How does Adam Ringham's approach to self-improvement challenge the mediocrity mindset?

Adam’s approach attacks mediocrity at the root: your standards, your circle, and your excuses.

He calls “I’m fine the way I am” a slogan of the mediocre. You are loved, sure, but you are not done. You’re designed for growth, and your future self is “ashamed” if you stay small on purpose.

He pushes you to:

1. Raise the level you demand from yourself
2. Refuse “crumbs” and participation-trophy thinking
3. Stop accepting mediocre behavior in yourself and others
4. Curate your top 5 people, because you become them

In short: no more coexisting with average. You either want it, or you do not.

Which part hits you the hardest: the standards you set, or the people you surround yourself with?