I could also imagine a sloppier person intentionally raising their standards, but that seems a lot harder, or else it’s just something people around me have been less likely to talk about.
If you want convince someone to lower their standards on an intellectual level you just need to convince them that there’s no rational reason for their standards.
On the other hand, if you want someone to raise their standards you actually have to provide them reasons for why a higher standard is important. If you have a situation where someone has some allergic symptoms explaining to them how better cleaning could alleviate their symptoms or the symptoms of a housemate that they care about, that’s an argument that might convince someone that it makes sense to raise their standards.
Jordon Peterson also seems to manage to convince large amounts of men that they should clean their room and if you buy into his reasoning that probably comes with standard raising.
If you want convince someone to lower their standards on an intellectual level you just need to convince them that there’s no rational reason for their standards.
On the other hand, if you want someone to raise their standards you actually have to provide them reasons for why a higher standard is important. If you have a situation where someone has some allergic symptoms explaining to them how better cleaning could alleviate their symptoms or the symptoms of a housemate that they care about, that’s an argument that might convince someone that it makes sense to raise their standards.
Jordon Peterson also seems to manage to convince large amounts of men that they should clean their room and if you buy into his reasoning that probably comes with standard raising.