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• Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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• Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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• Mediocre is as mediocre does. Just average.
• Heymann's Law: Mediocrity imitates.
• IBM: Inertia Breeds Mediocrity
• IBM: Insensitivity Begets Mediocrity
• IBM: Internals By Mediocrity