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#1217 Are We Living In An Illusion? - Prof. Srikumar Rao

The You Project

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The Power of Mediocrity

I started speaking professionally when I was 26, which was 33 years ago. And I don't know how I kept getting a bit more work. For me, mediocrity was a superpower because it made me very motivated and very prepared to do the work. You never have to overcome an adversity because you never label anything that happens to you in adversity. Keon: Is it possible that this good in X years turned out to be wonderful? Can you visualize any scenario by which this could happen? Yeah. Why are you in a hurry to label it bad? It's that simple.

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