# Average Is a Decision
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Average doesn't happen to you. It happens one small choice at a time. That's the honest, slightly uncomfortable premise behind two new companion books built on thirty years of watching what makes teams and leaders genuinely excel. Embracing Mediocrity catalogues the choices that keep us stuck. Escaping Mediocrity maps the ones that don't. Read them together at mediocrity.jimcarroll.com

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Source: https://jimcarroll.com/2026/10/average-is-a-decision/