Anyone can achieve modest goals, but modest goals always yield modest rewards. If you want to see real personal growth, you have to get into the habit of setting targets that make you "reach" a little higher.
Option 3: The Critical/Wellness Perspective (Blog/Newsletter) When "higher" isn't always "better." Raising the Bar
However, raising the bar only works when we model it ourselves. If you want your team to operate at a higher standard, you must be the first one to clear that new height. Anyone can achieve modest goals, but modest goals
Even if you fall a little short of a high bar, you’ll still be further along than if you had settled for something easy. If you want your team to operate at
to unlock better collaboration.
"Raising the bar" is an ethos of setting higher standards and increasing expectations, whether for yourself, your team, or an entire industry. Originating from high-jump sports in 1896, the phrase describes the act of physically increasing the height an athlete must clear—a metaphor that now applies to everything from professional excellence to personal growth.
—a bar set high becomes part of your organization's DNA.