Mediocrity vs. Greatness

I found the following entry on lululemon athletica's site awhile back and like to re-read it every so often. I find it inspiring and motivating....read on :-)

Mediocrity can be defined by: if someone was to ask you “how are you?” you would reply “fine”. Mediocrity is doing an “ok job”, having a relationship that “works”, being just a “little” overweight, having a job that “pays the bills” etc.. Mediocrity is putting up with things the way they are with no firm plan to change the situation by a specific date. Mediocrity is following a predetermined and unfulfilling path. Most people live in a state of mediocrity. Mediocrity is as close to the bottom as it is the top.

Greatness is demanding the best of everything and doing what is required to get it. Greatness is demanding friends who demand the best. Demanding the best wife or husband and the best job and the best pay. Demanding the company you work for makes the best product and is uncompromising in its promise to the customer. Greatness is demanding the best out of one’s self.

Greatness means taking ownership of your life and operating out of what is possible not from a place of fear. Greatness is having faith that the world will unfold as you design it to be...

In order to determine what “GREATNESS” means you first need to figure out what “MEDIOCRITY” is. Mediocrity is a state in which most individuals live. Most people are completely unaware of the greatness that exists within them and they continually co-exist in a vicious cycle of trying to make themselves happy in unfulfilling and meaningless ways. Most people are not happy living this way but most do not even know what it means to live a “great” life, they have never been exposed to the possibility of living life in this manner. They are completely unaware of the fact that their mediocrity is killing their ability to be great. It is in this small detail where those of us who have been exposed to the possibility of a great life are able to contribute to elevating the world from a place of mediocrity to a place of greatness.

MEDIOCRITY

• Living a “FINE” life
• Just going with the motions of life – not “living” life
• Status Quo
• Following a predetermined path
• Following a “leader”
• Stagnant
• A vocabulary full of “I wish and I hope”, excuses and blame
• Worrying about what others think
• Not taking control of ones life
• Continually trying to look good
• Not loving every moment life
• Unhealthy Mind = Unhealthy Body

GREATNESS

• Leading a “great” life on a daily basis
• Creating your own path in this world
• Being a “leader”
• Unique individual
• Do not live your life concerned about how you look or what others think
• Live a life full of endless possibilities
• Open to failing and making mistakes
• Learning and new experiences
• Knowledge
• Continually moving forward
• Confident, strong and courageous
• Personal Responsibility – full ownership of one’s life
• Making a difference – being a contribution

The law of attraction says you will attract into your life the goals and visions that you manifest as possible and real. Great visions and goals will attract others with great visions and goals. Great people help great people become greater.

Choose to be GREAT…Choose to bring greatness into your life and choose to partake in “elevating the world from a place of mediocrity to a place of greatness!”