Set Your Standards Higher

In his inspiring book The Fred Factor, author Mark Sanborn claims, "Setting a higher standard is more challenging than simply achieving the status quo ... the more value you create in your work or your interaction with others, and more value will eventually flow toward you.

How high can you set your personal standards?

Are you happy just to have a place to call your job?

That doesn't cut it anymore because in the competitive environment of today, you MUST set your standards high. You must keep learning, growing, and stiving for excellence. If you do that, you really won't have to worry about your job because you will be a person who adds value to your company and you will be a highly desirable employee to your current company.

If for any reason your current job ends and you have continued to strive for higher standards, you will be very employable to other companies and have an advantage over other candidates.

Work on yourself every day and you will add value to your company and to yourself.