Two new books from Futurist Jim Carroll!

Moving Away from Mediocrity!

“Your Breakthrough Starts Where Mediocrity Ends!”


Powerful insight on innovation, trends, success and opportunity


Two books. One mission.

A complete mindset reset!

Whether you're stuck in a rut, leading a team, or ready to level up, this powerful one-two punch will help you recognize what’s holding you back—and give you the roadmap to break free.Read them.Laugh.Reflect.Transform.

Embracing MediocrityA satirical masterclass on how to play small, think less, and stay comfortably stuck. It’s the funniest, most brutally honest mirror you'll ever hold up to your habits.

Escaping MediocrityThe antidote. 125 bold, actionable principles that shatter limits, ignite potential and push you toward the extraordinary.

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From Satire to Strategy
The Wake-Up Call You Didn’t Know You Needed

Embracing Mediocrity and Escaping Mediocrity are companion guides designed to challenge how you think, lead, and grow.One holds up a satirical mirror to the habits that keep us stuck.The other delivers a strategic roadmap to help individuals, teams, and organizations break free from average and aim higher. Read them together — laugh, reflect, and transform.Together, they provide a powerful roadmap on innovation, disruption, leadership and success!

A book that celebrates the art of doing just enough to get by!

In a world obsessed with excellence, Embracing Mediocrity holds up a funhouse mirror to the countless ways we rationalize settling for less. This satirical guide catalogs every self-defeating behaviour and limiting belief you've ever entertained – and probably a few you haven't thought of yet!Whether you're leading a team, building an organization, or pursuing personal goals, this. comprehensive manual delivers a masterclass in identifying the habits, mindsets, and cultural patterns that keep us comfortably average. You'll discover the liberating "joy" of lowered expectations and the "subtle art" of strategic under-performance – and in doing so, chart your course in the opposite direction.After all, why shoot for the stars when the ground is within reach?(Unless, of course, this tongue-in- cheek guide to mediocrity inspires you to do exactly that!)

A book that provides the perfect antidote to a mediocre life!

In a world hungry for transformation, "Escaping Mediocrity" illuminates the path from ordinary to extraordinary. This dynamic guide maps the territory between settling and soaring, revealing the precise moments where breakthrough decisions launch everyday people into a remarkable achievement.Through 125 research-backed strategies and real-world success stories, readers will discover how small, intentional choices compound into monumental results. It's a practical playbook for anyone ready to trade comfortable plateaus for the exhilarating climb toward their full potential.Whether you're reinventing your career, scaling an organization, or pursuing audacious personal goals, this comprehensive guide delivers a masterclass in identifying and seizing the pivotal moments that separate the exceptional from the average.You'll uncover the science of breakthrough performance and the actionable steps that turn distant dreams into daily progress.After all, why hug the ground when the stars are within reach? This isn't just a roadmap to excellence - it's your launch pad to a life of extraordinary impact!

Powerful Messaging That Resonates

Embracing Mediocrity?Achieve Less on Purpose!

Within these pages, you'll discover the liberating joy of lowered expectations and the subtle art of strategic underperformance. It's full of self-sabotaging wisdom that will allow you to appear busy while accomplishing absolutely nothing of significance.

Escaping Mediocrity!Achieve More by Design!

Within these pages, you'll unlock the power of intentional progress and the science of everyday breakthroughs. It's packed with bold, practical wisdom to help you rise above the rut, seize momentum, and turn small steps into extraordinary results.

Perfect Teambuilding Books That Go Together!

These are actually team-building books. A motivational work for individuals. A strategic guide for leaders. A manual into tomorrow for organizations.In fact — it’s two books. One satirical. One serious. Together, they offer a brutally honest mirror and a powerful map.Embracing Mediocrity exposes the subtle, self-defeating behaviors, limiting beliefs, and cultural habits that keep us stuck — all disguised as a wickedly funny anti-manual. It has 125 tongue-in-cheek “recommendations” on how to underperform, disengage, and coast through life. Every line is a red flag, a warning, a reality check on the traps we all fall into.Escaping Mediocrity is the antidote. A bold, practical guide packed with 125 actionable strategies and breakthrough insights to help you rise above the average, ignite progress, and lead with purpose.Together, these books do what few leadership tools can:
They challenge your thinking, expose your patterns, and chart a new course — from settling to soaring.

About the Author
Futurist Jim Carroll

Futurist Jim Carroll is the world’s leading global futurist, keynote speaker, business trends, and transformation expert, he is recognized worldwide for his compelling motivational style.He has shared his insight with over 2 million people worldwide, guiding many of the world’s largest organizations into the future, with over 2,000 keynotes and leadership presentations and sessions.He has seen thousands of executives align to and follow the key methodologies outlined in these book, embracing their mediocrity through inaction and indecision - or escaping it through innovation, creative thinking and a forward-oriented outlooK!

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Get a signed copy personally signed by Jim!He will contact you for your personally mediocre message to include in the signature!Price includes shipping via post.

Embracing Mediocrity - $24.95

Escaping Mediocrity - $24.95

Both books! - $49.95