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6. Like all aphorisms, there's some truth there. If one expects to do better than average - COLA raise

Mon May 2, 2022, 10:34 AM

May 2022

-- think you need to improve your skills or take a risk with a new job. But lots of folks are fine with average, I definitely am nowadays.

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Warren Buffett's advice for beating inflation: 'Be exceptionally good at something' [View all] mahatmakanejeeves May 2022 OP

Well jeez... Omnipresent May 2022 #1

Huh? NJCher May 2022 #4

I am exceptionally good at being mediocre. Does that help? Ocelot II May 2022 #2

"We can't have all Brandeises, Frankfurters and Cardozos." mahatmakanejeeves May 2022 #9

68% of the population is average. Irish_Dem May 2022 #3

See my second para NJCher May 2022 #5

Exactly! Omnipresent May 2022 #7

I think Buffet answered an investment question LuvLoogie May 2022 #8

if one takes meaning from it NJCher May 2022 #12

Buffett is being elitist. And putting down the average person. Irish_Dem May 2022 #11

Scott Galloway has an essay on being "unremarkable". . . DinahMoeHum May 2022 #13