About the Author

Dr. Mel Herbert is an emergency physician, entrepreneur, philanthropist, podcaster, and owner and former CEO of one of the most successful medical education companies in the world.

He grew up in the Australian outback, went to medical school in Australia, and later emigrated to the United States. After completing his residency in Emergency Medicine at UCLA, he went on to become one of the most famous and awarded Emergency Medicine physicians and educators in the world. He has worked on the TV show ER and was featured in the documentary 247/365. His educational programs have been downloaded millions of times in over 160 countries. The companies he started are valued in the tens of millions of dollars, and the team he helped gather
has redefined medical education over the last twenty-five years.

Most importantly, Mel Herbert is a father, a husband, and a very, very average guy.

About the book

Whatever your status, education, or background, The Extraordinary Power of Being Average demonstrates how being average can be your superpower—you just need to know how to use it. Renowned physician, award-winning educator, and successful entrepreneur, Mel Herbert, MD. believes that average people have a special power, and if they tap into that power, they can do extraordinary things.

At times autobiographical, recounting his tough childhood in the Australian outback with an abusive father and alcoholic mother, Herbert’s colorful storytelling also takes us through his years in medical school and residency, and to his founding one of the most successful medical education companies in the world.

Herbert writes, “Most people are just like you. Use that knowledge to help yourself, and others,become extraordinary.” You can do this, he suggests, by . . .

Showing empathy and kindness
Learning from your mistakes and those of others
Working hard and delaying gratification
Cultivating the “G factor” – a compassionate global worldview
Staying humble and teachable
Surrounding yourself with like-minded people
 Remembering what you do matters

With equal parts humor and compassion, Herbert weaves his message of “embracing our averageness” throughout this entertaining autobiographical collection of real-life stories, proving that it is the rule, not the exception, that average people from humble beginnings go on to do extraordinary things.