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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Looking To Be Average? Probably Not Going To Happen.

"Typical," "Ordinary," "Average:" does any of these words represent who you think you are? Of course, all our mothers swore that we were far above average in just about every category, mostly because few of us grew up in Lake Wobegon, a place where most people are average at best. However, if we were to be honest with ourselves, most of us would readily admit that Mom was just blowing smoke, and we're a LOT closer to average than we want to admit to her. Fortunately, National Geographic has proof that most of us are decidedly NOT average.
Among the roughly 7 billion people on earth, you'd agree that most of them don't look like you...but there's more. According to the latest article at ngm.com, the average person possesses the following characteristics:

1. this person is a 28-year-old male
2. this person is right-handed
3. this person has an income of less than $12,000 per year
4. this person owns a cell phone
5. this person does NOT have a bank account
6. this person is Han Chinese

There you have it. You are probably not the "average" Joe or Jane. Whether or not that's a good thing, I am not prepared to say, but you can take solace in the fact that most of the other 7 billion folks aren't average, either.
Enjoy your superiority temporarily.

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