mediocrity will kill you

A THOUGHTFUL WARNING FROM YOUR FRIENDS AT PHANTA MEDIA

Success feels great. Everyone knows that. Failure? That can't

be avoided. But there's no shame in trying. Or in passing on

something.

!But mediocrity? It's the most offensive thing you can do.

Why is it worse than avoidance or all-out failure?

!Because when you fail, you learn. You grow. There's nowhere

to go but up. Mediocrity is simply a waste. You squander time,

effort and opportunities just to squeak by with little payoff.

Mediocrity is more than simply being bad at something. And if

you feel we're talking to you, then get ready to be schooled.


LOW STANDARDS WILL DESTROY YOU.



You forget the little details, or you willingly cast them aside because they take too much time. And when you let those little things slip through the crack, you either present work that's rough around the edges, or you find yourself scrambling to pull it all together at the end. You have a "Someone else will take care of it" attitude.



HOW YOU BEAT IT: Keep lists of everything and don’t settle until every single thing is taken care of. Set reminders and do all you can to hold yourself accountable.


COMPLACENCY WILL SABOTAGE YOU.



You accept things as “good enough.” You fail to challenge yourself in both a short-term basis and a long-term basis, to the point where all projects look the same and no growth is demonstrated over a period of time. As long as you can keep your head above water, you’re happy.



HOW YOU BEAT IT: Set goals every month to know where you would like to be in the future. Check up on yourself often and makes notes of your progress, to ensure that you're always striving to grow.


LACK OF FOCUS WILL DERAIL YOU.



You go through your duties day to day with no real attention to one particular thing. You lack consistency, fail to adhere to any values or principles, you just go through the motions and do the work as it comes. You cover everything generally, but you don’t have a strong hold on anything, and you don’t really care all that much.



HOW YOU BEAT IT: Before you start working on something, sort out what your values and priorities are. Organize your task in relation to those priorities. Don't allow yourself to move onto something else until you've perfected what you've started.


YOUR WILLINGNESS TO GIVE UP WILL TRAP YOU.



If you find yourself always saying “you can either do it fast or you can do it well,” it means that you don’t know how to do something well in a timely manner. You don’t stick to deadlines, or even promise hard deadlines half the time. You fail to turn around work or complete anything in a way that meets expectations, and last-minute changes throw you for a loop.


HOW YOU BEAT IT: Force yourself to commit to deadlines. Practice your craft over and over so you can get things done quicker without sacrificing quality.



If it seems dramatic, if it seems frank, maybe even a bit scary, that's

because you should be scared. It may seem like you're getting by

now, but no one ever got ahead at a walking pace. Let this be a

wake up call. Start trying today — holding yourself to account and

striving for something real. You have everything to gain. What do

you have to lose?

To hell with mediocrity.


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