
businessFeb 16, 202620:22pending
#3565: How People Subconsciously Test Your Standards
About this episode
People don’t ask me what my standards are, they test them. In this episode, I break down how these tests are usually subconscious and not even malicious, they’re just human nature. The way I respond in those small moments teaches people exactly how to treat me going forward. My standards are not what I say or post, they are what I enforce in real time. If I don’t hold the line, then I don’t actually have standards.
Show Notes:
[01:34]#1 Tests start small, but they escalate quickly and quietly.
[08:26]#2 Emotional reactions signal weak points.
[12:56]#3 Withdrawal is your final test and is your strongest one.
[18:22] Recap
Next Steps:
---
Power Presence is not taught.
It is enforced.
If you are operating in environments where hesitation costs money, authority, or leverage, the Power Presence Mastermind exists as a controlled setting for discipline, execution, and consequence-based decision-making.
Details live here:
http://PowerPresenceProtocol.com/Mastermind
This Masterclass is the public record of standards.
Private enforcement happens elsewhere.
All episodes and the complete archive:
→ WorkOnYourGamePodcast.com
Get every episode summarized
Each time Work On Your Game: Discipline, Structure, and Execution Under Pressure publishes, we email you a written briefing from the transcript — the topics, who appeared, and any specific claims, with the ad reads skipped.
Email me new episodesFree for 3 shows. No card needed.
Hosts & guests
No transcript yet
This episode has not been transcribed. Request it and it moves to the front of the queue.
More episodes
More from Work On Your Game: Discipline, Structure, and Execution Under Pressure

#3775: Systems ALWAYS Get "Gamed"
Work On Your Game: Discipline, Structure, and Execution Under Pressure
Sep 14, 202623:16completed

#3774: Don't Be An "Open Book"
Work On Your Game: Discipline, Structure, and Execution Under Pressure
Sep 13, 202619:44completed

#3773: Why Stories ALWAYS Beat Statistics
Work On Your Game: Discipline, Structure, and Execution Under Pressure
Sep 12, 202620:25pending

#3772: Your Brain Needs "Alone" Time
Work On Your Game: Discipline, Structure, and Execution Under Pressure
Sep 11, 202622:51completed