SETTING STANDARDS

Ever been to a track meet? The UIL State Track Meet started yesterday and goes through Saturday. The hi-jump and pole vault are events where people compete until the highest clearance is declared the champion. The Summer Olympics are this summer too. Great time to let what I am about to tell you sink in…

A CLOSER LOOK AT HI-JUMP & POLE-VAULT

What you will find is that the bar only goes up… NEVER GOES DOWN! After each competitor clears the bar at the rounds’ height the bar goes up 2 inches and the ones that made it are in, and the ones that didn’t are out. Pretty cut and dry.

LESSON ONE

Raise the bar a little at a time. It only moves up a couple inches each round, not a couple of feet. When you decide to change some things in your life, it helps when we make small corrections. Get some wins in the area of change then raise your bar… a little at a time. GET SOME WINS!!

TAKE AN EVEN CLOSER LOOK

It’s not the bar that actually goes up! The bar actually rests on two metal devices called “standards.”Standards ONLY GO UP – THEY NEVER GO DOWN! Once a standard is declared that’s what it is – A STANDARD. What happens in life too many times is that we let our standards go down.

LESSON TWO
Decide today that you will operate at a certain standard. At work, with your friends… most importantly with your family ESPECIALLY in parenting. Decide what your standard is, get some wins and then ONLY GO UP from there.

NEVER GO DOWN