Mastering your work habits is a topic that’s often underrated and overlooked, even though it is essential to unlocking your key performance at the workplace. To begin today’s conversation, we unpack the motivations behind good work habits and why “quitting” should never be in your vocabulary before Arash provides his definition of “work habits.” Then, we assess the relationship between work habits and your future self, how to overcome action paralysis, and the correlation between identity, quitting, and work habits. Finally, we explore the importance of core values and how they influence work habits, and today’s action step encourages you to decide where you’re going and who you’re going to be.

Key Points From This Episode:

• Understanding the motivations behind good work habits.
• Why quitting should never be an option.
• Defining “work habits.”
• The relationship between your work habits and your future truth.
• Take action: How to balance generating new ideas with the actions that bring them to life.
• How identity, quitting, and work habits correlate.
• Why core values matter and how to match core values with work habits.
• Today’s action step: Decide where you’re going and who you’re going to be.

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Episode 119: Quitting Is a Habit – How to Break the Cycle
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Quitting is just another bad habit that so many people adopt. But how do you break the cycle so that you can become the best possible version of yourself? Today on the Seven-Figure Standard Podcast, we are discussing what compels people to quit and how to set a higher standard for yourself. We delve into the power of having great focus, the danger of skepticism, and why quitting should never be an option. We even discuss the price you pay when you don’t become the best version of yourself before touching on how to discern what isn’t serving you and what needs to be cut out of your life. Finally, Arash shares today’s simple action step: stop quitting! If you have ever battled to go after your dreams and find yourself quitting and restarting in a futile cycle, then this episode is for you!

Key Points From This Episode:

• Why most people are sabotaging themselves by quitting.
• How developing great focus can help secure your wins.
• The power of deciding who you want to be so that quitting isn’t an option.
• How skepticism leads to quitting.
• The cost of not becoming the best version of yourself.
• Deciding what you do need to quit.
• Today’s action step: Stop quitting!

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Can you collapse time between where you are now and your biggest, most audacious goal? You can, and we see it every day! But there are certain things you have to do to achieve this. In this episode, we unpack the biggest blocks that keep our clients from achieving what they truly want, the role of identity in creating results, and how our history influences how we move forward. We also discuss mental discipline, reasons that doubt is worse than fear, and why the treasure is always in the commitment. Sharing real client stories, we talk about the power of being honest with ourselves, acting before we are ready, what it means to use time as a tool, and how to play full out every single day. Each time we step up, we step out of our comfort zone, and that’s how you collapse time! Tune in to learn more about how you can make it happen too!

Key Points From This Episode:

• Whether or not you can collapse time between you and your goals.
• Three big blocks that keep us from achieving what we truly want.
• An example of how fear can hold us back.
• The role of identity in helping us achieve our results.
• Assessing our history and becoming more effective every quarter.
• How mental discipline creates a foundation for collapsing time.
• Why doubt is worse than fear.
• Analyzing the deep work of a recent client who collapsed time in 40 days.
• Being honest about our negative patterns.
• Why urgency is everything and how you can act before you are ready.
• Using time as a tool to achieve more, faster.
• Letting go of past versions of yourself that do not serve your goals.
• Quantum Leap coaching and how it can help you.

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What if the difference between where you are and where you want to be came down to one simple habit: urgency? In this episode of the Seven Figure Standard, Arash Vossoughi and Mykie Stiller unpack the mindset shift that separates high performers from the rest: taking immediate, committed action. Tune in to explore the internal resistance that keeps people stuck, the identity shifts sparked by decisive movement, and why waiting for perfect conditions is a losing strategy. Whether you're pursuing business success, personal growth, or deeper self-awareness, this conversation will challenge you to stop waiting and start taking action!

Key Points From This Episode:

• Urgency as a non-negotiable for excellence.
• Why “do it now” isn’t just a phrase; it’s a habit that changes everything.
• What being all in really looks like (and how to tell if you are).
• Leveraging deadlines to generate real momentum for your goals.
• How perfectionism is just procrastination in disguise.
• Why time isn’t the problem; distraction is.
• Action as the greatest antidote to fear and resistance.
• Ways that urgency reshapes your identity through new habits.
• How commitment and discipline unlock rewards and self-respect.
• Start now: set a six-month goal, define your why, and go all in for 14 days!

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Most people avoid the discomfort that comes with growth. But in this episode of the Seven Figure Standard Podcast, Arash Vossoughi and Mykie Stiller unpack why “embracing the suck” is a non-negotiable part of success. You’ll learn how waiting to feel ready is often just fear in disguise and why taking action before you're confident is the fastest way to grow. Arash explores the role of resistance and repetition on your journey to mastery, and breaks down how deliberate practice, not perfection, is what builds momentum. He also shares reflections on the times he struggled most, nearly quit, and what helped him keep going. Whether you're just starting out or stuck in the middle of a challenge, this conversation offers a powerful reframe. Tune in to take the next step, even if it feels messy!

Key Points From This Episode:

• What it means to “embrace the suck” and why it matters.
• Three habits that helped Arash create real momentum in his life.
• How perfectionism holds people back from taking action.
• Advice for taking action, even when you don’t feel ready.
• Why repetition is essential to the process and how it shapes your identity.
• Strategies that helped Arash push through when he wanted to quit.
• How to embrace the suck when you’re in the middle of the process.
• What to do when resistance shows up and how to use it as motivation.
• Why building a “magnificent obsession” changes everything.
• Action step: identify the skill your goal requires and go do it today!

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

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Anyone can create a quantum leap; you just need to shift your mindset and thinking to achieve one! Today on the Seven-Figure Standard Podcast, Arash is sharing the mindset and thinking that created his very first quantum leap. Tuning in, you’ll hear all about what his mindset was like before his first major breakthrough, how it changed, how you can overcome fear and doubt, and the one thing that needs to change in your thinking to create quantum leaps. We delve into Arash’s relationship with failure and risk-taking and how it’s evolved before discussing how to know when someone is ready to break through and make a massive change. We are even reminded of the importance of being coachable and Arash shares important mindset shifts you need to make to create a quantum leap. Finally, Arash shares today’s action step and encourages listeners to leverage his belief that everyone has unlimited potential. Thanks for listening in!

Key Points From This Episode:

• Arash tells us what his mindset was like before his first major breakthrough.
• What changed for him that created his first quantum leap.
• How to overcome the natural fear and doubt that comes up before a big leap.
• The number one thing that needs to change in your thinking to create quantum leaps.
• What his relationship with failure and risk-taking was like then and how it’s evolved now.
• How Arash knows when someone is about to have a breakthrough.
• Why you have to be coachable to create quantum leaps.
• Arash shares some mindset shifts everyone needs to make to create a quantum leap.
• Today’s action step: Leverage Arash’s belief that you have unlimited potential.

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What is the habit you have that you’re not honest with yourself about? The first standard we need to have is honesty, but most of us have normalized lying to ourselves. That’s holding us back from reaching our goals and reaching new levels of success! During this conversation, Arash and Mykie dive deep into what prevents us from being honest with ourselves and what we need to do to form different habits. Nothing will catapult your results more than your standards! So today, we’re deconstructing how Arash changed his relationship with standards and transformed his average habits to build better ones. We discuss how playing with bigger ideas helps to achieve different results and how changing your beliefs around your identity can help you to create a different reality. This is one of the most important episodes we’ve ever published, and a reminder to never give up, but to rise up instead. Don’t miss it!

Key Points From This Episode:

• The first standard we need to have with ourselves: honesty.
• What prevents people from being totally honest with themselves.
• Some of the most widely accepted average habits people have.
• What you need to do to form a new habit.
• Why you can’t change your identity until you change your standard.
• What you need to do to set new goals that lead to a new standard.
• An example of how Arash’s ideas have helped him to grow.
• How being humble and hungry changes your life.
• Playing with bigger ideas to achieve different results.
• The role of belief and identity in creating success.
• Why you have to surround yourself with people who are doing better than you.
• Action steps for today: define your standards that your goal demands.

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You can’t reach a new level of success while thinking like your old self. Identity is what makes the difference. In this episode of the Seven Figure Standard Podcast, Arash Vossoughi and Mykie Stiller dive into the identity gap, namely, the gap between where you are and where you want to be. Arash explains how every person, no matter their level of success, is navigating some form of identity gap, and why recognizing that gap is the first step to closing it. Drawing from personal experience and client stories, Arash unpacks what it takes to fully live at the level of your goals. The conversation covers how to shift your identity through aligned action, commitment, and daily repetition, even when results haven’t shown up yet. Listen in to learn how to close the gap and step fully into the version of you who’s already won!

Key Points From This Episode:

• What the identity gap is and why everyone has one.
• How identity work helped Arash shift his trajectory.
• Why most people operate from their current self, not their goal.
• How to live from your goal before results show up.
• Why “be, do, have” is the formula for lasting success.
• What it really means to align your identity with your big goal.
• How to spot if you’re letting the outside control your progress (and what to do next).
• The role of delayed gratification in identity growth.
• Why attitude is a reflection and driver of identity.
• How to close the identity gap through daily repetition.
• Today’s action step: Identify the gap between you and your goal and commit to closing it.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

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