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June, Where do you fit in?
Monday, June 14th, 2010
Hard to believe the year is half over already. It seems like I was just celebrating New Years and now we are smack in the middle of the year! Two thoughts occurred to me this week, the first was, “how am I doing on my New Year’s resolution?” and second was that mediocrity is the king of the world. I had to take a few minutes to even remember what my resolution was, then it came to me. I wanted to be more patient and a better listener. So how did I do? If I was grading myself I would have to grade on the curve [my friends are a high maintenance lot] and give my listening and patience a B. So I’m doing average at best. Sometimes I really nailed the good listener part and at times I have been more patient with my friends and colleagues.. Now that goes to my second thought which was mediocrity and that seems to be everywhere in my life. I have truly mastered being mediocre.
As most of you know I am a golfer or better put someone who enjoys playing the game; you can never master golf only catch flashes of greatness. I am for the most part an 18 handicap, not good but I don’t suck either [at least most of the time] so again I am right in the middle of the pack. On this Earth there are approximately 7 billion people; how many of those people are the best at what they do? Percentage wise not many, I was never that good at guessing or math let’s just stick with very few. I would also surmise that the opposite is also true, how many people really suck at what they do on their job or in their lives? It is probably more than those who excel but in comparison to the total number of people on Earth, there are few. So where does that leave the majority of us? You guessed it right in the middle or your garden variety mediocre middle of the road working stiff just trying to get by and I am OK with that. I don’t need to be Tiger Woods [although the fame and money would be nice] I just want to be known as someone who did the very best he could at being mediocre. Don’t take that as me not trying as hard as I can or not believing in myself it is just the reality of my world. So don’t be ashamed of your mediocrity you are in very good company. In fact, take pride that you have worked hard and treated the people around you with respect. Remember that as you are driving home tonight in the middle lane. This is Big Bill reminding you to always Put Stuff in its Place even if it is on the middle self.
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