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📜 Raise the bar, or accept it lower than ideal?

Raising the bar creates resentment.

Keep doing it anyway?


Category: Ethics

Posted: 1 month ago

🗳️ Proposed Solutions

Found 3 solution(s) for this dilemma.

Raise the bar, but gently. Explain why standards matter—it’s about growth, not punishment.
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Posted: 15 days ago

Sometimes you gotta meet people where they’re at. Lower the bar a bit to keep peace, then nudge it up later.
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Posted: 15 days ago

Find a middle ground. Set clear goals but give room for mistakes—progress over perfection.
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Posted: 15 days ago