We Need to Step It Up

In our culture today it is okay to stop at the bare minimum, in some cases it is even encouraged. I have seen a lot of people doing just enough to get by. I am guilty of it to, more so in the past, but still today I suffer from allowing mediocrity into my life. I have realized that I no longer want to settle for it. I am not okay with mediocrity. I want greatness.

It is okay to not be good at something. It is okay to fail. What is not okay is to stop just because you feel like you did just enough. From my own experience, when we push ourselves and drive to obtain optimal results, whether we achieve our goals or not we feel better regarding the outcome.

For example if I had to take a test, I could not study, and just breeze through the work, half-conscious and I could pass that test with a C and a lot of people would accept that grade. It would be considered a passable grade. I see a lot of people doing just that in life: giving half-effort and being okay with half-results. It is okay to be a C student but it is not okay to put in C effort.

We should always push ourselves to do better. There should be no plateau. The things we could do if we stopped permitting mediocrity is unlimited. If you are going to do something, then do it. Do it to the maximum, do not leave any effort on the table and when you walk away whether you get an A or a C, you will know that you went after it and that alone is a victory.