Imagine for a moment that you are walking into a huge super-store that sells every possible item under the sun. As you stroll around the aisles, you’ll notice that each item, whether it is big or small, has one thing in common – it has a price tag attached to it.
In order to purchase an item from the super-store, you need to do two things:
(1) Decide which item you want
(2) Be willing and able to pay the price listed on the price tag
One of the most important realizations you can ever have is that ‘Life’ is the ultimate super-store. Each item on offer in the super-store of life is a goal and every goal has an associated price tag that is measured not in dollars but in hours of effort.
In order to achieve any goal in life all you have to do is:
(1) Decide what goal you want to achieve
(2) Be willing and able to pay the price associated with achieving that goal
Here’s an example to illustrate how this important concept works in the real world…
Ben was interested in taking up a martial art. After exploring the options available to him, he decided that what he really wanted was to obtain a black belt in karate.
With his decision made, Ben then looked into determining the ‘price tag’ associated with making his goal a reality. He discovered that if he did two 1.5 hour training sessions each week, it would take him approximately 4 years to achieve his black belt.
The ‘price tag’ associated with achieving his goal was therefore 624 hours of effort.
Knowing the price associated with achieving his goal, Ben made a full commitment to paying this price in order to make his goal a reality.
Today I’d like to encourage you to take a stroll though the super-store of life and make a choice from the endless goals that life has to offer.
Once you have made your decision, try and identify the price in hours of effort associated with achieving your goal. You may not always be able to get an exact answer, but you can usually gauge the amount of effort required to achieve most goals.
Finally, once you have chosen your goal and identified the associated price tag, commit yourself to paying the price and get started today!
You really can have anything you want in life as long as you decide exactly what it is that you want and you are willing to pay the price required to make your goal a reality.
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