Archive for April, 2009

You Today, You Tomorrow

Procrastination.  Now I know you don’t indulge, but you know people who do.  Putting off what you’ve told yourself you ought to be doing or have done.  That doesn’t mean putting things off is always procrastination.  It’s easy to tell.  When you tell yourself you’re going to put whatever it is off (again), do you [...]

Tactical Mediocrity

I’ve been playing with a concept I call tactical mediocrity.  My definition: A conscious decision not to develop your level of accomplishment or explore your potential in a given field. You don’t want to be the best, or even great, because of all the crap that comes with it: pressure, scrutiny, attention, responsibility.  You just [...]