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What must I sacrifice in order to succeed?

by StevePTanner
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Hi guys,

There are three questions I keep by me constantly.
  1. "How can I help many people?"
  2. "What new skills and techniques do I need to learn to help more people?"
  3. "What must I sacrifice in order to attain what I desire?

The last question is the one that allows you to implement the first two.

For years I have understood that the amount of TV I watched and the amount of fiction books I read were keeping me from growing as a person. It isn't that there is anything particularly bad about either of these things - but I was using them as an escape from reality and as a distraction from more important things.

I decided that for 30 days I would cut out all TV and fiction reading (I instead put much more focus on my personal development and starting my business)

I have accomplished so much in the last 21 days, all without stress or worry and with time to relax and enjoy myself and to help my family. I'm not annoyed with myself for not taking this action sooner as there would be no benefit in that negative emotion. I am grateful that I have experienced the power of putting more important things first (like how I desire to spend the rest of my life!)

And I realise that it is no sacrifice (which conjures up images of pain and hardship) but it is a way to discover more about yourself.

What things have you cut out of your life? has it been difficult or joyous? Are there things that you would like to cut out?
#distractions #growth #order #sacrifice #succeed #success
  • Profile picture of the author smartprofitmoney
    Originally Posted by StevePTanner View Post

    Hi guys,

    There are three questions I keep by me constantly.
    1. "How can I help many people?"
    2. "What new skills and techniques do I need to learn to help more people?"
    3. "What must I sacrifice in order to attain what I desire?

    The last question is the one that allows you to implement the first two.

    For years I have understood that the amount of TV I watched and the amount of fiction books I read were keeping me from growing as a person. It isn't that there is anything particularly bad about either of these things - but I was using them as an escape from reality and as a distraction from more important things.

    I decided that for 30 days I would cut out all TV and fiction reading (I instead put much more focus on my personal development and starting my business)

    I have accomplished so much in the last 21 days, all without stress or worry and with time to relax and enjoy myself and to help my family. I'm not annoyed with myself for not taking this action sooner as there would be no benefit in that negative emotion. I am grateful that I have experienced the power of putting more important things first (like how I desire to spend the rest of my life!)

    And I realise that it is no sacrifice (which conjures up images of pain and hardship) but it is a way to discover more about yourself.

    What things have you cut out of your life? has it been difficult or joyous? Are there things that you would like to cut out?
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  • Profile picture of the author Enfusia
    You don't need to sacrifice anything in order to succeed.

    In order to help others don't give them what they want. Find out what they need and give them that.

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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    unless you are planning to get venture capital..or business loans ..

    you need to sacrifice the idea of serving many or more ..

    and learn how to provide more value to a few people..if you earn 1000 dollars from 100 people in a year

    you make 6 figures a year ..

    then sacrifice doing lots of low margin sales ..and try to get you profit margin at 40-50%

    so you want to pocket 100k a year you make 200 k by selling 1000 dollars of thing to 200 people ..

    or if you want to churn out a lot of content ..try a pay what you wish model with some or a pareon set up with your you tube stuff ...sacrifice the idea of priced products ..when the cost of delivery and duplication is 0 ..
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  • Profile picture of the author writerval
    Steve, I can relate to what you are saying. It can be a challenge to find balance between the things you have to do in life and the things you want to do, and it definitely boils down to making choices. In my case, I have a full-time day job but also work as a writer from home. Finding balance between my writing goals and family demands can be hard, and as you said, if I'm going to make any progress as a writer, I have to be careful not to spend too much time in front of the TV or getting sidetracked on social media. Budgeting time isn't so different than budgeting money. I have to remain vigilant that I only have a certain number of hours in the day, and I have to pay attention to how I am spending those hours.
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  • Profile picture of the author NestZone
    A part of the general saying the HARD WORK

    I did say, a self-sacrifice.
    If many don't hate you for what you are doing you are not going anywhere.
    Aggressive in your approach
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  • Profile picture of the author Duncan93
    I had to cut out TV so that I can focus on my life, so far it has been good I ended up creating a blog artofpersonalliving.com which helps people in personal development
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  • Profile picture of the author sunchineklein
    I don't think succeeding is about sacrificing. I think it's more on what you are willing to give. How dedicated you are? How much do you really want to succeed? It's all about discipline, dedication and determination.
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  • Profile picture of the author UndefeatedMind
    Steve - I agree we give up things we used to do in order to achieve things we want to experience and do in life! My belief is - If you don't have to sacrifice something to reach your goals - You need bigger goals! This all starts with you mindset and what you perceive as success, which is different for everyone.

    One thing that EVERYONE sacrifices when on the journey to success is their comfort zone. Getting out my my comfort zone is one of the biggest sacrifices I have ever made. Obviously other sacrifices such as time at home, playing video games and money are all sacrifices I have had to give up or use to reach success.

    Now I love teaching people success through changing their mindset.

    Love the post!
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  • Profile picture of the author felisitie
    I believe to succeed you need to sacrifice your time. No matter what you are doing. Be it discipline, dedication and determination. Letting go of something and taking up something else. It all boils down to sacrificing your time...
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  • Profile picture of the author Nassime
    Hi, good questions, thanks for this article!

    For me yes, I needed to make sacrifices to be where I want to be: in a year I had get out my TV, my video games, my cinema cards, few contacts and to renounce temporarily at the travel.
    Finally when I realized that, it was not sacrifice but earning my time ; it's like that I see the things. When it's become a habit, it's spontaneous and you win a power to choose really by yourself ;-)
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  • Profile picture of the author jbaran
    You have to let go of your fear of failure, especially ridicule from other people who aren't on your path. Accept your challenges and realize that you have the free will to make a choice and change your trajectory at any moment. Don't get caught up in the past worrying about your failures. Don't get caught up in the future, anxious about anticipated failure. Be in the space of Now and presence to progress effortlessly through your endeavours.
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  • Profile picture of the author JoeNielsen
    I'd say most people need to sacrifice timekillers like watching TV, playing video games, watching pointless YouTube videos and stuff like that for good. Not that you can't enjoy an evening with those activities once in a while, but many people have become "addicted" to stuff like that and if that's you, then you have to sacrifice that immediately. It can be tough for some in the beginning, but once that's overwith, you'll never look back...
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  • Profile picture of the author king nerio sibulo
    "Birds of the same feather flock together" Your inner circle will highly determine where you are in life, if you're surrounded by 5 negative people, you'll be the 6th, if you're surrounded by 5 millionaires, you'll be the 6th. It was difficult to let go some of my inner circle friends, but later i found it to be a great move. I not only met a lot of great influencer and business owners, i also grew as a person, my horizon opened up and many oppertunities came to me. Sometimes we have to make some sacrifices if we want to go somewhere in life.
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  • Profile picture of the author Anthony Shama
    from my point of view, in order to get from where you are today toward where you want to be, you should not sacrifice anything, but instead, you must eliminate the distraction/time killer as much as possible because sacrifice mean giving up on what you truly love, and if you give up on what you love to do, what is the meaning of success anyway.

    so first you need to know the difference between what you truly love and the distraction.
    what you truly love is always worth keeping, but pure distraction is always worth giving up. but be careful of the distraction disguise the thing you love.


    then you need to learn about what you need to do to be successful. without knowing what you need to do, you will be helpless and confused, and end up wasting time again


    the next step is learning about time management. after knowing what you love and what you need to do, you need to learn about time management to put things together and not end up spending too little time on making your progress


    now after you got the plan, you need to make sure you put into action that plan, so you need to kill your procrastination. I also wrote a blog on killing procrastination as well.


    finally, you need to remind yourself about delaying instant gratification, meaning delaying what you love to do if necessary. when circumstance demand ( believe me, it always will) you have to have the courage to put down what you love for a period of time in order to take important action toward your success.
    I wrote a blog 5 steps to success without distraction detailing on this subject as well
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