Assume you are below average
Here is an interesting contrarian thought from Derek Sivers' blog. I mentioned on a different network today that it is a well known flaw in human thinking that people credit their successes to their own hard work or intelligence, and their failures to bad luck. Sivers noted something similar in that most people consider themselves to be "above average" in many areas. In psychological terms this is called, "illusory superiority". He recommends dumping this attitude entirely. Assume you are below average - it may actually confer some advantages. I do this from time to time and it does seem to work. In the kingdom of the blind, the one eyed man is king. In a roomful of smart guys, the dumb guy may not be king, but he may have the most common sense. Worth a read. http://sivers.org/below-average
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