Mediocrity: Settling Will Be Your Demise

Being criticized by society is a biggie. I believe that is the biggest reason why people enter and stay in the vicious cycle of mediocrity.

It's easier to blend in the with the crowd than it is to stand out.

As Seth Godin puts it, you have to stand out in order to be remarkable.

Hi Jeremy,
from my point of view its the comfort zone that people would not like to come out of.
More over the fear of failure and being criticized by society is also another reason.

Hey Jeremy,

Well, there's a few reasons why people settle for mediocrity, the most obvious being, they simply don't know ANY better than that. Mom's did it. Dad did it. Everyone that they've ever been connected to settled for what society told them they could half.

Another reason some people settle, is because it becomes difficult for them to do anything else. Society has a way of making things a tad bit difficult for some individuals. Oftentimes what happens is the individual get tired of fight harder than his or her peers, and then decides to settle for the box that they've been told is theirs to sit in.

Then their the another reason some choose mediocrity; after awhile it becomes very much comfortable, and before they it become they know it, life has literally passed by.

All of these are good valid reasons to stay in mediocrity... I mean, it makes sense that one would choose it. However, a person has to.... how can I put this... "snap out of it" in each case. They have to seek out pass what they've been taught, ignore how difficult society makes it for them, and never, ever get comfortable in mediocrity.

They must step outside that box, wrap it back up, and hand it back to the one that tried to put them in it.

In addition to what has already been said, I think that there are three other factors.

1 - Giving in to mediocrity can be the result of fear, specifically fear of rejection. Going mediocre is (often) playing it safe.

2 - Ease. It is easier to phone it in than to really work at developing something special.

3 - Speed. People become impatient and want to crank out products as fast as possible. Great endeavors can take time, though. The more impatient you are, the more appealing mediocrity is.

Hey Jeremy mediocrity is just a lack off fire, but I guest all people use their fire in different ways.

Blessing J

You know Jeremy, this is what I think...

I think people reach a point where they think they have it all figured out. They really don't so what ends up happening is they crash once they realize that they don't...then they settle for being average.

They get a new spark then they repeat the process again.

I think taking a student like approach and honestly learning and growing is the only way.

Great stuff here man. Have a wonderful weekend in the Yay!