In our last discussion we asked the question, Is mediocrity posing a threat (problem) in your life or career?
Here are five (to start) not-so-simple steps to start overcoming mediocrity. Always easy to say, but sticking with them is another story. Hopefully you will be able to promulgate your victory.
First, lets define it:
According to Funk & Wagnalls Dictionary
Medio (Gk)= combining form of middle= average
Mediocre= to be average
Mediocrity= to take the middle (ground)
First step toward breaking the average, is breaking your 'routine'. Routine is doing the same thing every morning, driving to work the same route, maybe every Tuesday is pasta nite. Change your routine and get away from your comfort-zone. Change the sound on your alarm, but start somewhere, even the small things will make big change.
Second step is to work on your thinking. How you think, what you think, ask yourself why do I think this way? What's the root cause for my attitude in this area of my life? Asking yourself these types of questions will open some of the reasoning behind your logic. Perception of how you want to see yourself, where you see yourself in a specific time period, brings us to...
Third thing is forward-vision. Some call it daydreaming, but without it your stuck in 'mediocrity'. Visualize your dream, write it down, be it on paper, I-Pad, Nook; then read it everyday. Add to it, take from it as needed, but start pushing toward that goal. If you don't you, no one will. You are in charge of your future, but it must start today!
Forth one thing you must remember, all side steps are not break-downs in your plans. sometimes you have to level out, regroup and get ready for the next step. You may have to learn something before moving forward. While climbing the mountain the paths turn here and there, sometimes they may take you down several feet, but the path will ultimately bring you to the top of the peak.
Fifth its not when or how old you are, its are you doing it. Look at some examples of those who rose against mediocrity:
Ted Williams, at age 42, slammed a home run in his last official time at bat.
Mickey Mantle, age 20, hit 23 home runs his first full year in the major leagues.
Golda Meir was 71 when she became Prime Minister of Israel.
William Pitt II was 24 when he became Prime minister of Great Britain.
Now how about this? Benjamin Franklin was a newspaper columnist at 16
and a framer of the United States Constitution when he was 81.
"You’re never too young or too old if you’ve got talent."
Let’s recognize that age has little to do with ability.
Arnold Group has been raising organizations up from mediocre pit for since 2002. If you don't want to settle for just getting by anymore, check us out. www.AGRPLLC.com
For more information email:
info@agrpllc.com
Here are five (to start) not-so-simple steps to start overcoming mediocrity. Always easy to say, but sticking with them is another story. Hopefully you will be able to promulgate your victory.
First, lets define it:
According to Funk & Wagnalls Dictionary
Medio (Gk)= combining form of middle= average
Mediocre= to be average
Mediocrity= to take the middle (ground)
First step toward breaking the average, is breaking your 'routine'. Routine is doing the same thing every morning, driving to work the same route, maybe every Tuesday is pasta nite. Change your routine and get away from your comfort-zone. Change the sound on your alarm, but start somewhere, even the small things will make big change.
Second step is to work on your thinking. How you think, what you think, ask yourself why do I think this way? What's the root cause for my attitude in this area of my life? Asking yourself these types of questions will open some of the reasoning behind your logic. Perception of how you want to see yourself, where you see yourself in a specific time period, brings us to...
Third thing is forward-vision. Some call it daydreaming, but without it your stuck in 'mediocrity'. Visualize your dream, write it down, be it on paper, I-Pad, Nook; then read it everyday. Add to it, take from it as needed, but start pushing toward that goal. If you don't you, no one will. You are in charge of your future, but it must start today!
Forth one thing you must remember, all side steps are not break-downs in your plans. sometimes you have to level out, regroup and get ready for the next step. You may have to learn something before moving forward. While climbing the mountain the paths turn here and there, sometimes they may take you down several feet, but the path will ultimately bring you to the top of the peak.
Ted Williams, at age 42, slammed a home run in his last official time at bat.
Mickey Mantle, age 20, hit 23 home runs his first full year in the major leagues.
Golda Meir was 71 when she became Prime Minister of Israel.
William Pitt II was 24 when he became Prime minister of Great Britain.
Now how about this? Benjamin Franklin was a newspaper columnist at 16
and a framer of the United States Constitution when he was 81.
"You’re never too young or too old if you’ve got talent."
Let’s recognize that age has little to do with ability.
Arnold Group has been raising organizations up from mediocre pit for since 2002. If you don't want to settle for just getting by anymore, check us out. www.AGRPLLC.com
For more information email:
info@agrpllc.com
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