What are you willing to give up? (DW#393)
Many of us want to do it all and have it all.
A wise teacher of mine once told me: yes, you CAN have it all – just not at the same time!
She was trying to explain what Maxwell calls the Law of Trade-Offs: that you have to give up something in the short term to get something in the long term.
If we want to grow in the health domain and get fitter for example, we have to give up the desire to sit on the couch in the short term to gain health in the long term. To put it another way, we need to be able to delay instant gratification in order to reap greater rewards later.
Given that all of us have limited time and resources, this law makes sense, right? I remember when I was writing the book, I gave up watching TV for a whole year. It was not easy in the short term but soooo fulfilling when it got done.
What are working on and what are you willing to trade to get it done?
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