How Setting High-Expectations for Yourself Turns you into the Ideal for Others
When your inner-virtues become external-litmus tests.
I began setting high expectations for myself when I began lifting weights. Wanting to become the best weightlifter I possibly could be, I read up on the science of fitness and became successful in my efforts.
Such expectations began to spread out in my life. What I often tell others is this: “if I am to do something, I am going to put 100% of my effort into it.”
Those who know me can surely attest to this fact. I graduated at the top of my class in my undergraduate degree, spend most of my days studying and writing, and in my relationship with my girlfriend, I put in a serious effort to ensure that she is happy and that our relationship is healthy. All of this behavior is something I proudly regard as a virtue. My life has exponentially improved ever since I have set these sorts of expectations for myself. My finances are in order, I am in graduate school full-time, my relationship is beautiful and the work I engage in fulfills me and has a meaning which is independent of myself.
The Message of High-Expectations
There are many individuals in the public-light who practice these virtues. Their message is…