Focus is not something you’re born with; it’s a skill you learn and master over time. In this episode of the Seven-Figure Standard Podcast, you’ll learn about why distraction is rising and how you can build deep execution to avoid focusing on the wrong things. Arash explains why focus is the greatest work habit you can create, the importance of learning to tolerate discomfort, how standards stabilize your focus, the danger of relying on willpower, and so much more! We delve into how Arash maintains focus and hear an example of what a focused sprint looks like before discussing the importance of taking breaks. Arash also touches on the danger of becoming obsessed with outcomes instead of focusing on repetition over time. Finally, he leaves us with something to consider: is what you’re focused on creating the life you want, or is it stealing your dreams? Tune in now!

Key Points From This Episode:

• How distraction does us a disservice and is the byproduct of a weak identity.
• Why focus is the greatest work habit that you can ever create.
• What to ask yourself when you feel discomfort and why you need to tolerate it.
• How having standards removes negotiation and stabilizes focus.
• Why you cannot rely on willpower to create focus.
• Arash tells us how he maintains his focus throughout the day.
• Distraction as feedback and why you constantly have to upgrade your focus.
• An example of what a deep-work focused sprint looks like.
• How to turn distractions into great breaks between your focused work.
• Why focus is a skill that anybody can develop and train.
• The danger of being obsessed with the outcome instead of long-term repetition.
• Controlling your focus so it creates the life you want and doesn’t steal dreams.

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Good to Great
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How do you know if you are working in faith or secretly avoiding action while calling it surrender? In this episode, Arash Vossoughi and Mykie Stiller break down the receivership trap and explain the critical difference between faith and passivity. In their conversation, they explore why receivership without action becomes avoidance, how hesitation breaks down momentum, and why clarity comes through taking action. Arash also discusses how faith demands courage and standards, and does not wait for signs or permission. Hear how top performers build confidence through speed, why discipline is essential to receivership, and how betting on yourself awakens the identity required to win. Join the conversation to uncover what may be delaying you and learn how to shift from avoidance to faith.

Key Points From This Episode:

• What the receivership trap is and how to avoid it.
• Learn how to operate from a place of genuine faith.
• How procrastination stops momentum and reinforces your old identity.
• Find out why real faith requires you to take decisive action.
• Discover the difference between surrender and avoidance.
• Why you have to be willing to fail at your future.
• The barriers to true faith and the role of discipline.
• Explore why hope often gets mistaken for faith.
• Uncover the steps to identify avoidance behaviors.
• A courageous decision that listeners can make today.
• Hear why clarity demands action.

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The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity

Think and Grow Rich

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We are back with another episode of the Seven-Figure Standard podcast, with your hosts Mykie Stiller and Arash Vossoughi. Today, we’re talking about the daily battle between two versions of you. One is committed, driven, and aligned with your standards. The other hesitates, negotiates, and puts things off. And the question is simple: which version is going to take the lead? Tune in now to hear Arash unpack the two versions playing tug-of-war in your mind, why change is about consistency more than perfection, and why the first rule of success is preparation. They also delve into the sneaky ways you feed your old self, the importance of mastering the internal dialogue, and why the biggest competition you have is yesterday’s version of yourself! For all this, and more, start listening now.

Key Points From This Episode:

• What listeners can expect from today’s episode.
• Arash unpacks the two versions playing tug-of-war.
• The difference between the past self, future self, losing self, and winning self.
• Why the decisions in your journey to change are not about perfection but consistency.
• The importance of knowing where you are heading.
• Feeding the winning version of ourselves.
• No one has it 100% figured out; we are all playing the game of life.
• The first rule of success: preparation.
• Who’s leading your internal dialogue bus?
• Sneaky ways we feed our old selves.
• Arash shares how to never lose your hunger.
• The standards have to buy into to ensure that the winning standard wins.
• The linguistics of change: mastering your internal dialogue.
• How you can set yourself up to truly win.
• Your biggest competition: yesterday’s version of yourself.
• Key takeaways from today’s episode.

Episode 144: Standard Boxing

The Magic of Thinking Big

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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. If you’re ready to rethink productivity from the inside out, this conversation offers a clear place to begin!

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.

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Do you ever feel like you’re doing everything right and checking all the boxes, but still not getting results? In this episode of the Seven-Figure Standard Podcast, Arash breaks down the concept of the Identity Tax: how your old identity causes self-sabotage and limits your growth. Tuning in, you’ll hear all about how your identity is holding you back and how to see the weaknesses in it. We even share a ‘formula’ for bulletproofing your identity so that you can decrease the identity tax you pay and finally get the results you want. If you want 2026 to be the year that you decide your identity instead of letting the world define it, then be sure to press play now!

Key Points From This Episode:

• Arash explains what the identity tax is.
• Why you need to make your identity the foundation of everything you do.
• How to know when your identity is holding you back and the power of extreme ownership.
• Asking yourself what the identity of your future self is when you set a goal.
• The importance of enforcing your standards.
• How to see where the gaps in your identity are and why it’s so hard to work on your identity.
• Why you need to be bold and think big.
• How to figure out where you’re paying identity tax right now.
• Why the behavior of your new identity has to be non-negotiable.
• The formula: decide, enforce, normalize.
• Seeing asking for help as a strength.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

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Have you ever felt comfortable in your success and then wondered why things have started taking a wrong turn? Today on the Seven-Figure Standard Podcast, Arash and Mykie are breaking down the meaning of the phrase, ‘nothing fails like success,’ and exploring the power of embracing failure. Tuning in, you’ll hear all about why success is more dangerous than failure for people who are driven, why you need to constantly move the goal posts on your ideas, how success affects identity, and why you always get what you prepare for. We delve into how ego keeps you stuck before Arash shares some early warning signs that success is starting to fail. We even discuss how to find your drive instead of operating from motivation and how discomfort plays into goal-setting. Finally, Arash encourages listeners to map out their wants clearly and ask if they have let themselves get comfortable. Thanks for listening!

Key Points From This Episode:

• What ‘nothing fails like success’ means.
• Why success is dangerous for driven people.
• The importance of constantly creating bigger and better ideas.
• How success changes how you see yourself.
• Arash explains why you always get what you prepare for.
• How ego keeps us the same and prevents growth.
• Early warning signs that success is starting to fail.
• What to do when you need to find your drive again.
• The role intentional discomfort plays in goal-setting.
• Arash encourages listeners to map out their wants clearly.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

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What if the biggest reason you’re inconsistent, under-earning, or doubting yourself has nothing to do with skill and everything to do with internal dialogue? In this episode, Arash Vossoughi and Mykie Stiller unpack the idea of the internal sales pitch and why every result in your life is first won or lost in the conversation you have with yourself. They discuss why selling is simply a transfer of belief, how belief is built through preparation and repetition, and why confidence doesn’t come from personality, but from identity. You’ll hear why most people lose, not because they’re bad at sales, but because they haven’t sold themselves on their goals, their value, or their ability to follow through. They also explore how selling applies far beyond traditional sales roles, why attitude is the ultimate sales skill, and how selling from service changes everything. Join the conversation to learn how to strengthen your internal dialogue and lead with certainty instead of hesitation. Tune in now!

Key Points From This Episode:

• Discover why the first person you must sell every day is yourself.
• Unpack how every internal dialogue is, in fact, a sales conversation.
• Why selling is simply the transfer of belief and energy.
• How belief is built behind the scenes through preparation and repetition.
• Hear what is needed to create wealth: selling and leadership.
• Uncover why selling is about leading and serving, not persuading or convincing.
• Find out why every individual in a company should have a sales mindset.
• Learn how repetition builds certainty and how certainty transfers belief.
• Explore how divorcing yourself from the outcome multiplies results.
• The importance of selling yourself first as a foundation for building confidence.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Selling You!

The Greatest Salesman in the World

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What if money doesn’t show up because of how hard you work, but because of who you decide to be? In this episode of the Seven Figure Standard Podcast, Mykie Stiller and Arash Vossoughi explore why money responds to identity rather than effort, and how income reflects self-image, habits, and personal standards. The conversation covers what it means to raise your money identity, what happens when you become comfortable with higher levels of income, and how to stop negotiating with yourself. Arash explains the role of decision speed, execution, and acting before certainty, as well as why money flows to conviction and follow-through rather than perfection. They also discuss healing scarcity, upgrading your environment, and committing to personal growth as key drivers of momentum. Listen in for a clear, mindset-focused look at building wealth from the inside out and discover how to become the kind of person that money can’t ignore!

Key Points From This Episode:

• How your bank account reflects your current identity.
• Why you can’t out-earn the identity you’re loyal to.
• Getting comfortable with money before it shows up.
• Training identity by thinking, feeling, and acting ahead of results.
• How identity drives behavior, and how behavior drives results.
• Why decision speed collapses time and attracts opportunity.
• Eliminating self-negotiation and procrastination around money.
• Ways that scarcity blocks receivership and financial growth.
• How to raise your money standard instead of settling for less.
• Healing your money wound to remove scarcity and allow for growth.
• Today’s action step: decide what you will earn and act in alignment.

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Episode 136 – Stop Chasing Success: Tap Into This Receivership Framework

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