Before anyone else meets your standard,
you meet it.
In the way you show up when no one is watching.
In the tone you use with yourself when you fall short.
In the way you honor your own word.
Standards aren’t about controlling other people.
They’re about alignment.
When you hold yourself to what feels true,
you stop asking others to compensate for what you’re not enforcing.
It’s quieter than it sounds.
But it changes everything.
Where can you hold yourself to the standard you expect from others?