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151. Is It Okay to Be Average?

No Stupid Questions

CHAPTER

The Importance of Setting High Expectations

Angela Merkel: Is it okay to settle for being average? Mike Birbiglia: I've been realizing how high my expectations are. He says he has a dear friend who jokes about writing a book called In Defense of Mediocrity. "I have not come to the conclusion that I would like to live as Ambika puts it an average life or even a mediocre life"

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