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Are you resisting the temptation of instant gratification?

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Editor’s note: Who is not willing to have a better future? But a better future is not to say that it will come. It requires you to work hard and make sacrifices in order to get a return. If you want to get something you have never had before, then you must do what you have never done before. You must be able to withstand the temptation of opportunity, to be able to really lower your attitude to learn, to be able to use the time spent on entertainment and recreation to charge and upgrade yourself, no success is achieved casually. This article is translated from medium, article author Anthony Moore, the original title The 5 Things You Must Sacrifice To Have a Better Future.

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1. Others’ definition of success

In the words of Srinivas Rao, the host of The Unmistakable Creative:

At some point, I realized that I had to ignore others’ definitions of success. But in fact, this is one of the most difficult things to ignore, because it is deeply rooted in our cultural narrative and becomes the standard for measuring our lives. Even as an entrepreneur, we agree that fame and wealth are the hallmarks of success.

However, ignoring someone else’s definition of success will give you an incredible liberation that will ultimately give you the freedom to fully express who you are and what is important to you. The benefits it brings will not be fleeting, allowing you to develop a daily habit that is less creative.

“Success” is not just what the people in the community say is that it means a wealthy family and a reputation. Many people with fame, wealth, and money live an extremely empty, unbalanced life.

Your success does not depend on the definition of others.

No one can define your success except yourself. If you continue to let others tell you whatIt is a success, then you will never succeed. Even if you really have wealth and status, success is not a real success, because what you have is not what you really value.

So, keep in mind that living an extraordinary life means you have a set of definitions of success. You can start spending time on things that are really important to you.

• Do you really want to have 1 million Twitter fans?

• Do you really need to occupy a place in Forbes’ 30 rich under 30s list?

• Do you really want to be a well-known bestselling author on the New York Times?

Or are your definitions of success more detailed, narrower, more focused, and more specific?

If you want to live an extraordinary life, you must have a definition of success. If we always pursue what others tell us, we will never achieve real success.

Ignore others’ perceptions of success. Define the success you want to achieve and work hard to achieve it.

This is the real success.

2. The vanity of the table

First tell everyone an old fable story:

In the past, there was a wise Zen master. People came from far away to ask for help. In return, he will teach people to help them guide the maze.

One day, a scholar came to visit the Zen master and seek advice from him.

I came to ask you to teach me Zen, the scholar said.

But in the process of consulting, it is obvious that this scholar has his own set of opinions and opinions. He constantly interrupted the words of the Zen master and did not listen to what the Zen master was talking about. So, the Zen master calmly suggested that the two go to have a cup of tea first.

The Zen master gave the scholar a tea. Although the cup was already full, the Zen master kept adding water to it, even if the tea spilled from the cup and flowed onto the table, the floor, and finally went to the scholar’s robes.

The scholar called: Zen master, stop working, the cup is full, can’t you see it?

The Zen teacher replied with a smile: This is the case. The donor is like this cup, full of all kinds of ideas, and can’t hold anything anymore. If the donor really wants to learn Zen, come with an empty cup.

You see, most people believe that they have figured everything out, but they don’t understand why opportunities, luck and success always leave them.

First of all, you have to really lower your stance and humbly ask for help, and success will come to you.

If you onlyIf you want to be “appreciative” – ​​that is, if you want everyone to think that you know everything – then you are actually fooling others, but yourself.

The real success comes from knowledge, humility and superb craftsmanship. If you have to make yourself look omniscient and omnipotent, you can’t succeed.

3. White is busy

The most successful people I know are not very busy, but they are very focused.

——Best-selling author, Jeff Goins

How do you spend your life every day and how you spend your life.

Many people like to be busy. They use busy as a badge of honor. When you ask them what they are doing recently, what is their answer? “Oh, I am too busy,” they lamented. But this is actually a subtle boast, they like this feeling.

But when you are very busy, you actually haven’t done anything – just because your schedule is full of meetings and work doesn’t mean you are moving toward your true goal.

Do you concentrate on taking practical action and moving in a truly important direction?

Or are you just “white busy”?

When you are busy, you are in automatic driving. You can’t see the passage of time and never return.

But when you choose to concentrate and spend your time and energy on achieving your true goals, the miracle will really come out. You must learn to make rapid progress with highly concentrated moments.

Most people prefer to brag about how busy they are, not to make real efforts. So choose to focus instead of being busy.

4. Entertainment and Recreation

Successful people never consider entertainment and pastime time as free time. They think this is the only time they can do what they really want to do. They don’t take every minute they have for granted.

——Nicolas Cole

Getting a good grasp of your free time is one of the most important factors in your success.

If you have a full-time job, consider the commute time and the time spent with your family, it’s actually very low. How can you achieve learning and growth if you spend the same little leisure time you have on entertainment and entertainment like most people?

The use of entertainment and recreational time for entertainment and recreation is a low-level thinking, and frankly, it will lead you to a low-level life.

Real success requires sacrifice.

In fact, you need to work hard for a while. Created you in your timeAfter you want your life, you can sit down and enjoy the results you have achieved.

I like the purposeless free time, but if you want to make great progress and live a truly extraordinary life, you have to spend your free time learning new skills so that you can work further in the future. Improve efficiency and achieve results.

Of course, this situation will not last forever. But you need to invest time now, so that you can have the life you want in the future.

5. Good opportunity to come to the door

You can do something amazing in your life – but only if you really have time to do it.

When my wife and I moved to Korea to start a one-year English teaching, my primary goal was to become a full-time writer after 12 months.

In that year, there were a lot of job opportunities that were both high and seemingly interesting:

• Youth Basketball Coach

• Professional Coach

• Private Teacher

• Remote Data Analyst

• Church musicians

But in the end, considering that these opportunities can’t help me achieve my primary goals, but instead take up only a little of my free time, I refused. After 12 months, I started my full-time writing career, signed a book contract, and there are thousands of new fans. Every month, there are thousands of articles in the article.

It takes a lot of courage to say “no” to all kinds of tempting opportunities. If you spend all your time on just a “good” chance, there is a lot of risk – which means that when the real “great” opportunity comes, you may find yourself unable to get out.

Write at the end

You have to sacrifice to get something.

If you want to get something you have never had, then you must do what you have never done before. No success is achieved casually. Only by willing to sacrifice can you have a better future.

Don’t let anyone define success for you, only you can. Stop “white busy” and start to stay focused. Don’t be hindered by your vanity, you must lower your attitude and learn everything you can learn. Use your free time wisely, because there are still many things you need to do to make sure that you are doing the right thing.

Translator: Xitang