Compromise
I disagree with that old adage "you can't have it all". It needs a little more work.
So here's the deal: you probably won't be a best-seller writer, a pop idol, an Olympic athlete and a great father. At least, not at the same time. So it's mostly a matter of compromising. Me, I don't know anybody who actually wants a great stuff. Actually, I find most people have learned to tone down their own dreams.
A weird compromise, in which you choose dreams that are barely unattainable for the lazy you, but that would be so easy to reach that you actually know a bunch of people who have realized these dreams. Thus, you get to complain and remain in this little self-built hell where everyone gets what you want but yourself. The wrong kind of compromise.
The flipside is the compromise that gets you some of your goals. And once attained it's like they were always yours and you can't imagine yourself without them. No fear of losing them either, but were something to happen you're more than 100% sure that you'd get back on your feet. Like those rich guys who lose a lot from a crisis and then are back in business next week. Of course, there are the guys who win the lottery and are poor again in a few months.
The question is: what are you willing to compromise today?
So here's the deal: you probably won't be a best-seller writer, a pop idol, an Olympic athlete and a great father. At least, not at the same time. So it's mostly a matter of compromising. Me, I don't know anybody who actually wants a great stuff. Actually, I find most people have learned to tone down their own dreams.
A weird compromise, in which you choose dreams that are barely unattainable for the lazy you, but that would be so easy to reach that you actually know a bunch of people who have realized these dreams. Thus, you get to complain and remain in this little self-built hell where everyone gets what you want but yourself. The wrong kind of compromise.
The flipside is the compromise that gets you some of your goals. And once attained it's like they were always yours and you can't imagine yourself without them. No fear of losing them either, but were something to happen you're more than 100% sure that you'd get back on your feet. Like those rich guys who lose a lot from a crisis and then are back in business next week. Of course, there are the guys who win the lottery and are poor again in a few months.
The question is: what are you willing to compromise today?
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