Mediocrity is self-inflicted
Friday, June 29, 2007
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'Mediocrity is self inflicted, but genius is self-bestowed,' wrote the mystic-scientist, Walter Russell.
What does it mean? Why is mediocrity self-inflicted? Why would anyone want to be less than they could be?
To be mediocre is defined as:
1. of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate.
2. rather poor or inferior.
For me, mediocrity is defined by the humdrum, the ordinary, those things that we do out of habit.
Mediocrity is a kind of default state for nearly all of us in the modern world. It's what we slump back into to escape the pressures of living.
Here are some mediocre behaviors:
1. Watching TV instead of writing that ebook you've been promising.
2. Doing the urgent instead of the important. Mistaking busy-ness for actual achievement.
3. Making choices that lower your energy long term while giving you a short-term buzz.
4. Blanking out instead of facing up to what is.
5. Ignoring the challenge of living a great life.
6. Generally letting the media determine your lifestyle.
7. Letting others do your thinking for you.
8. Failing to take advantage of the opportunity for change that new knowledge brings you.
Everything in life is a choice. Avoiding making choices is the invisible default choice that most people make.
My mediocrity is self-inflicted because I waste my potential by making poor choices.
'Mediocrity is self inflicted, but genius is self-bestowed,' wrote the mystic-scientist, Walter Russell.
What does it mean? Why is mediocrity self-inflicted? Why would anyone want to be less than they could be?
To be mediocre is defined as:
1. of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate.
2. rather poor or inferior.
For me, mediocrity is defined by the humdrum, the ordinary, those things that we do out of habit.
Mediocrity is a kind of default state for nearly all of us in the modern world. It's what we slump back into to escape the pressures of living.
Here are some mediocre behaviors:
1. Watching TV instead of writing that ebook you've been promising.
2. Doing the urgent instead of the important. Mistaking busy-ness for actual achievement.
3. Making choices that lower your energy long term while giving you a short-term buzz.
4. Blanking out instead of facing up to what is.
5. Ignoring the challenge of living a great life.
6. Generally letting the media determine your lifestyle.
7. Letting others do your thinking for you.
8. Failing to take advantage of the opportunity for change that new knowledge brings you.
Everything in life is a choice. Avoiding making choices is the invisible default choice that most people make.
My mediocrity is self-inflicted because I waste my potential by making poor choices.
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