What should I sacrifice for success - 10 Sacrifices Successful People Make

Many successful entrepreneurs like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs or Marc Zuckenberg achieve greatness at a relatively younger age. Although you may think they were given some secret formula for success, the truth is they made a sacrifice for success. In fact, a lot of sacrifices for success.

That greatness requires sacrifice is nothing new. Any successful entrepreneur will tell you that achieving greatness isn’t a smooth road driven in a comfy Porsche. Instead, there are things you must sacrifice to have a better future, and that often includes losing your BMW or girlfriend. (Yep, true story, you can read below.)

What is the price for greatness?
Truth is, the sacrifices for success can’t be measured with any amount of money. More often than not, to achieve greatness you have to pay emotionally or socially. Don’t believe us? Read the testimonials of these twenty seven accomplished entrepreneurs.

1. Sacrifice The Shinning Objects:

For more than 10 years after I made the decision to be rich I never buy any shinning objects, I didn’t use latest phones, TV, clothes or shoes I bought nothing except it was very important for my existence or business, my dear about money is make it invest most of it and manage anything that remains, I have days when I and my wife will be broke, even thou we are making more money than most people we were broke because we invest almost everything we earn.

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I won’t tell you it was easy but it was a sacrifice that worth it, would you rather be a lion one day and be respected all your life or will you be a sheep without an honor, would you rather sacrifice those new clothes, phones, shoes. TV set now or be an average Man for the rest of your life 

ROBERT KIYOSAKI said: "Rich people buy luxuries last while poor people buy luxuries first”.

If you want to be rich you must be discipline enough to sacrifice the shinning objects, invest significant percentage of your income and manage whatever remains

2. Sacrifice The Friendship With Poor People:

I decided long ago never to be friends with poor people, and what I mean by poor here aren’t those that has no money, the truly poor people are those who are not ambitious, if you hanged out with people who are not ambitious you won’t be ambitious, if hanged out with people who make excuses you will end up making excuses, if you hanged out with people who expect the economy to be better before they rich you do the same, let go of negative people, surround yourself with positive and ambitious people and you will be rich because they will encourage you to dream big in life.  

3. Sacrifice The Social Media And TV:

I never bought a TV set during my youthful age aaaahhh!!!, I had only one social media account which I got deleted last year in November and today I use social media only for business, and here is the reason today social media like the TV is very interesting, if you want to be rich you will be careful with things that are too interesting because if anything is too interesting and doesn’t give you money its taking away money from you, the reason why can spend seven hours in front of the TV set is because it’s interesting, the reason why you can check your Instagram and Facebook profile 10 times a day is because it’s interesting, the problem with this is that the real thing is bitter if you want to be rich you have to spend your time doing difficult things not enjoying sweet things actions if difficult and bitters but that’s what you have to do, do I mean you should delete all your social media profile NO, do I mean you should reduce the time you spend on social media and TV set YES if you want to be rich.

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4. Sacrifice Some Sleep:

Am not talking about the bulshit of waking up early here nobody needs to wake up 05:00am or 05:30am as a role, the role of the front is simple you need to sleep later than most people or wake up earlier than most people, am not advocating that you should sleep only 3 hours but I don’t think you need to sleep 9 hours neither you have to sacrifice some sleep. 

5. Sacrifice The Blame Game:

I grow up in a society where most people blame the government, economy or their parents for their poverty, however when I was around 17 years old I decided to stop that nonsense, blaming other people for your situations makes you happy because you have the feeling after all is not your fault, the problem with this mind set is that since you think it’s not your fault you also think someone else should help you out maybe the government, your parents or the economy am sorry nobody is going to help you to become rich if you want to be the rich you sacrifice the pleasure you gaining for blaming other people then you take 100% responsibility for your life get out and get your hands dirty.

6. Sacrifice Your Fear Of Loosing :

The day I was going fully into the business world was very remarkable I was afraid yes but I knew I could do something very useful with my life, at some point am not sure I could succeed but I told myself I would rather die now than to leave my life as a poor person, if you want to be reach you will be crazy enough to let go of your failing, the truth is weather you step out or not you fail, because failure is part of life, why going through life with fear when you can face your fear? 

7. Sacrifice Your Impatience:

You cannot have a baby next month by impregnating 9 women today” (Godwin Ochuko) that’s true, good things always takes time most of the overnight success you see actually happens over thousands of nights, you can be rich but it won’t happen over next month it may not even happen next year stop been impatience, stop looking for get rich quick, stop looking for shortcut because it usually leads to a longer journey. 

8. Give Up Your Low Self-Esteem:

The evidence that you can achieve something is the fact that many people who was born in similar situation like you have achieve such a thing, low self-esteem is when you think you not capable of becoming rich, low self-esteem is when you think that someone is capable of stopping you, low self-esteem is when you pity yourself, low self-esteem is when you think you can’t be rich when the economy is bad. Sacrifices that, give it up pick up the new you, you who is powerful enough to change the world.

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9. Give Up Your Hatred For Books:

I started reading financial books when I was around 17 and I never stopped since then, listen school won’t teach you on how to be rich unfortunately because financial education isn’t part of our school curriculum, the only teachers you can depend on for your financial freedom are those who have made good money. You need a miracle to be rich if you don’t read financial books written by people who has become rich, am sorry give up your hatred for financial books because reading financial books can change your life. 

10. Drinking:
I was, what you might call, ‘a functioning alcoholic’ during the earlier years of my life. As I recall, I believe that it would have been best if I was nonfunctioning. At least that way, I would have been forced to make different choices sooner.

Today, I consider the most critical success sacrifice that I ever made was to stop drinking. I cherish my sobriety more than any other asset that I have. I place it in front of all else. Because I realize that if I ever drink again, I will lose every other gift I possess. That decision led my emotional growth to accelerate. I learned that self-actualization is the basis for success in any area of life. I understood that personal development is the foundation of success.

Bottom Line:

All in all the dream of easy life is a meth. Life isn’t easy and its not going to be, am sorry give up the hope of easy life, give up the expectation that you should be rich easily. Be willing to pay the price or you won’t get rich.

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Nothing worth comes the easy way, least of all success in business. Making a sacrifice for success is inevitable. However, be careful not to lose the things that matter and make you happy along the way. You don’t want to wake up one day and realise that the sacrifices for greatness you made cost you happiness, health and peace. Yes, it’s better to cry in a Lamborghini, but make sure you don’t cry too often. Otherwise, go and sell it.