Average People – Part 1

There are a lot of average people in the world. And “average” has a massive gravitational pull. If you aren’t careful you will easily be pulled back to “average”.

Imagine every skill and talent has its own bell curve. It looks like a sloping mountain. The two extreme ends are very thinly populated. The center section is big. The center section is the bulk of the world. The center section is the average.

This bell curve applies to each skill and talent. The majority of guitar players are average. The majority of graphic designers are average. The majority of dancers are average. It’s simple math.

50 percent of people are below average at a given skill. And the majority of the “above average” crowd aren’t much better than average. There are very few people that really excel in a given skill.

It can be tempting to look at the excellent people around you and wish you were good at what they’re good at. Chances are you’re below average or average in their particular skill. You may practice and hone your below average skill to get better. But you’ll probably never escape average. All your work just landed you in a pile of other average people. That’s a bad use of your time.

You’d do much better to focus on the skills where you’re above average. Focus on those. Instead of getting good enough to be average at a skill, get good enough to excel.

I’m convinced everyone can be above average if they focus on developing the right skills. But most people are satisfied to become average at everything. They get good enough to join the masses and that’s enough.

Don’t join the masses. Excel.

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