Evan CarmichaelSpeaker / Author / Introvert

Raise Your Standards NOW | Stop Settling!

3 Jan 2024 · 0 min

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In this motivational monologue, Evan Carmichael urges listeners to stop accepting a merely "good" level of performance and to actively raise their personal standards. He argues that labeling one’s current state as "good" creates complacency, preventing the pursuit of greatness. By highlighting that "good" is the enemy of "great," he challenges the audience to recognize the subtle comfort of mediocrity and to take immediate action toward higher achievement, emphasizing that true growth requires deliberate, conscious effort to improve beyond the status quo.

You want to grow? You want to get better? You want to improve? You have to raise your standards. You have to now not settle for where you're at, because where you're at is good. This is the problem: good is the enemy of great. Where you're at is good. It's good. It's not amazing, but it doesn't suck, because if it sucked, if you hated it every day, you would have to find a way out. But because it's good, you don't do it. You don't change. It's not important enough for you to want to get to that next step.