter 01:17:57 Your standards At Home Show Up At Work 01:23:53 Separating Your Life From Business 01:31:58 Every Business Becomes A People Management…
People in this episode
Host: Ricardo Vargas
Guest: Caleb Storts
Topics covered
- business growth
- emotional discipline
- relationship standards
- leadership
- scaling a business
Keywords
- business
- entrepreneurship
- leadership
- emotional discipline
- scaling
- relationship standards
- home service business
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