Below are more attitudes or mindsets that suggest a mediocre personality:
Entitlement Mentality
Entitlement mentality according to Conservapedia is a state of mind in which an individual comes to believe that privileges are instead rights, and that they are to be expected as a matter of course.
With this mentality, you feel somebody or the world owes you something. You are so much obsessed with what others can do for you and not what you can do for yourself. Some quick examples of this mentality will be: a student who feels a relative should sponsor him through school just because he is rich, a man who thinks his brother should take responsibility for one or two of his kids, after all, he - the kids' uncle - is very wealthy, a subordinate who feels his boss must promote him considering his long service. These and many more reflect cases when we expect that others owe us the responsibility to meet our needs. While it is not wrong to receive any of the above benefits, it is totally up to the donor to decide whether or not to do so.
Mediocrities expect the most from government, from relatives and their bosses. They expect government to attend to each and every social need, they blame government or their 'unappreciative' boss for a job loss. The way out of this is to empower yourself to meet your needs. Do not give other people's negligence to your needs as excuse for not achieving excellence. Take responsibility for your life! The richest people in the world today are those who came up with products that either changed the world or leveraged on already existing inventions. Think about Bill Gates' dream of having a computer in every home in the world, Mark Zuckerberg's goal of seeing family and friends remain connected, Steve Jobs of Apple, Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google. These are people whose ideas completely revolutionized the world, transformed the way we do business and opened up businesses for other people. They 'pushed' the borders!
A Feeling that Others Demand Too Much
Another indicator that you are settling for mediocrity would be a feeling that others on your team are perfectionists or are demanding too much from you. If your daily, weekly or monthly reports are always deemed 'not detailed' or others in your team constantly have to start afresh with tasks you submitted as complete or when you feel the expectations of others are too high, you might consider stepping up your game. There is something about excellence you need to learn because in the end, your productivity will affect those of others. Management may decide to excuse you so your attitude does not affect other employees.
Generalizing Failure
Imagine every other person scores 40% and below on a test while you score 50%, it is easy to feel a sense of comfort even though you just managed to clinch average, 'at least, all others failed!'. What happened to the remaining 50% mark? You must not see other's failure as an excuse to remain mediocre. It is your responsibility to determine how far you want to go, how excellently you want to perform. Other people's complacency must not make you settle for less. Yes, you are not competing with anybody, but your current class, team or organisation might just be a bunch of average minds. Do not let them cloud your 'sense of excellence' Mediocre organisations do not attract top-performers.
By considering all these attitudes of a mediocrity, it is obvious we choose to be mediocre in one or more aspects of our lives while we strive to attain the peak of the 'mountain' in other aspects. Our goal however must be to avoid and consciously shut-out a mentality of dependence, entitlement or the comfort of generalizing failure. Don't just be good, better, or average. Be the best, strive for excellence!
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