Jack Squat

In this, the inaugural post of Your 'Perfect' Antidote, i realize it's impossible to explain my entire philosophy in a few short paragraphs.  So I won't even try.  I will only harken back to a pop-culture clip from many years ago to set us along our journey.




Those are harsh words from easily the worst fictional motivational speaker of all time and yet it’s funny because the thought rings a certain truth to us.   The “what do you want to be when you grow up” questions asked of us as children were always answered with the loftiest of goals – a doctor, astronaut, president, professional sports player, etc.  Yet only a miniscule percentage of us achieve the pinnacle of those professions much less any profession.  So what happened?  Why in the years between such proclamations and professional reality did most of us ‘Fail’ to achieve greatness?  Did we not try hard enough?  Did we not want it badly enough?  Of course we did.  The answer is that is wasn’t meant to happen.  Not in a predestined sort of way, but in that we are all different.  We have different capabilities and limitations, different life circumstances, and a host of seen and unseen influences that shape our future achievements and potential.  And this goes for every aspect of our lives, not just professional, but in relationships, health and fitness, appearance, and intelligence too. Just as most of us do not reach the pinnacle of our career fields, most of us are not the most thoughtful spouses or friends, we do not have movie star looks, we have high blood pressure, or food goes straight to our hips.  The point is, most of us are average in just about everything we do or are.

So what you ask? If we're all average, why do you need a guide to 'achieve' averageness?

Because we all spend an unbelievable amount of time and considerable effort to not be average, yet we all still are.  And we'll spend the rest of our time figuring out why that is.  Along the way we'll learn about what that effort looks like, tips and tools for reducing that effort, and we'll share our experiences in our quest for averageness.

 Plus there will be lots of random information.  So let's kick it off with the Song of the Day.  


Song of the Day
In honor of reducing emotional effort, we'll start with a favorite - Modest Mouse's 'Float On'. Because we'll all be ok, even if things end up a bit too heavy.