“It’s All a Matter of Taste”
July 14, 2009
Look at the significant objectives in your business and see if you can make the right choice, regardless of how difficult, which will lead you to success.
We are often faced with difficult choices at work and in our personal lives. Sometimes the best course of action is clear, but it may involve sacrifices that we are not willing to make.
My wife and I went out to dinner with some good friends and had not seen them for quite a few months. The husband had clearly gotten thinner. He wasn’t overweight before, but the difference was noticeable, and he looked incredibly fit.
He had recently been diagnosed with diabetes, but had wanted to try to control his condition by modifying his diet instead of beginning the daily regimen of insulin injections.
It clearly was working.
The sacrifice he had to make was that he could no longer eat everything that he had used to eat. In fact, there were quite a few things he couldn’t have anymore, including most desserts. As eating is one of my few vices, I asked him, “Isn’t it difficult not being able to eat whatever you want?” His answer was interesting and straight to the point:
“Nothing tastes as good as healthy feels.”
His overall health and his strong desire to keep his condition under control without medication were much stronger than his desire to eat any of the “forbidden foods.”
How many times are we faced with decisions that require major sacrifices to achieve significant results? Many times we know what we have to do, and we know how to do it, but we’re just not willing to do what it takes.
Look at the significant objectives in your business and in your life and see if you can make the right choice, sometimes the most difficult choice, which will lead you to success.
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