{"id":528,"date":"2018-12-14T19:49:35","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T19:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matthewtcooke.com\/?p=528"},"modified":"2018-12-14T19:49:35","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T19:49:35","slug":"higher-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthewtcooke.com\/higher-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"Higher Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;[ HIGHER STANDARDS ]\\n\\nWhere have you been letting others walk all over your standards?\\n\\nWhere have you been walking all over your OWN standards?\\n\\nIt's SO easy to resent our partners, (business or intimate) for not living up to our standards, when the issue lies in US not having the deep KNOWING in our VEINS that OUR truth is the right one (for us.), so much so that we're willing to stand for that truth.\\n\\nWe start to look to others, thinking that they may have a better answer or standard...we question ours.\\n\\nWe fear conflict, and standing in what feels right for us.\\n\\nIf you've been unable to have high standards it's NOT a standards issue...It's a Trust issue.\\n\\nTrusting your own wisdom. 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