If you look at the average outcome in society, it is grim.
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The average person is in debt.
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The average person is overweight.
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The average person hates their job.
If you do what “most people” do, you will get what “most people” get. This is The Law of Averages.
Mediocrity by Design
Mediocrity is not an accident. It is the Default Setting of biology. Your brain is designed to keep you safe and efficient.
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Excellence is risky. (You might fail).
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Excellence is expensive. (It burns calories). Therefore, your brain fights against Excellence. It wants you to be “Average” because Average is “Safe.”
The Symptoms of the Default Setting
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The Safety Bias: You stay in a job you hate because the paycheck is predictable. You value “Safety” over “Potential.”
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The Credential Fetish: You got a Master’s degree not to learn, but to “signal” competence so you could get a “safe job.”
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The Victim Mindset: “Who moved my cheese?” (Instead of: “Why don’t I own the cheese factory?”).
The Protocol: Overriding the Kernel
To escape the gravitational pull of the Average, you must manually override your biology.
1. Seek Discomfort If a decision feels “safe,” it is likely a trap.
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The Rule: If you are not scared, you are not growing. Fear is the compass pointing North.
2. The 4% Rule You don’t need to be 1000% better. You just need to be in the top 4% (2 Standard Deviations).
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In a room of 100 people, 96 are following the script.
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Only 4 are writing their own script. Find those 4. Ignore the 96.
3. The Cost of Excellence Excellence is not free. The price is Isolation. When you start rising, your old circle will try to pull you back. They will call you “obsessed” or “lucky.” This is not an insult; it is confirmation. You are leaving the herd.
#DhandheKaFunda: If you are comfortable, you are in danger. The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.