Introduction: Habits are powerful, but...

Introduction: Habits are powerful, but...

Rise your standards, Transform your lifeBy Andy Zapata
Michael Caine
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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
11Chapter 10 - Standards of Purpose
2Chapter 1 - The invisible Force That Runs Your Life
12Chapter 11 - Standards for Relationships
3Chapter 2 - Be, and You Shall Become
13Chapter 12 - Standards at Work and Leadership
4Chapter 3 - Standards vs. Goals
14Chapter 13 - Standards of Health and the Body
5Chapter 4 - Borrow Before You Build
15Chapter 14 - Standards of Faith, Prayer, and Inner Alignment
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6Chapter 5 - The GPS of Life
16Chapter 15 - Breaking Inherited Standards
7Chapter 6 - The Vehicles of Success
17Chapter 16 - Final Chapter: Writing Your Standards
8Chapter 7 - Habits, the Engine Behind Standards
18Chapter 17 - My Story, My Why
9Chapter 8 - Standard of Time
19Bonus - 100 Powerful Standards
10Chapter 9 - Standards for the Way You Create Money
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