“No extraordinary result ever came from mediocre effort.” MotivationalResultsEffortExtraordinaryMediocre Author:Hal Elrod
“The first method is that of a schemer and leads only to mediocre results; the other method is the path of genius and changes the face of the world.” WorldFirstsFacesPoliticsResultsPowerPathGeniusMethodMediocre Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“A passive mindset "manages" to live with mediocre, but an active mindset "leads" to change until excellence results.” ResultsExcellenceActiveMindsetManagePassiveMediocre Author:Orrin Woodward
“Publishers, theatrical managers, and critics ask not for the quality inherent in creative art, but will it meet with a good sale, will it suit the palate of the people? Alas, this palate is like a dumping ground; it relishes anything that needs no mental mastication. As a result, the mediocre, the ordinary, the commonplace represents the chief literary output.” PeopleNeedsArtAsksLiteratureResultsQualityCreativeOrdinaryCriticsSuitsChiefsManagersInherentMediocrePublishersAlasCommonplaceTheatricalRelishOutputCreative ArtPalate Book:Anarchism: Top Crime Collections Source: Anarchism: Top Crime Collections
“It is far more lucrative and fun to leverage your strengths instead of attempting to fix all the chinks in your armor. The choice is between multiplication of results using strenths or incremental improvement fixing weaknesses that will, at best, become mediocre. Focus on better use of your best weapons instead of constant repair.” UseMotivationalChoicesFunResultsFocusWeaponsSelf ImprovementWeaknessConstantPersonal DevelopmentImprovementMediocreAttemptingArmorFixingMultiplicationChinksConstant Improvement Author:Tim Ferriss
“The idea of excessive diversification is madness. Wide diversification, which necessarily includes investment in mediocre businesses, only guarantees ordinary results.” IdeasResultsOrdinaryMadnessInvestmentInvestingWideGuaranteesMediocreDiversification Author:Charlie Munger