Set a goal. Great. Good for you. Wouldn’t it be nice to get to that goal? Life would be grand if only.
What the real question is. It is not what goal you set, necessarily. What really is the question is what are you willing to sacrifice to get that goal?
The law of sacrifice ALWAYS applies. You must give to get. What are you specifically going to give to get to your goal?
If you are not putting anything in, you are just quite simply not going to get anything back.
Guy
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