Mediocrity is often accepted because people compare themselves with others, but the successful person should be comparing themselves with themselves. Have they improved upon themselves or had a regression to the mean? In the end, mediocrity is nothing more...
Many people make all kinds of progress, only to make one big decision that undoes or destroys all the progress they made. This self-sabotage is generally due to self-limiting beliefs that keep you restricted to mediocrity.
Many people start their days with failure and then wonder why the day does not get any better from there. We have so much to be thankful for and should start our day with success.
"Work smarter, not harder."
-Lazy person's motivational saying
The first time I heard this saying something about it bothered me. When I pondered it the reason why it bothered me became readily apparent. This saying is often an excuse for laziness...
"Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion"
-Parkinson's Law, from Parkinson's Law, and Other Studies in Administration
Essentially this "law" is saying that all the time you allot to a task will be used in the...
