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Choosing
Mediocrity: Four Key Questions to Breaking
the Cycle
By Susan Young,
President, Susan Young Media Relations,
Inc.
When
did you decide to be mediocre?
Did
you wake up one morning, bored with your
drab routine and life and tell yourself
in that noisy soundtrack that plays brain
clutter 24/7 in your head that today's
the day. Today is the day that you will
stop being hopeful and start being one
of those horrible draining "naysayers"
that surround us. When did you choose
to be average? And when will you choose
to get control of your life and break
away from the pack? When will you decide
that being second rate is for someone
else? When will you give yourself a break
and come to understand that we were put
here to succeed and not suffer. When will
you find the treasures and gifts that
lie within?
It's
all about answers. It's all about
choices.
When
we were innocent toddlers, we played wildly
and used our imaginations with little
regard for possible failure or other people's
judgments. We learned to walk, we fell
down, we laughed and we got right back
up and began running again. If we cried,
it was only for a minute. We quickly forgot.
We didn't know the word mediocre.
Children
laugh an average of 400 times a day. Adults
laugh an average of 15 times a day. Where
did our joy go?
It's
time to recapture our excellence. It's
time to get up and decide to run again.
It's time to laugh more and decry
mediocrity. It's time for you to
decide to move to the front of the buffet
line. It's your turn.
Philosophers
say the hardest part is getting started.
What's holding you back? Think about
your goal of losing weight, registering
for a class, asking for a raise, or getting
out of a negative relationship. You either
have results or reasons. Another word
for reasons is excuses. Now ask yourself
these four key questions. Be brutally
honest.
1.
Why? (Why should I get started?)
2. Why not? (Why shouldn't I get started?)
3. Why not me? (Why shouldn't I take the
turn that I am entitled to?)
4. Why not now? (What's holding me back
from beginning right now?)
Most
people don't want to go the extra
mile. My suggestion is to go the extra
mile. The road's not crowded at
all. It's the extra mile that is
packed with life's many rewards.
Your
choice. Your decision. Go back to Question
#4. Why not now?
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About
the Author:
Susan
Young, owner of Susan Young Media Relations,
Inc., helps businesses, non-profits and
professional associations to increase
their publicity, name recognition and
revenues. The company specializes in creating
special media projects and public awareness/education
campaigns. Susan Young is also a frequent
speaker at professional meetings and teaches
seminars and classes on "How to Leverage
the Media," "Marketing Through The Media"
and "Proactive PR." The firm recently
launched its new electronic newsletter
called "The PR Buzz." Call (732) 613-4790
or visit www.sueyoungmedia.com.
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