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Something is missing in our lives. Part of what’s missing is purpose. Values, Worthwhile standards against which our lives can be measured.
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…at the same time we have seen a decrease in housekeeping standards, we have seen a massive increase in parenting standards for women and men.
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Accountability builds extraordinary trust in the culture when people feel secure in the knowledge that everyone will be held to certain standards.
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The myth is that setting standards will increase accountability. What is most often creates is compliance.
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…the way in which people do their work matters… But somehow we don’t hold managers to this standard.
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People who have impossibly high standards for themselves can also hold impossibly high standards for others, resulting in a steady stream of coaching and negative evaluation, and a conspicuous silence around appreciation.
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…the more elite the team, the fiercer the desire of those already on the team to keep those standards high.
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You’ve got to build trust. You’ve got to hold yourself to high standards in values and ethics and assume others will do the same.
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Laws define courses to which we must legally adhere or avoid. Ethics are standards of conduct we ought to follow.
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Self-control without goals and other standards would be nothing more than aimless change, like trying to diet without any idea of which foods are fattening.
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