In sports (and probably in all walks of life) set your standards and goals high and your chances of achieving success are much greater. If you set your goals and standards low, you will certainly underachieve. It’s similar spiritually.
C.S. Lewis said this…”Aim at Heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you will get neither.”
If we live our lives allowing the world to set our standards, we will be disappointed when we look in the rear view mirror of our lives.
“Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.” (Colossians 3:2)