You have to give in order to get...

“No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt”
Sir Max Beerbohm

While I was thinking about last week’s question, another important part of the leadership formula came up:  you are going to have to give something in order to get something.  If you want to lose weight in the new year you are going to have to give up some fattening food and some time in front of the TV and replace it with some healthy choices and activities.  If you want to get better grades you are going to have to give up some time online and replace it with some serious book time.  If you want to make a positive difference in this world through whatever vehicle you have chosen, whether it be politics, your high school, or on a mission trip you are going to have to give up something in order to be who you say you want to be.  

Question for this week:  Part I:  Why don’t people want to give up something in order to get what they say they want?  Part II:  What is something that you have had to give up in the past in order to get something in your life?  Part III:  What is something you are going to have to give up right now in order to be the person you say you want to be right now??  Part IV:  What is the first thing you will have to do to put the “giving up in order to get” process into action?