George Sanders – Just Average Inc. hero par excellence
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Why insist on perfection when competence will do?
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Chip Hilton & Jupiter Jones — discovering what it means to be average
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Observing, listening, and reading—where the average excel
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About Your Average Author
Bios are normally the place to list great achievements and accolades, but since Neal’s are a bit thin the recap of his life is refreshingly brief.
Quite early Neal caught the attention of his teachers as being on the fast track to the cherished 50th percentile in life. It might have been his noteworthy lack of skill, not to mention talents, in areas such as academics, athletics, the arts and drama, or social life. Together they destined him to observer status only. Tragic? No, for it was there that he found his comfortable place in the just average bleachers.