Mediocrity

I've realised that to do well in the Corporate World you need your reporting Managers to have low expectations of you!!! And in order to do that you need to consistently deliver lesser than what you are capable of!!!

If they think you are capable of more than what you actually are you will turn out to be a let down!!!

If they think you are capable of what you actually can than you end-up only meeting expectations and are thought to not be an Over-Achiever!!!

When they hold a very low opinion of you and think you are not capable of delivering what you very easily can, then even a job that stinks of Mediocrity will be applauded!!!

The above 3 scenarios have a very realistic impact on your rating and only the last one in a positive way!!!

And I have consistently seen that people who get good ratings and have moved up in life following the Dharma explained in the third!!! It is easy to preach this but very hard to practice!!! The people who follow this are experts at camouflaging their intelligence!!!

So the next time you see a "Dumb" person being promoted ahead of you, ask yourself this "Are they genuinely dumb or are they very good at acting stupid???"

Also I have realised that it is good to be ambitionless!!! When you want to get nowhere, life takes you places!!! But that's a discussion for another time!!!