Making Room for Success The Role of Sacrifice in Achieving Goals

When it comes to achieving our goals, we can't always have it all. We either have to sacrifice other things in our lives to achieve the goal, or we'll have to give up the goal to keep the other things in our lives instead.

"If we don't sacrifice for what we want, what we want becomes the sacrifice." - Julie Thorn

Sacrifice means giving up something we value in exchange for something we now value more.

Start By Giving Up Bad Habits

It's easier to know what to cut out of our life when it comes to bad habits. For instance, giving up alcohol is an easy decision; it has zero benefit to our lives when we properly analyze it. We all have bad habits that are obvious choices; these choices are the starting point and they need to be cut off first.

Sometimes We Need To Go Further

Sometimes cutting off only the bad isn't enough; sometimes we are called to sacrifice even the good things in order to achieve something greater.

We might have two things fighting for our attention; let's say we are passionate about painting, but we also have a business that requires our time and energy.

It would be wise to let go of our painting hobby for now, so that we can further improve our business.

Temporary And Partial Sacrifices

Not every sacrifice has to be permanent, and not every sacrifice has to be absolute.

For instance, we could simply reduce the amount of time we spend painting, and instead of a previous 50/50 split between our business and our hobby, we could have a 90/10 split favoring our business.

We could also stop our painting hobby temporarily in favor of our business, and then reintroduce it back into our life when the timing is better.

There are many ways to go about it, but the more ambitious the goal, the more sacrifice is required of us.

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