A lighthouse of competence in a sea of mediocrity

I posted something yesterday that's been bugging me.

I posted something yesterday that's been bugging me. It's a post called "The Merits of Mediocrity", and it more or less covered the points you'd expect (80/20 rule, your time is limited, etc). The reason I posted it was because I was worried people would judge me when I made mediocre posts. This is pretty cringe. Not only was the post unoriginal, but it wasn't even something I endorse. The last thing that this world needs is more mediocrity. People truly trying is exceptionally rare. I want you to ask yourself, how many times in your life have you really tried your hardest at something.…

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