I Have a Fear of Being Average—Should I Try to Change That?

I Have a Fear of Being Average—Should I Try to Change That?

Otherwise known as "koinophobia" Maskot / Getty ImagesIn the timeless, wise words of Michael Scott, “My mother always said average people are the most special. That’s why God made so many of them.” But for many, the idea of being “average” is terrifying–to the point that there is a word for fear of merely being average.Koinophobia refers to fear of being ordinary, unexceptional, and average. It means fear that your life is mundane and unremarkab…