Standard Work – Designing Your Da...

Standard Work – Designing Your Day Like a Builder

Built Not Wished by Dave McKee
S1 · E14
Mar 11, 2026
21:11

Episode notes

So today we’re talking about the next principle that follows 5S in the world of Kaizen and Lean systems.

It’s called Standard Work.

Now that phrase sounds technical.

It sounds like something meant only for factories.

But the truth is…

Standard Work might be one of the most powerful life principles you will ever learn.

Because Standard Work is simply this:

Designing the best known way to do something… and repeating it consistently.

Not perfectly.

But consistently.

And the people who build great lives…

rarely rely on motivation.

They rely on standards.

Today we’re going to talk about:

Why most people struggle without standards.

How builders design their days.

And how creating personal standard work can completely change your trajectory.

Because the truth is simple.

A life worth living…

isn’t wished for.

It’s built.

And builders don’t leave their days to chance.

They design them.

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