Do something remarkable?

Here’s an excerpt from a podcast in which famed author and frequent blogger Seth Godin was a guest. A question arose about being remarkable, specifically on doing something remarkable. Although he is speaking about business and business owners, I personally think his insight works well for entertainers, especially comedians:

Interviewer: ‘Do something remarkable’… is a wonderful thing to say, I have a lot of people out there that would say “What, do you think I’m trying to be unremarkable? I’m giving it my best shot!” How does someone be remarkable?

Seth: Actually I think people are being unremarkable, I think they’re going out of their way to be unremarkable. I think the hours of your store are unremarkable, the way you answer the phone is unremarkable, the inventory you carry is unremarkable, the type of people you chose to hire is unremarkable, your pricing is unremarkable, in fact: Every thing you do all day long you’re bending over backwards to be unremarkable because all you can do is remember how people made fun of you in the 11th grade the one day you did something remarkable.
And I feel very strongly about this: if people aren’t talking about you, they are not talking about you for a reason. The reason isn’t they dislike you; they’re not talking about you because you are boring. The reason is you’ve set out to be boring. You didn’t hire that guy in the wheel chair because you were a little nervous on what that would have been like, and you’re afraid to have prices twice that the market bares because you might be embarrassed, or offend someone. Go down the list and you’ve to a good reason for every single thing you’re doing that’s boring, but that’s why you’re boring.

Something to ponder in regards to your show/music/act/screenplay/career: Are you doing something remarkable, or boring?