{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Lion Counseling Podcast","title":"When High Standards Become Fear","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/166aae4a\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":245,"description":"🎙️ When High Standards Become Fear | Leadership Under Pressure #93\nJocko Willink and Echelon Front teach the importance of standards, discipline, ownership, and execution. And they’re right.\nLow standards destroy:\nmarriages\nleadership\nhealth\nfinances\nteams\ncharacter\nBut in this episode of Leadership Under Pressure, Mark Odland explores the hidden danger many high-performing men never notice: Sometimes what looks like “high standards” is actually fear in disguise.\nMark breaks down:\n✅ The difference between healthy standards and fear-based standards\n✅ Why some men pursue excellence while secretly running from shame\n✅ How perfectionism quietly damages marriages, parenting, and leadership\n✅ Why fear-based standards create pressure instead of strength\n✅ The hidden connection between criticism, anxiety, and emotional distance\n✅ How unresolved shame contaminates leadership and relationships\n✅ Why some successful men can never fully relax, celebrate, or feel satisfied \nThis episode is not about lowering standards.\nIt’s about purifying them.\nBecause standards rooted in:\npurpose\nmission\nlove\nresponsibility\ncreate strength.\nBut standards rooted in:\nfear\nshame\nanxiety\nconditional worth\neventually create exhaustion and distance.\nAt Lion Counseling, Mark works with high-performing men who appear successful externally—but who internally feel driven by pressure, fear of failure, and the inability to ever feel “enough.”\nSometimes the goal is not lower standards.\nSometimes the goal is healing what’s driving them.\n🎙️ Book a Clarity Call with Mark:\nhttps://escapethecagenow.com/call/\n📘 Get Mark’s FREE book + join the newsletter:\nhttps://escapethecagenow.com/subscribe/\nAbout Leadership Under Pressure:\nLeadership Under Pressure is a series from Lion Counseling exploring the hidden psychological layer of leadership, discipline, relationships, and performance. Mark Odland combines trauma-informed therapy, EMDR expertise, leadership principles, faith, and real-world experience to help...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/b43DNkaaFA6NuvdfMHherbAf24V0_hZDPKaqPLVU2iE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hZjAw/YTFhMTc4ZmZlOTZl/NWQxNDQ3OGIwZDlj/MjgwZC5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}