An email discussion group I am a part of recently had a short discussion about being average. It seems many people are satisfied with being average. Probably because it suggests they are doing just as good as everyone else around them. I think this probably all started when we were school age. The kids that consistently got high scores on tests were made fun of for being “over achievers” and the kids that were failing were made fun of were called “slackers”. If you were right in the middle where average was, no one made fun of you. It was the safe zone.
After I…
