<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:21:42 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/mediocrity/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Morning Thoughts: Never Sympathize With The Mediocre]]></title><description><![CDATA["He which is was wished until he was." – Shakespeare Most people are not victims of fate—they are prisoners of their own stories. They repeat their delusions so often that fiction becomes reality.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@vrilwave/morning-thoughts-never-sympathize-with</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@vrilwave/morning-thoughts-never-sympathize-with</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vrilwave]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2025 07:12:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dy5sMASMFHj7UH8zBxjjCSyawA4YyouXr6r?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[COMMON HABITS OF MEDIOCRE PEOPLE ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello Hivers a very good morning to you all. I am Liman Ayaka Agbu with the account name @ayakaliman. Welcome to a new week and also the last week in the month of February, 2025. I am sure we all had an]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-178437/@ayakaliman/common-habits-of-mediocre-people</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-178437/@ayakaliman/common-habits-of-mediocre-people</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-178437]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ayakaliman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2025 05:44:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yenn8W1jYv3CkDWnmp6LokewFQbqHjuT5DjaejggCApZ1nTqDAgGxa7U9GZTs5FM4N91ZZgPhgsEJ2ktNjMRBX7MMo3PqUHj5xYqnCdMihfaKmwZn2GN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stuck Waiting for Greatness]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s been a long time since I wrote and posted anything—that’s what I always say when I finally get around to writing and posting, whether here or on other websites. It’s a phrase I dislike but find myself]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@raikuhen/stuck-waiting-for-greatness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@raikuhen/stuck-waiting-for-greatness</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[raikuhen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:33:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yennC6BKbTdoS7pe7aJksuUUuQkkhAfbj77RLhFRvn1ZfNQ9j4hhcQwniezmSryS7YkTV5H8c6P9uURU6pNgbfWRrLBQ5MNRg9mSEL24M8Be9ZCxGVpi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Education Still the Key to Success?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Education, they say, is the key to success, and in truth, that's what it is, or better still, that's what it ought to be; unfortunately, the reverse is the case nowadays. I remember back then when we were]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-176874/@vickoly/is-education-still-the-key-to-success-5sh</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-176874/@vickoly/is-education-still-the-key-to-success-5sh</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-176874]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vickoly]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2025 14:21:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgprNwBZoigdjFeJnSjz93FEuuFanaHr7JnLA1rapaMqcxnALdiePkcLD4RrBAg66qsQGdp1P3nSnxWWZfNaAytSj3GbYuwkaG2CUeNNUaFF1kjNpE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Artificial Mediocrity or Mediocre Prompting?]]></title><description><![CDATA[AI is Artificial Mediocrity... I read this beginning of a title from @vimukthi one of the other days, and got curious what that was about... Wasn't AI supposed to become the smarted thing on the planet?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@gadrian/artificial-mediocrity-or-mediocre-prompting-b7g</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@gadrian/artificial-mediocrity-or-mediocre-prompting-b7g</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-150329]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gadrian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 14:18:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4PYjjVwJ1UdtKm2UoLdRggqmP8si9jxVB39WJsEYioVjRKcXnmqhR4mcpAfXfHRsgXduUheDTsHgirLUQvc2Qtb89wkS7Cuvy1xnaduuiv2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["People who cannot motivate themselves must settle for mediocrity, no matter how i ...]]></title><description><![CDATA[... mpressive their abilities may be." Andrew Carnegie #hive #Absence #Mediocrity #Motivation #mindset #lifestyle #fury10]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@fury10/feiqcb6skm9b0851cbzfwv</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@fury10/feiqcb6skm9b0851cbzfwv</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-193084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fury10]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jun 2023 15:48:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strive for goodness rather than settling for less]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Never surrender to the momentum of mediocrity.” – Marlon Brando Edited via Canva. Original Photo is owned by itayverchik from Pixabay. Have you ever dreamed of something wherein it feels so near toward]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-166408/@macjulez/strive-for-goodness-rather-than-settling-for-less</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-166408/@macjulez/strive-for-goodness-rather-than-settling-for-less</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-166408]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[macjulez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2022 08:30:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yennB2cXzXF9GbPGBjCdSZJwYBk5MQgxCKkEQJEwbozRxwvsPRa22P1arqQa6VFMSqGPMaazNUfhkevKD2i5o4o5CB8yrcbT64agmhTT8gk89sMtJArr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forget being the best. Just be constant for the next 7 years. Constant ...]]></title><description><![CDATA[.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@garygrand/bbweaishhlsi4vnr33lcfr</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@garygrand/bbweaishhlsi4vnr33lcfr</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-193084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[garygrand]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2022 16:16:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Broken Promise (Freewrite Poem)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The last moment of the journey is wonderful, That it gives everything to shed in and fight, For the drive in the end looks so comfortable, But, it takes hours of practice before flight. Who knows the pain]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@ford.stem/broken-promise-freewrite-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@ford.stem/broken-promise-freewrite-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ford.stem]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2022 14:25:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5Xg46gnE3BrdGQcYkevrMfGqYdersAT38FJyTqzYSqMP5E1yGncvkVsDtR3LX4KBYGvtpzC3NBQRR6wei4g1zmAgAXQtcPVwjqMkB2aVQdhjNYzSM9vs2W?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Towards Mediocrity: Getting Laid Off for Being "Too Good" at Your Job...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes, I really think the world portrayed in the movie Idiocracy is not too far in our future... Lately, my good friend @lucylin has been writing about "Midwits" but occasionally I'm not]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-122315/@denmarkguy/towards-mediocrity-getting-laid-off-for-being-too-good-at-your-job</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-122315/@denmarkguy/towards-mediocrity-getting-laid-off-for-being-too-good-at-your-job</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-122315]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[denmarkguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 22:54:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCSkoF1Dsbm2i1VkaoHWQ8qupxD3y2YZanzcFnd2DrjAV8AKYkrYVsZqDhPa2muyhMhaE7HHneMraMAxtdNR1481co3hXyc5qfqQJUXVoedGk9n?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catch em by surprise ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just a photography post. Nothing to see here. Last one in 2020 and probably last one with my current camera. Time to move on... Thanks for attention, Adrian]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@acesontop/catch-em-by-surprise</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@acesontop/catch-em-by-surprise</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194913]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[acesontop]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2020 14:36:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MG5aEqKFcQi6ksuzVh6JJptBJCL6eFwx2gvRnpcRhTRKgmTKc5WMfwDoopoHWHshXXMpDY7Y2aVEGKS3KKPZSbTURjKdGCnsQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shoot the Rationalist #10: A Failure to Fail]]></title><description><![CDATA[We live in some of the most prosperous times in the history of mankind, yet fear still dominates our perspective from day to day. It appears that we have perhaps developed an unhealthy relationship with]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@greer184/shoot-the-rationalist-10-a-failure-to-fail</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@greer184/shoot-the-rationalist-10-a-failure-to-fail</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[greer184]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2020 00:49:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2YRZBi4FZVHeQQfitmdxPPgLtSu1HuSyXtTCpRF9N1ZcMUXDB7ptaErKwFPGhzsT7nsiXa2AXZzXM5r7f1QUGCUH5LjojBBvWp6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I made a screw! (Safe for work. Totally.)]]></title><description><![CDATA[What's up Steemsters? As you all know, I'm a design generalist, meaning I try very hard to cover all my bases, but just end up being amateurish. Here's some proof! Excited to share my screw with the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@overkillcoin/i-made-a-screw-safe-for-work-totally</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@overkillcoin/i-made-a-screw-safe-for-work-totally</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-174578]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[overkillcoin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2020 13:52:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQybj4WUXScWv5QPLninWRxfbcWNsx7SenD7FoeJw57E3fFdFtYP7GAD1GESXEkTgzi6RaPh79MaY5tBvg1nKp8aVGv82MpikfQMy3YS3SKcZjJrZzQ1a8iJ9A2QwCPHjxzWJAVvz5qU5L?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steem needs a better actifit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not knocking what actifit has attempted to do here in any way whatsoever I'm only pointing out that it could be so much more. I got this handy Lil app for free (it does have ads) but it's nice to be able]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@skramatters/steem-needs-a-better-actifit-s8fssefy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@skramatters/steem-needs-a-better-actifit-s8fssefy</guid><category><![CDATA[actifit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[skramatters]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2020 02:42:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVtYhc8EyUCS1n2TpsbpKuDhBkZTQTi2NsGVP3cuDYfbsXixDQRbZXUxCtawDzDiYdUsQmQqMHmAZs894Ygepz3aQJZ5H8qoACXPZjFFyr8E?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[4D424D2 - my life for me, beeboo B-Boo]]></title><description><![CDATA[His was a tale of devotion True enough, it was a blind devotion that ended up a bedwetter's betrayal but still there, the jealousy flares I could never bring myself to such blind devotion Particularly]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/creativity/@grimgriz/4d424d2-my-life-for-me-beeboo-b-boo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/creativity/@grimgriz/4d424d2-my-life-for-me-beeboo-b-boo</guid><category><![CDATA[creativity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[grimgriz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2019 22:02:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pEPvDbJDzhdNXM7mjt1tbr2kM3X28F6SraZgwcVwezzR4nmb7e6WLDPMBXoaLZyGSN9iV5Fcy7m5bpsP4DVm6GgXwHtghS1UT6K5HFcyaL5zsY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words to live 088]]></title><description><![CDATA[Those who build & perpetuate mediocrity ... are motivated more by the fear of being left behind #JimCollins]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mediocrity/@helices/words-to-live-088</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mediocrity/@helices/words-to-live-088</guid><category><![CDATA[mediocrity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2019 13:04:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Towards Mediocrity: Do Not Tell Me What "The Average Person" Needs!]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this increasingly "politically correct" world where nobody seems eligible to be different from anyone else — lest someone gets offended — I find myself increasingly "offended" by]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mediocrity/@denmarkguy/towards-mediocrity-do-not-tell-me-what-the-average-person-needs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mediocrity/@denmarkguy/towards-mediocrity-do-not-tell-me-what-the-average-person-needs</guid><category><![CDATA[mediocrity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[denmarkguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2019 09:10:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4PYjjVwJ1UdtC5FGc4dbhnimoSgD7UrMDvdWGwMTzRwXoPiXEz6fqBG2BCSfMurQsn449CUPrE8ndSkurVY4FFdanMMyfAVjXe2A5TtMpyC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What are the ways to make sure you don't drift into mediocrity?]]></title><description><![CDATA[View this answer on Musing.ioLife has tossed to me a test. I have a few motivations to be discouraged and baffled. Be that as it may, I don't. I couldn't care less what the general public thinks about]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mediocrity/@emrethewriter/pkdxhkkbq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mediocrity/@emrethewriter/pkdxhkkbq</guid><category><![CDATA[mediocrity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[emrethewriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2019 22:27:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What are the ways to make sure you don't drift into mediocrity?]]></title><description><![CDATA[View this answer on Musing.io To know my answer you would have to read till the end…… For me to be able to answer this question would imply that I wasn't mediocre to begin with and I don't think that's]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mediocrity/@hashcash/fk4lv6etq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mediocrity/@hashcash/fk4lv6etq</guid><category><![CDATA[mediocrity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hashcash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2019 17:54:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4BAcMbXZnLLKc7qpvLCtm2hkG8rDkwQdA6r5ioJvVd9g7Ee6EnUJQtyYhTPRxYPPBMciJnpB2wrN32NHPXEEa3FEx4nVAUibs64GRSKHfpHpcDkjdZTrJtVLBpNARGfCrPBRSNpvG89kAnK6b4ZBkDksQCMJSd9dPMsk3DpYQGxK6d3ro3S2mdHLZCXW4pAmm3xYkA3y64akgtoYgse8xdFts7u?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saying Goodbye To Mediocrity]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I was in my teens, I remember the day I chose to be above average. 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