Why Being Ordinary is Perfectly Okay

Today, we live in the “Age of the Selfie”, where garnering more “likes” and broadcasting one’s social media persona fuels everyone’s ego. Being average or ordinary has earned a bad rap because it implies that someone is undistinguished, boring, and is a nobody.

But our definition of being ordinary is one-dimensional—it’s based solely on superficial criteria. It disregards virtues such as our compassion, kindness, dependability.

In this episode, I talk about the negative effects of the need to feel important and how we can overcome it by embracing our strengths and improving the lives of others.