“Establishing and maintaining clarity for yourself and what you want is the starting point for success. Thus, maintaining extraordinary clarity is necessary to achieve extraordinary success. The problem is that most people maintain a mediocre level of clarity, which inevitably leads to a mediocre level of success.” PeopleThinkingWantProblemLevelsAchieveExtraordinaryStartingWhat You WantClarityMediocreMaintainingStarting PointThinking Differently Author:Hal Elrod
“Albert Einstein once reported, "Great spirits have always encountered voilent opposition from mediocre minds." If you want to achieve your own greatness, to climb your own mountains, you'll have to use yourself as your first and last consultant.” IfsWantMindFirstsUseLastsSpiritAchieveGreatnessMountainClimbsOppositionMediocreConsultantsGreat SpiritFirsts And LastsMediocre Minds Author:Wayne Dyer
“The adjuration to be "normal" seems shockingly repellent to me; I see neither hope nor comfort in sinking to that low level. I think it is ignorance that makes people think of abnormality only with horror and allows them to remain undismayed at the proximity of "normal" to average and mediocre. For surely anyone who achieves anything is, essentially, abnormal.” PeopleThinkingSeemsLevelsAchieveIgnoranceComfortHorrorNormalLowsAverageMediocreSinkingAbnormalProximityLow LevelAbnormality Book:the Human Mind Source: the Human Mind
“Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them.” PeopleSuccessBornAchieveHumorousMediocrityMediocreThrust Author:Joseph Heller
“People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit.” PeopleKnowsSometimesAbilityAchieveDeterminationPerseveranceTheatreCoachesQuittingPersistenceCoachingPersistMediocrePersistentOutstandingPersevereDetermination And SuccessWill And DeterminationDetermination MotivationalGreat CoachGreat DeterminationInspirational DeterminationPerseverenceInspirational CoachDedication And PerseveranceInspirational CoachingFamous CoachDetermination To SucceedAbility To Succeed Author:George Allen
“You don't achieve greatness in life being surrounded by mediocre people with mediocre values. Choose your company wisely.” PeopleValuesCompanyAchieveGreatnessMediocreAchieve Greatness Author:Amy Chan
“Young people need plenty of difficulties to achieve something.... If you receive a little money for this, a little money for that, everything becomes mediocre, and collapses ignominiously.” PeopleIfsNeedsLittlesYoungAchieveDifficultyPlentyCollapseMediocreLittle Money Author:Salvador Dali
“It's lonely at the top. Ninety-nine percent of people in the world are convinced they are incapable of achieving great things, so they aim for the mediocre. The level of competition is thus fiercest for "realistic" goals, paradoxically making them the most time-consuming and energy consuming. It is easier to raise $10,000,000 than it is $1,000,000. It is easier to pick up the one perfect 10 in the bar than the five 8s.” PeopleWorldEnergyGoalPerfectLevelsFiveAchieveEasierPicksPercentLonelyAimRaisesCompetitionConvincedNineBarsGreat ThingsRealisticIncapableMediocreNinetyConsumingNinety NineTime ConsumingRealistic GoalsLonely At The Top Author:Tim Ferriss