Being realistic is the most commonly travelled road to mediocrity.

现实是通往平最常见道路。

Exams rank different levels of mediocrity, that's all.

考试把平者分为了不同等级 仅此而已。

Hours of mediocrity can be reduced to five or six perfect images.

数小时平淡镜头被缩短成五、六张完美画。

And to settle for mediocrity is...is...it's frankly, you know, a sign of self-loathing and substandard work ethics.

而甘于平就是，就是… 坦白说，就是不自爱不够格工作态。

So you compensated for mediocrity by being large.

所以你大块头弥补了你平。

Yet mediocrity is no longer enough to justify a dismissal.

然而，平不再足以成为解雇理由。

He accused it of “mediocrity, sloppiness, and whatever the opposite of innovative is.”

他指责它“平、马虎，以及任何与创新相反”。

And, in doing so, we make way for mediocrity.

这样，我们就为平让了路了。

It is their goal to bring everyone down to their level of mediocrity.

他们目标是把每个人都降低到同他们一样平水平。

They face constant pressure to excel at everything they do with no room for failure or mediocrity.

他们临着不断压力，要在每一件事上都出类拔萃，没有失败或平余地。

Make sure you appreciate that being happy in the moment is actually just a recipe for mediocrity.

一定要明白，活在当下快乐只是平秘诀。

It's like, yes, I am embracing mediocrity because otherwise I would allow perfect to be the enemy of good.

是，我就是在接受平，否则我就会让完美成为优秀敌人。

You sit around and go Either quality or mediocrity.

你坐在那里，要么质量要么平。

And then what fits into quality versus mediocrity.

然后是什么适合质量与平。

In my case, I wanted my life to be great and I feared boredom and mediocrity more than I feared failure.

对我来说，我曾希望我过最好生活，我害怕平 害怕无聊胜过害怕失败。

Ugliness and mediocrity does exactly the opposite.

丑陋和平恰恰相反。

I'd rather live a life of passion than a life of mediocrity or just surviving.

- 我宁愿过充满激情生活，也不愿过平或只是生存生活。

Mediocrity stands out as not special, not extraordinary and not above.

平脱颖而出， 不是特别， 不是非凡， 也不是高高在上。

And I've even been challenging myself to consider the possibility of embracing mediocrity.

甚至我在挑战自己，考虑接受平可能性。

And make sure your future is not only bright but powerful and strong for mediocrity.

确保你未来不仅光明，而且强大有力，超越平。