Introduction: Habits are powerful, but...
Rise your standards, Transform your lifeBy Andy Zapata
Length4h 12m
About this audiobook
The Standard is a practical, no-excuses guide to upgrading the invisible rules that run your life. In this book, Andy Zapata reveals a hard truth most people avoid: you don’t rise to your goals—you fall to your standards. Goals tell you where you want to go, but standards determine what you will tolerate, what you will refuse, and who you become under pressure. And habits are the daily actions that prove those standards are real.
Blending raw personal experiencefrom a tough upbringing and a life shaped by survival standards—to building businesses, leading teams, and learning from mentors and high performers, Andy shows how the most successful people aren’t separated by talent; they’re separated by what they accept as “normal.” You’ll learn how to identify the standards you inherited from family, culture, and environment, break the patterns that keep you stuck, and replace them with clear, enforceable standards that elevate your time, health, money, relationships, leadership, & faith
Audiobook details
GenreBusiness and Economics
Length4 hrs 12 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 8, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Chapter 1 - The invisible Force That Runs Your Life
3Chapter 2 - Be, and You Shall Become
4Chapter 3 - Standards vs. Goals
5Chapter 4 - Borrow Before You Build
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6Chapter 5 - The GPS of Life
7Chapter 6 - The Vehicles of Success
8Chapter 7 - Habits, the Engine Behind Standards
9Chapter 8 - Standard of Time
10Chapter 9 - Standards for the Way You Create Money
11Chapter 10 - Standards of Purpose
12Chapter 11 - Standards for Relationships
13Chapter 12 - Standards at Work and Leadership
14Chapter 13 - Standards of Health and the Body
15Chapter 14 - Standards of Faith, Prayer, and Inner Alignment
16Chapter 15 - Breaking Inherited Standards
17Chapter 16 - Final Chapter: Writing Your Standards
18Chapter 17 - My Story, My Why
19Bonus - 100 Powerful Standards
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