Mediocrity

I have been working hard since joining kung fu to minimize the mediocrity in my life. I look back and accept the fact that I let quite a bit of it rule how I lived. I lived by the idea that the less you have to concentrate on, the better, this makes for a simple life. I don't think I was lazy, but I just did not apply myself as well as I could have. Now I know I could not have been more wrong.

Mediocrity sneaks up on everyone. We are not always so accepting of this fact and try to defend our habits. We see that someone is trying to correct us in something that we feel we know all there is to know. It is an attack at our very identity. 

Once we accept that we don't know everything about ANYTHING, we can receive new ideas, correction or even criticism with an open mind. By letting go of what you think you know, you can broaden you knowledge greatly.

The only thing worse than willingly accepting mediocrity is being adversarial when new ideas come by that might improve what you are doing.