How to Fail Well
No one naturally seeks to become mediocre, which is the diminishment of excellence. Anyone who thinks that they seek mediocrity, i.e., the uninspired, indifferent, average, lackluster, or forgettable, is confused as to who they are and how they are made.
That person is actually “given over” to oppressive forces:
discouraged by past, painful life events,
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