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The End of Average
The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World That Values Sameness | Todd Rose
6 posts | 8 read | 6 to read
Are you above average? Is your child an A student? Is your employee an introvert or an extrovert? Every day we are measured against the yardstick of averages, judged according to how closely we come to it or how far we deviate from (…more)
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ClairesReads
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Mehso-so

Quick take: felt like a Ted Talk fleshed out into a book. V laboured, ultimately rational, nothing challenging or overly insightful. I question whether Rose presents an argument for how to succeed in a world that values sameness, rather asserts that the world should stop valuing sameness. Are 3 stars too many? It feels like it might be.

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SayersLover

Just finished reading The End of Average. I absolutely love his commitment to individuality! He writes, “The ideal that we call the American dream is one we all share ⎯ the dream of becoming the best we can be, on our own terms, of living a life of excellence, as we define it . . . We can break free of the tyranny of averagarianism by choosing to value individuality over conformity to the system.“

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Aswenson
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Pickpick

January was a great month. I‘m the middle of three other books that I wanted to finish, but just ran out of time. 📖
Favorites were A Woman is No Man and All American Boys. #swensonreads #swensonreads20

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Poetryfreak38
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Pickpick

I loved this audiobook!! It was so fantastic! I highly recommend this book for anyone to read. As a teacher this book was a great PD read this summer! #teacherlife

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Poetryfreak38
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Starting this audiobook today!

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ReadingEnvy
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I have to work today but have a faculty reading group at lunch so here is my office reading corner #litsypartyofone @Ambrosnazzy

Varshitha So cozy.. 8y
saresmoore I love it! 8y
hollytucker Your faculty office looks so cozy! I'll have to show you a photo of mine, which is a lovely office, but is not cozy. Need to decorate! 8y
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Marchpane Festive! 8y
BkClubCare What a happy lamp! Shine on 8y
Merethebookgal What a nice little reading nook! 8y
ReadingEnvy @hollytucker yes I'd like to see! You can't see all my librarian action figures from that perspective. It's a bit quirky at times but I would prefer that over corperate. I've been trying to decorporate the office as much as I can, to make it more welcoming. 8y
ReadingEnvy And I just spelled that two ways haha 8y
hollytucker Will snap a photo for you next time I'm in the office! 8y
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