Tag Archive - mediocrity

Trappstr 28 – Part 8 (Chills down my spine)

November 29, 2009 in Confessional, Goals, Revolution Church with Comments Off

My new blog buddy Brett Trapp wrote this post on 28 things he’s learned in his 20’s. Since I am so much older and wiser than Brett (3 whopping months) and since I loved it so much, I thought I’d take each of those things and elaborate on them over the next several days.

18. In general, people live unintentional lives–coasting and reacting to whatever happens around them. This is a recipe for mediocrity. -Trappstr

“Mediocrity.” Buawwwwhaaauuaaaa…few words send such a chill down my spine…

I don’t want to be a reactor. I want to be an intentional activator!  Hence all of this goal setting stuff I am always rambling about.

I am big on goal setting. I just refuse to drift through life. Most people spend more time planning their summer vacation than they do planning their life out. I think that’s a tragedy.

On a completely random yet related note, I also believe that unintentional living is one of the main reasons for so much divorce. Men we have to intentionally PURSUE our wives!

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I am Weak, I am Strong

April 1, 2009 in Leadership, Productivity, Rants with 3 Comments

Just some thoughts…

If you spend your life trying to be good at many things, you’ll nevere be great at a few things.

Society encourages us to be well-rounded and in doing so, inadvertently sets us up for lives of mediocrity.

When you strive to be the best in all areas you become a much less effective leader.

We teach “you can be anyone you want to be” when we ought to be teaching “you CANNOT be anyone you want to be but you can be a whole lot more of who you already are.”

It sounds backwards to our conditioned minds, but we have much more potential to develop and grow when we invest in our strengths rather than worrying about correcting our deficiencies.

If you stink with numbers why try to be an accountant? Why do we consider the American Dream to be taking the path of most resistance?

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