Mediocre Will Do Just Fine, Won’t It?

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Mediocre makes money. You’ll get paid if you do mediocre stuff in life. Do your job, punch the clock, collect the check. In the world of blogging… get a decent domain, throw up a Wordpress site, aggregate some good content, integrate adsense, make some Christmas spending money. Do it one hundred times, all mediocre of course, and you’ll multiply the income possibilities of your mediocrity.

OR…

We could do things with excellence. For me, this is necessary if I’m do do everything I do as though I’m doing it for God. For you, the motive may be different, but the goal is the same – excellence in all things.

So…

Have an excellent design.

Write weller… I mean gooder.

Be kind. Be an excellent person before trying to be an excellent blogger.

Network with excellence.

Think big. Think excellent.

Follow excellence.

Lead with excellence.

Realize that you may or may not be able to monetize true excellence. If you can monetize it, do it with excellence.

Don’t be cheap. Don’t scrimp on creativity or imagination. Dream excellently.

If you’re doing things with mediocrity… just stop. Don’t do it at all.

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Brandon Cox

I'm Brandon Cox, a Pastor, a Designer, and a Blogger. I also write for Fuel Your Blogging. I live in northwest Arkansas with my wife and daughter, and our second child is on the way.

Design Informer says:

November 8, 2009 at 12:58 am

I agree with eveything you mentioned Brandon.

Ecclesiastes 9:10
“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might;”

Keep up the good work with these excellent posts.
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Brandon Cox says:

January 22, 2010 at 2:56 pm

Absolutely Jad!

mk akan says:

January 22, 2010 at 2:53 pm

i agree too.
but will argue that we have all been a mediocre ones in our life.when you are learning something new,you are basically a mediocre.Darren Rowse was a mediocre,when he was learning how to blog.the problem is not BEING A MEDIOCRE but whether we can step up from being a mediocre.
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Brandon Cox says:

January 22, 2010 at 2:57 pm

That’s a good point, but some are ahead of their game for where they are. In other words, they are better beginners than other beginners. As long as we’re striving, we’ll get there.

Jimi Jones says:

January 22, 2010 at 11:13 pm

Good piece, Brandon.
I particularly like that “Be an excellent person before trying to be an excellent blogger”.
That statement carries a lot of weight. :-)
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Brandon Cox says:

January 23, 2010 at 1:42 am

I know what you mean for sure, Jimi!

Kenny Silva says:

January 23, 2010 at 2:51 pm

Awesome post! I live with a motto I inherited from my enlisted days in the Air Force. “Excellence in all I do.” I believe in being remarkable. Mediocrity is the opposite. Great post, Brandon.
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Brandon Cox says:

January 23, 2010 at 2:55 pm

I’m glad it helped, Kenny, and you’re right with your motto. My own (I’m a Pastor) is “Excellence in all things and all things to the glory of God.”

Jim Hardin says:

January 23, 2010 at 3:58 pm

Definately Quality and Creativity is king for me. I don’t want to put out just mediocre stuff I try to create something with substance. Sure maybe it all isn’t great but I try :)