Publisher's Synopsis
Mediocrity and excellence are two worlds apart with no possibility whatsoever for dual citizenship. You can only live here or there; never here and there. You can't be neither here nor there. We can all say goodbye to mediocrity. It is nothing to be accepted or celebrated. Mediocrity is what we can call the 800-pound gorilla in the room. We all know about it, we are aware of its effects, we all need to deal with it- but no one is willing to talk about it. Rarely do we pause to examine what we are doing and see whether it is of the expected standard or whether it falls short. But somehow in our subconscious mind, we have this feeling that we can do far better than we are already doing. That is a voice awakening us to the presence of mediocrity in us and that which should lead us to make conscious effort to get off it. Mediocrity is a hard pan above us that prevents us from attaining great results. It hinders excellence. The opposite of mediocrity is excellence. Mediocrity and excellence are two antagonistic forces. They are lifelong forces that constantly order our state. The difference between them is that one of them requires deliberate hard work while the other just needs that we do less than sufficient. Mediocrity is easier than excellence and that is why many go for it. This book implores us to break away from mediocrity and build a case for excellence. Excellence means much more than nothing, much more than the obvious, much more than following the tides, and much more than merely imitating. It entails having the right faith, the right mind-set, and the right attitude. An excellent person must as a matter of priority get away from the zones of comfort and convenience. According to Martin Luther King Jr., "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." There are habits of highly effective people and there are habits of mediocre people. It is important to know the difference. We may waylay as many explanations as possible as to why we do the things we do and why we do them the way we do. However, the bottom line is that we are either living in excellence or in mediocrity. If we are living in excellence, we are counted among the successful. If we are living in mediocrity, we are counted among the average and the failures. There is a line between excellence and mediocrity for every aspect of your life. Some of us are afraid or unwilling to cross the line. They will then live life making excuses, blaming people and circumstances, chasing fantasies, wasting time, creating comfort zones, among many other habits of highly effective mediocre people. Others will be bold enough to cross the line and their lives will be markedly different. There is a natural inclination towards mediocrity. The Holy Scriptures say that we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory. We are all naturally mediocre. Excellence is the habit of those who are willing and ready to overcome the natural bondage namely mediocrity. The author invites the reader for a candid talk. This book is a self-evaluation manual. To have this book ready, the author has had to make a fight against mediocrity in his life. This book gives powerful principles but also takes a powerful approach. There can be no excellence in vagueness. This book speaks to the context that the reader will easily identify with as it looks at real, day to day experiences that every person has to go through.
