The Standard Is Not the Ceiling

Most people only do enough to pass. They live their lives in maintenance mode — doing what’s required just to avoid failure.

But you were not built for maintenance. You were built for mastery.

When you stop measuring your worth by the bar others set, and start setting your own, everything changes.

The standard stops being the ceiling. It becomes the floor.

True excellence begins when you no longer ask, “Do I have to?”

It begins when you say, “Even if I don’t have to, I will.”

That’s when you separate from the masses — not by talent, but by decision.

Because while others coast, you compound.

And that’s why you’ll outlast them.

Reflection Question:

Where in your life have you settled for meeting the standard instead of setting it?

~ Praise God

CarMichael | The Voice of Strength