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title: "The Cost of Playing It Safe"
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# The Cost of Playing It Safe

![The Cost of Playing It Safe - Embracing Mediocrity / Escaping Mediocrity by Jim Carroll](https://jimcarroll.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/mediocrity-cost-of-playing-it-safe.jpg)

Comfort feels good today. It quietly costs you tomorrow. Even the office dog knows it.

*Embracing Mediocrity* and *Escaping Mediocrity* are companion books distilling thirty years of insight into what makes innovative teams and leaders work, wrapped around a genuinely funny, and genuinely useful, look at what “playing it safe” actually costs. Available now on Amazon worldwide: [mediocrity.jimcarroll.com](https://mediocrity.jimcarroll.com)