What if things getting worse is actually a sign that you're closer than you think to a breakthrough? In this episode, Mykie Stiller and Arash Vossoughi explore the “messy middle,” the uncomfortable phase where results seem to go backwards, doubt creeps in, and the temptation to quit becomes stronger than ever. Arash shares why this phase is essential to lasting success, what's really happening beneath the surface, and why the biggest breakthroughs often come when you're tempted to give up. Discover how to navigate adversity, strengthen your mindset, and keep moving forward when the results haven't caught up with the work. Because the messy middle isn't a sign to stop. It's where winners are made.

Key Points From This Episode:

• Mykie introduces today’s topic: it’s worse before it gets better.
• Why you may very well be on the right track even if your results seem to be going backwards.
• Arash defines the term “messy middle.”
• What is really happening under the surface: a complete rewiring of the subconscious,
• Why the messy middle sucks, but remains essential to your success.
• How you know a quantum leap is coming (and a reminder of what a quantum leap is).
• He explains why your environment is important.
• Why the messy middle isn’t a sign to quit.
• Filling your inner circle with people who challenge your beliefs.
• The one phase: living from the end.
• Holding onto the unknowns and operating out of faith.
• Two important questions to ask when setting goals.
• What Arash sees when people hit the messy middle.
• Why your beliefs are the issue, not your strategies, when it comes to achieving results.
• The most important actions to get you through the messy middle.
• Arash explains why qutting is never an option, despite circumstances.
• Why your attitude toward change matters.
• He explains what the saying “Do hard, better” means.
• His advice to those currently finding themselves in the messy middle.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Robin Sharma

Voss Coaching Co

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Mykie Stiller on LinkedIn

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Arash Vossoughi on YouTube

Are you genuinely productive, or are you just comfortable being busy? The difference could be the key to unlocking your next level of growth. In this episode of the Seven Figure Standard Podcast, Arash Vossoughi and Mykie Stiller challenge the belief that being busy equals being productive, unpacking how distraction, hidden commitments, and a desire for comfort can quietly sabotage your success. Arash explains why focus is essential for creating breakthrough results and shares practical strategies for protecting your productive hours, building tiny habits, and establishing non-negotiable standards that drive lasting change. Arash also explores the role identity plays in shaping our results and challenges you to ask the harder questions. Discover how to stop chasing busyness and build a daily model of focus that drives meaningful personal and professional growth. By shifting your attention towards what truly matters, distractions begin to fade, productivity improves, and lasting results follow.

Key Points From This Episode:

• Why the busiest person in the room is often the most distracted.
• Arash unpacks one of the greatest hidden commitments we have.
• He explains why busy and distracted are not the same thing, even if they’re often grouped.
• Why being busy is simply an honest lie.
• Arash argues why he believes busy and productive don’t create breakthroughs.
• Defining distraction: anything that takes your mind off of your end goal.
• Understanding the number one most important work habit to develop.
• How to protect yourself against distraction.
• Tools to help you build habits that keep you focused.
• Key questions to identify distraction and a commitment to comfort.
• One of the greatest forms of self-sabotage.
• The difference between two incredibly busy people: one creates results, and the other doesn’t — why?
• Grading where you are and where you need to go.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

Voss Coaching Co

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Mykie Stiller on LinkedIn

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Being positive doesn’t guarantee success; you can be positive and still be broke. In this episode of The Seven-Figure Standard, Arash Vossoughi and Mykie Stiller challenge the idea that positivity alone is enough to create meaningful results. They take a deeper look at what attitude really means, explore what it means to create a rich life across finances, health, relationships, and personal growth, and explain how our internal programming shapes the results we experience. Discover the two things we can control, how our thoughts, feelings, and actions define our attitude, and the key characteristics that separate a powerful attitude from surface-level optimism. They also unpack why attitude matters most when things go wrong, why optimism requires brutal self-honesty, and how accurate thinking differs from simply thinking positively. Finally, learn how self-awareness, disciplined thinking, and intentional action can help you break old patterns, take control of your attitude, and start creating results that reflect the person you want to become.

Key Points From This Episode:

• Why you can be positive and still be creating horrible results.
• Looking deeper and understanding what attitude is.
• What it means to create a rich life.
• Arash defines what a program is and how it creates your results.
• He unpacks two things we can control.
• What attitude really means: thoughts, feelings, and actions.
• Characteristics that define a great attitude.
• Why a great attitude matters even when things go wrong.
• Optimism as an obsession: being brutally honest with yourself.
• The difference between accurate thinking and positive thinking.
• How to develop a powerful attitude through self-awareness and action.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Voss Coaching Co

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Mykie Stiller on LinkedIn

Mykie Stiller on Instagram

Arash Vossoughi on LinkedIn

Arash Vossoughi on YouTube