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Podcast: Work On Your Game: Discipline, Structure, and Execution Under Pressure
Episode: #3565: How People Subconsciously Test Your Standards
Description: People don’t ask me what my standards are, they test them. In this episode, I break down how these tests are usually subconscious and not even malicious, they’re just human nature. The way I respond in those small moments teaches people exactly how to treat me going forward. My standards are not what I say or post, they are what I enforce in real time. If I don’t hold the line, then I don’t actually have standards.
Show Notes:
[01:34]#1 Tests start small, but they escalate quickly and quietly.
[08:26]#2 Emotional reactions signal weak points.Â
[12:56]#3 Withdrawal is your final tes...