The ART of doing the best even when surrounded by Mediocracy

Many people are surrounded by Mediocracy. This is a cage that pulls people down. Finding great
people today is so hard. I think there are a few basic rules which can help us to excel even when we
are surrounded by Mediocracy:

1. Have your own voice: Having your own voice can go a long way to help you perfect your
craft. 

2. Whip your confidence back into the form: You can get a lot done by just having the
confidence that you can, rather than withdrawing yourself to a corner in the self-pity of

“acceptance” 

3. Learn enough to be able to relate to different fields of knowledge: Everything that

you do comes from a resource pool that you have built for yourself over long periods of time,

either through reading, learning from self and other’s experiences, and this is your knowledge

and if you don’t learn, you are not equipped for what it takes.

4. Find a mentor: After all that you read, no resource in the world can teach you faster than a

mentor who believes you are someone who can be molded into a solid person with a distinct

and impeccable skill set. A mentor can always save you the trouble of finding out what to

pursue and what not to, which path to take, where to improvise, and how you can put more of

your efforts in where they can tweak the necessary changes.

5. Devise an actionable strategy: It starts with creating a process that you can keep to for

almost every day of the week, every month of the year. The point is, it is not particularly

about keeping in constant touch with your craft, as much as preserving consistency and

ensuring practice that will make you a better person who is ready for any challenge.

6. Always be open to criticism: Criticism is what makes you have a broad mind to the

possibility of doing something the next time with better insights, and is also what helps you

toward having the psychological shift from what you considered fundamental to what actually

is.

7. Never, ever, underestimate the value of time: It’s true that whenever you spend your

time doing things that couldn’t mean anything to you or your path, that’s also the same time

you could rather have used for creating values that would mean something to you or your

path. It’s true of the time you spent wasting with your friends. It’s true of the time you slept in

very late into the morning. It’s true of the time you thought you would spend researching for
 your project that you knew you were only using as an excuse for starting your project later.

And it could be handled by scheduling your activities, marking your calendar, using

reminders, and so on. But for the most part, all you have to do is be mindful of what you are

giving your most time to and if that doesn’t align with what you have in mind, retrace your

steps and get back to doing what matters.

8. Give all of what you can: In other words, never settle for the second best of yourself. You

have to be in a self-actualized state of yourself all the time. You have to know what’s the best

you can give and strive to make that happen.

9. Never give up: Life isn’t finding shelter in the storm. It’s about learning to dance in the

rain, when you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go

10. Be Positive: It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task that, more than anything

else, will affect its successful outcome. You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you

seem, and smarter than you think. Every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have

1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact.