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Why most people end on the path to mediocrity
- They are not willing to fail;
- They don't see value in learning and self-education;
- They don’t think they have what it takes to be extraordinary;
- They are confused about what is truly valuable;
- They spend more time making comparisons than working on themselves.
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Most people hate failure...
...because for them, if they suck at something, it means they suck. But this is the path to mediocrity: If they aren’t willing to fail, they aren’t able to learn.
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“It’s lonely at the top. 99% of people are convinced they are incapable of achieving great things, so they aim for mediocre. The level of competition is thus fiercest for ‘realistic’ goals, paradoxically making them the most competitive.”
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