Comments on: On Mediocrity http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2007/10/16/on-mediocrity/ Fascinating, Inspiring, Rewarding and Engaging kinded spirits. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:24:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Reach.Dabble.Shine http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2007/10/16/on-mediocrity/#comment-137751 Reach.Dabble.Shine Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:46:20 +0000 http://brainsonfire.com/blog/on-mediocrity/#comment-137751 Sure, Spike - use it where you see fit :-) Sure, Spike - use it where you see fit :-)

]]> By: Spike http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2007/10/16/on-mediocrity/#comment-137498 Spike Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:48:23 +0000 http://brainsonfire.com/blog/on-mediocrity/#comment-137498 Believe it or not, Jenny, you're not the first one to point that out. I'll take care of it. And thanks for looking out for Mud. He'll appreciate it. After I wake him from his nap. Believe it or not, Jenny, you’re not the first one to point that out.

I’ll take care of it. And thanks for looking out for Mud. He’ll appreciate it. After I wake him from his nap.

]]> By: Jenny http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2007/10/16/on-mediocrity/#comment-137490 Jenny Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:32:44 +0000 http://brainsonfire.com/blog/on-mediocrity/#comment-137490 okay, this has nothing to do with this post. i've just always wondered why mud doesn't have a bio like the rest of the brains crew? i mean he's a dog, but he still deserves a bio. okay, this has nothing to do with this post. i’ve just always wondered why mud doesn’t have a bio like the rest of the brains crew? i mean he’s a dog, but he still deserves a bio.

]]> By: Christy http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2007/10/16/on-mediocrity/#comment-137306 Christy Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:52:53 +0000 http://brainsonfire.com/blog/on-mediocrity/#comment-137306 Okay, Spike. You ended your post with, "Onward." I should be moving onward, but I found an interesting story this morning about a "no complaining" campaign. You wear this bracelet and switch arms every time you complain. Go for 21 days without complaining, and you get a certificate. What if we turned this around a little, and instead of simply "not complaining," we get solution-oriented, find the mediocrity, and use the bracelet to remind us to *do* something? Oh, and then we could all be disruptors with a bracelet to remind us that we need to disrupt every day. ;-) Just a thought. The Today Show featured this story here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21319881/ Okay, Spike. You ended your post with, “Onward.” I should be moving onward, but I found an interesting story this morning about a “no complaining” campaign. You wear this bracelet and switch arms every time you complain. Go for 21 days without complaining, and you get a certificate.

What if we turned this around a little, and instead of simply “not complaining,” we get solution-oriented, find the mediocrity, and use the bracelet to remind us to *do* something?

Oh, and then we could all be disruptors with a bracelet to remind us that we need to disrupt every day. ;-)

Just a thought.

The Today Show featured this story here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21319881/

]]> By: Community Guy - Jake McKee » Daily Links - Tuesday, October 16 http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2007/10/16/on-mediocrity/#comment-137158 Community Guy - Jake McKee » Daily Links - Tuesday, October 16 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:01:25 +0000 http://brainsonfire.com/blog/on-mediocrity/#comment-137158 [...] Brains On Fire Blog » Blog Archive » On Mediocrity Spike finds the quote of the year: “It astounds me how people are afraid of so many things, but mediocrity never seems to be one of them.” [...] [...] Brains On Fire Blog » Blog Archive » On Mediocrity Spike finds the quote of the year: “It astounds me how people are afraid of so many things, but mediocrity never seems to be one of them.” [...]

]]> By: Branding Agency http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2007/10/16/on-mediocrity/#comment-136942 Branding Agency Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:20:47 +0000 http://brainsonfire.com/blog/on-mediocrity/#comment-136942 I've learned after 18 years that a lot of clients live for the safe and conservative. It's unfortunate but I think most people like to play it safe. They say they want to be different but a lot seem to gravitate to the dark side. Thank God we show multiple concepts for everything. We always keep our fingers crossed for the one we want them to choose (you know, the right one). Ultimately it's their call, to be different or just blend in. We can only guide them. But being average, well that's no way to be! I’ve learned after 18 years that a lot of clients live for the safe and conservative. It’s unfortunate but I think most people like to play it safe. They say they want to be different but a lot seem to gravitate to the dark side.

Thank God we show multiple concepts for everything. We always keep our fingers crossed for the one we want them to choose (you know, the right one). Ultimately it’s their call, to be different or just blend in. We can only guide them.

But being average, well that’s no way to be!

]]> By: JB http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2007/10/16/on-mediocrity/#comment-136893 JB Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:51:19 +0000 http://brainsonfire.com/blog/on-mediocrity/#comment-136893 I've been working at my company for almost a year now. One of my fellow creative/weirdo team members and I frequently discuss our vision for our last day with the company. She has requested I gather a mob of our co-workers to forcibly remove her from the building before tossing her into the north entrance fountain. This procedure is to be followed regardless of whether she is being fired or just retiring. Not to be outdone, I will be accompanied to my last day of work by a marching band. As I parade through the building I will give a high five to everyone I see. Upon reaching the cafeteria solarium, I will tear off my cape (did I mention I'll be wearing a cape?) to reveal a jet pack. After elegantly bowing to each of my co-workers I will blast through the ceiling, leaving this cold world behind. Years later my company will receive post cards detailing my fantastic battles with polar bears and life with a little known South American tribe of hunter-gatherers. What do plan to do for our company between now and then? Well, it involves x-ray vision and a bunch of 40+ year-olds looking at us like we've lost our minds. And this, my friends, is only a small peek into the lives of those who fear mediocrity. It really doesn't surprise me to hear most people can't handle it. I’ve been working at my company for almost a year now. One of my fellow creative/weirdo team members and I frequently discuss our vision for our last day with the company.

She has requested I gather a mob of our co-workers to forcibly remove her from the building before tossing her into the north entrance fountain. This procedure is to be followed regardless of whether she is being fired or just retiring.

Not to be outdone, I will be accompanied to my last day of work by a marching band. As I parade through the building I will give a high five to everyone I see. Upon reaching the cafeteria solarium, I will tear off my cape (did I mention I’ll be wearing a cape?) to reveal a jet pack. After elegantly bowing to each of my co-workers I will blast through the ceiling, leaving this cold world behind. Years later my company will receive post cards detailing my fantastic battles with polar bears and life with a little known South American tribe of hunter-gatherers.

What do plan to do for our company between now and then? Well, it involves x-ray vision and a bunch of 40+ year-olds looking at us like we’ve lost our minds.

And this, my friends, is only a small peek into the lives of those who fear mediocrity.
It really doesn’t surprise me to hear most people can’t handle it.

]]> By: Casey Ross http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2007/10/16/on-mediocrity/#comment-136804 Casey Ross Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:53:21 +0000 http://brainsonfire.com/blog/on-mediocrity/#comment-136804 You made me think. I'll get you for that. Here is what you made me think about...why do people accept mediocrity? If we revolted against it and withheld our dollars from it, I'm sure we'd see less of it. But the majority of us accept it. Why? You made me think. I’ll get you for that.

Here is what you made me think about…why do people accept mediocrity? If we revolted against it and withheld our dollars from it, I’m sure we’d see less of it. But the majority of us accept it. Why?

]]> By: Christy http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2007/10/16/on-mediocrity/#comment-136783 Christy Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:56:19 +0000 http://brainsonfire.com/blog/on-mediocrity/#comment-136783 Hm. Seems the form didn't like the use of greater-than signs... lots more to that, like talking about "mediocrity" in customer service... Ah, serves me right for getting up on my soapbox, anyway! Or, for being too cheeky. ;-) Hm. Seems the form didn’t like the use of greater-than signs… lots more to that, like talking about “mediocrity” in customer service…

Ah, serves me right for getting up on my soapbox, anyway! Or, for being too cheeky. ;-)

]]> By: Spike http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2007/10/16/on-mediocrity/#comment-136751 Spike Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:31:38 +0000 http://brainsonfire.com/blog/on-mediocrity/#comment-136751 Christy - you're right. Like a lot of things in life, I guess what is "mediocre" and what isn't is completely subjective. O - ooooooohhhh. Well said. And a great perspective. RDS - "suffocate on mediocrity." Can I use that somewhere in the future? Well said. Christy - you’re right. Like a lot of things in life, I guess what is “mediocre” and what isn’t is completely subjective.

O - ooooooohhhh. Well said. And a great perspective.

RDS - “suffocate on mediocrity.” Can I use that somewhere in the future? Well said.

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