"Start early and begin raising the bar throughout the day"
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The subtext is a kind of self-managed competitiveness. “Start early” isn’t just about productivity; it’s a quiet flex about discipline and separation. Early hours become a moral advantage: proof you’re willing to do what other people won’t. Then “raising the bar” adds a second layer - not merely maintaining standards, but actively escalating them. That escalation is the athlete’s addiction to measurable improvement, the belief that complacency is the only real opponent.
Context matters. Jenner’s public identity was forged in an era that worshipped the all-American decathlete: the ultimate generalist, built on endurance, technique, and repetition rather than a single flashy skill. The quote reflects that decathlon mentality: you don’t peak once; you stack small wins across events, across hours.
There’s also a cultural edge here: a nod to the grind ethos before it became social-media content. No aestheticized “hustle,” just a straightforward behavioral script. It works because it’s bossy, compact, and slightly unforgiving - the tone of someone who believes standards are earned, hourly, not wished into existence.
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Jenner, Bruce. (2026, January 16). Start early and begin raising the bar throughout the day. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/start-early-and-begin-raising-the-bar-throughout-98911/
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Jenner, Bruce. "Start early and begin raising the bar throughout the day." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/start-early-and-begin-raising-the-bar-throughout-98911/.
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"Start early and begin raising the bar throughout the day." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/start-early-and-begin-raising-the-bar-throughout-98911/. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.







