Episode 144: Standard Boxing

About the Episode

What if time management isn’t the problem at all? What if the real constraint is the standard you’re operating from? In this episode of the Seven Figure Standard Podcast, hosts Myke Stiller and Arash Vossoughi challenge the belief that better scheduling leads to better results and introduce a different approach they call “standard boxing.” The episode challenges the idea that productivity is about managing time, and instead, focuses on how standards shape results. Arash explains why busyness often masks distraction, and how raising standards creates focus, consistency, and faster progress without adding more hours. The conversation centers on how standards are built through repetition and discipline, and how they influence identity over time. The episode closes with a simple experiment: commit to one higher standard for the next seven days and observe what changes. 

Key Points From This Episode

• Why time management fails and standards drive results.
• Busy does not mean productive: focusing on what actually moves the needle.
• Understanding standards as daily actions, not intentions or motivation.
• Choosing one standard to intentionally install at a time.
• What standards really are: behaviors you normalize and repeat.
• Fearlessness, action, and obsession as core high-performance standards.
• How to install a new standard today, stay consistent, and hold yourself accountable.
• Why standards must be stronger than emotions, comfort, and excuses.
• Building momentum through daily wins and repetition.
• Seven-day sprints to create fast identity shifts.
• Competing with yourself instead of settling or conforming.
• Final challenge: choose one standard and enforce it this week.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode

Voss Coaching Co

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Mykie Stiller on LinkedIn

Mykie Stiller on Instagram
Arash Vossoughi on LinkedIn

Arash Vossoughi on YouTube