Hello and welcome to day five of the mindset boot camp. This is potentially the most important

episode. It's certainly a topic that I am very passionate about and I try to live my life by.

And that is rejecting the norm and refusing to be average and refusing to settle for a mediocre life.

So I wrote a little essay on it and I'm going to read that and I'm going to add some more

context to it. So this is the essay. The default of modern society is unhealthy, unhappy and

uninspired. Being average in the UK means being overweight, inactive and constantly

yo-yo dieting. It means drinking too much on the weekends, ultra-processed food in abundance,

and lulling yourself into a false sense of security because quote-on-quote, it is the norm.

We normalise poor sleep, chronic stress, lack of exercise, poor diet,

low energy, low mood, hating your job. Oh my God, almost a dog. No, that's not normal. Anyway,

hating your job, constantly complaining, unhealthy and unhappy relationships. And it might be the norm, but it isn't harmless.

You just don't realize it because of its gradual impact and that it's wrapped up in social

acceptance. Mediocrity is marketed as self-care. Nothing should be too hard. You should never be

hurt or offended by anything.

You shouldn't put yourself out there in case you're rejected or in case you fail.

Being quote unquote average is now claimed to be life balance

because you shouldn't be working too hard.

You shouldn't exercise too much.

You shouldn't stand out by prioritizing the food that you

choose to put in your body or the time that you go to bed or the way that you spend your free time.

But that, that belief that everything should just kind of be easy and we shouldn't have to work

too hard or we shouldn't have to get out of our comfort zone. That belief is what's holding you

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