Becoming Above Average
"But I am not average."- a common belief that we all have
It is not uncommon to believe that we are better than the average. In yesterday post I discussed the idea that you are the average of five people you spend the most time in your life. I am sure that some, if not all, of you had a reaction to that idea.
So what does it really mean and how do you change it? Imagine a team of five members A, B,C, D, and F. Their values are 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 respectively(5=excellent, 1=OK). You are the C. Why? Their average is sum/5=(5+4+3+2+1)/5=3 ==> C (you). Any team will always have members that are better and below average.
Now suppose everyone on the team raises their level by one. The average becomes (6+5+4+3+2)/5= 4. This is above average. The lesson is if everyone improves the average gets better.
Now what would happen if we drop the top team member (A) from he original team and replace the member with an average team member. The average becomes (3+4+3+2+1)/5=2.6 (slightly below average). And suppose everyone again raises their level by one. The new average becomes (4+5+4+3+2)/5=3.6 Not as good as the 4 before but pretty close. In other words even replacing team members with average ones but the team strives for better you still come out better off.
Consider would happen if we drop the bottom team member (A) from he original team and replace the member with an average team member. The average becomes (5+4+3+2+3)/5=17/5=3.4 (slightly above average). And suppose everyone again raises their level by one. The new average becomes (6+5+4+3+4)/5=4.2 Better than the original 4. In other words replacing team members with below average scores and the team strives for better will make you the best team possible.
Today's question is:
"How will you become better than average?"
"But I am not average."- a common belief that we all have
It is not uncommon to believe that we are better than the average. In yesterday post I discussed the idea that you are the average of five people you spend the most time in your life. I am sure that some, if not all, of you had a reaction to that idea.
So what does it really mean and how do you change it? Imagine a team of five members A, B,C, D, and F. Their values are 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 respectively(5=excellent, 1=OK). You are the C. Why? Their average is sum/5=(5+4+3+2+1)/5=3 ==> C (you). Any team will always have members that are better and below average.
Now suppose everyone on the team raises their level by one. The average becomes (6+5+4+3+2)/5= 4. This is above average. The lesson is if everyone improves the average gets better.
Now what would happen if we drop the top team member (A) from he original team and replace the member with an average team member. The average becomes (3+4+3+2+1)/5=2.6 (slightly below average). And suppose everyone again raises their level by one. The new average becomes (4+5+4+3+2)/5=3.6 Not as good as the 4 before but pretty close. In other words even replacing team members with average ones but the team strives for better you still come out better off.
Consider would happen if we drop the bottom team member (A) from he original team and replace the member with an average team member. The average becomes (5+4+3+2+3)/5=17/5=3.4 (slightly above average). And suppose everyone again raises their level by one. The new average becomes (6+5+4+3+4)/5=4.2 Better than the original 4. In other words replacing team members with below average scores and the team strives for better will make you the best team possible.
Today's question is:
"How will you become better than average?"
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