Raise Your Standards and Elevate Your Life

Published: Wed, 06/27/18

Don't Lower your Standards for Anything or Anyone. Self Respect is Everything.

— Anonymous

Why do most of us accept what turns up in our life? We never challenge the status quo because society wants us to believe we should take what's on offer. I believe we create our own destiny and to keep doing that we must keep improving ourselves and the world around us. And the only way I can do that is by raising my standards and my expectations.
The concept is an easy one to understand but challenging to implement. And why is that? We're too comfortable, that's why. The plight of low standards and low expectations is adversely affecting our ability to improve and contribute.

Oh hell naw. I ain't compromising my standards for no one.

It feels like society is working extra hard to convince us that a worthy goal to aspire to is a state of satisfaction. Satisfaction did not drive civilization. Satisfaction will not get us through the next set of challenges we will inevitably face. Humankind has always wanted to improve its condition, and it's through that frustration we have made discoveries that have propelled us forward.
But nothing fails like success.

History is rife with civilizations and individuals who destroyed themselves because of complacency. Why are so many people sleepwalking through their life content and uninspired?
I’m not talking about greed but a kind of pervasive contentment that kills ambition and progress. You are either growing or declining, and in nature, there are no halfways.
I remember how satisfied I felt when I completed my supernatural thriller Bad Ii the Bone. Looking back on it my smug satisfaction had me feeling good about myself, after all, completing that arduous task was hard work. A lot of my fellow writers get caught in that trap of complacency, taking on the praise and believing the hype. I woke up to the fallacy quickly and I respectfully injected my situation with some inspirational dissatisfaction. I went on the hunt for something that could help me improve my standards and I came across Mark Dawson's Advertising for Authors.
What a difference that made.
Seek, and you will find the good book said.
Well, I followed my internal urging and embarked on the journey of getting my books read by as many people as possible with no excuses and things changed, thanks to Mark Dawson's Advertising for Authors. I'm learning everyday, growing and even when it's difficult, I keep doing what must be done. I’d love to be able to see immediate results from my efforts, but this kind of meaningful work takes time and patience. But I can see immediate results and a massive shift in how I will engage with readers a year from now.

Hope this Helps

Mark Dawson's Advertising for Authors is a resource that I truly cannot put a value on. If you are serious about selling more fiction books and reaching more readers this is the course to take, hands down. I have never promoted a course before and I wouldn't unless I'm familiar with it myself. I've bought this and use Mark Dawson's Advertising for Authors and the many resources he has available to give me a distinct advantage. Mark gives you so much value it easily surpasses what you have spent. Here's what other Authors on the course have said.

Trust me when I say, there is nothing like this out there.

Let Mark guide you as he did me.