Being mediocre is a matter of choice just as much as thinking or living different is. Every one of us is vulnerable to these common assumptions, which once contracted leave us mediocre individuals and prevent us from experiencing the world fully.
1. Education is the same thing as schooling and that you need to be taught in order to learn something.
2. You have to be intentionally disorderly to show that you are young and rebellious.
3. Technology and computer programming can solve most problems.
4. Reading “serious” books will make you boring.
5. My choices must be clear cut: yes/no, agree/disagree, support/oppose, black/white.
6. I am the way I am.
7. It’s ok.
8. I cannot “understand” classical music/philosophy/art.
9. TV debates make a difference.
10. Celebrities are interesting people.
Readers are welcome to add more to this list.
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