You have to sacrifice to get what you want in life.
Most of us aren’t willing to pay the price required to get what we want though. We want rewards without work.
We wish for easy results because sacrifice is hard. It is hard to get out of bed in the morning and get to work, it is hard to work at 8 pm on a Friday when your friends are going out and trying to convince you to come along. It is hard to achieve something lasting and meaningful.
Success is so elusive for people because they aren’t willing to pay the price to get what they want. They wish success was free and so they sit around complaining instead of working. They wait for success to go on special. They want the Black Friday deal for achieving their goals, but spoiler alert, success will never go on sale. The price will always be high. You will always have to sacrifice comfort, stability, and easy fun to achieve something of meaning.
If you aren’t willing to pay the price, if you aren’t willing to sacrifice to get what you want, it is time to step back and really think about if you actually care about the goals you are pursuing. Because to have an impact, you have to find the things you care enough about to make massive sacrifices for.
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