By the Ocean
Clear 74 Degrees
5:45 a.m.
Mediocre is everywhere. Look around, it’s what most people are doing pretty much all of the time. The Matrix calls it normal, reasonable, practical, good enough. You’re never going to change that.
That doesn’t mean there are no options though. Your power is in the choice to tolerate or not tolerate and to take action in alignment with that choice.
I’m not here for the mediocre because those people look at me and think I’m crazy. Too serious, too focused, too idealistic, too intense, too deep, too curious, too bold, too much!
I consider that a good sign given where I started. Growing up, I was taught not to shine my light too brightly because it might make the mediocre people feel bad. This is deep and evil conditioning if you’ve ever received it. Imagine telling that to a child and messing with his mind so that the expression of his own brilliance actually is rewired to produce shame and guilt?
I was taught to tolerate mediocre, which is a disservice to everyone.
And then something inside broke and the programming started to crumble.
Where I’m at today is this: You being brilliant reduces no one.
Mediocre is a disease. It is not the natural realm of any human. IT IS LEARNED.
How is it taught?
Let’s take the hot hype topic of the month, A.I. as an example! Part of the reason my body is repulsed when people use A.I. to write is because it is a direct path to mediocre…or completely embarrassing yourself if you really don’t know your stuff.
Mediocre ideas, mediocre expression, mediocre impact all packaged up as something new, innovate and advanced.
It’s a trillion dollar auto-complete machine. Except the Matrix has sold it to people as a way to get ahead. Anyone who can see clearly and knows writing knows it’s how you fall behind.
It is SLOP. It is meaningless drivel guessed together by so much guessing power that it takes $2,700 to service every $200 A.I. bot unlimited subscription. I don’t know when that business model is going to crash, but when it does it is going to be a SIGHT!
If you want to tolerate that fine. If you want to participate, good luck!
If you want something better, then invest in yourself, not a bot. There are lots of ways to do that. I’m offering just one of them with my “Write Like a Human” presentation.
If you choose not to be mediocre…and if you start removing mediocre from your world, you will be amazed by the transformation you can engineer in your business. Your business is just a reflection of you. So when you improve YOU, everything else gets better.
Mediocre is not human. It is a virus.
When you see it, step away and find another path. Nothing good ever comes by getting too close.