Mediocrity - How to deal with it

Mediocrity is a commonly misused term.

It is rooted from the word "media" and since then this media group grew. It grew into a flourishing rise that it is comparable to acres of land. And the people wised up and thought, "It's media! And we're growing in acres", thus Mediocre.

I'm not suggesting that you dwell into that further.

Because of the misuse of the term, a mediocre is so hard to determine. All the while you have been thinking that the person next to you is the highest performer, but you might be a victim of a great pretender. Or, you don't have any idea that the "high performer" next to you has been making you look the worst being on earth and it compensates to the good looks of that person wrecking your idiotic career.

Given that you are one of the dumb people that has been lured into your company, your mind could have been closed to the mindset for your mediocre detractors to perfectly detain you to the lowest kind of being that you are. And since you reached reading up to this point, then that should be true. Nonetheless, you should have the tools to know if the person next to you is a mediocre:

1. The person sends a lot of emails containing a lot of "updates". These updates will always contain commanding words and a lot of adjectives and motivational lies that will make the person look good and that he knows all things that are happening.

As a tip for #1, don't ask the person about those updates, it will make the person look better, because he will raise his voice while explaining these updates and the "lured employees" will think- "Ahhh, this guy is the person I want to be in the next 5 years".

2. A true mediocre is a good liar. During meetings, expect that all things are "in progress" even though it's not being looked at.

3. These persons are like vultures that feasts on the mistakes until your idea is dead "dead" that no other vulture can scavenge upon. That person will rise up the situation and will say, "I have a better idea in mind" when all ideas would be better on a "mistake situation".

Given that a mediocre could be sitting right next to you, you should have the strongest defense:

A poker face is the key! Try doing a poker face always on your cubicle always even though you are at the worst situation. The mediocre might rattle because he doesn't know where to attack. A silent field is a profound weakness for people living in mediocrity.

When in meetings, let the mediocre speak out until he is done. Then pick up the pieces where he is missing things, then you speak for motivational lies as well. Oh, that made you a mediocre as well. At least you looked good.