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Striving for Everything
A tradeoff is inevitable in almost every decision we take, as we usually forego some opportunity or benefit in our choices.
Many people strive for everything and believe there are no tradeoffs.
Focussing on less can get you something but focusing on everything may get you nothing.
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Focus your Energy on Less
In the countless decisions we make, it is a good idea to focus your energy on less, considering the tradeoffs.
This makes us eventually make satisfying choices, that we can prioritize.
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Tradeoffs
Every decision we take, has a tradeoff, an opportunity cost. Instinctively we try the all-out approach, resulting in failure.
The real problem lies in our judgment of the opportunity cost.
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Balancing Everything is Impossible
It becomes impossibly hard to completely fine-tune and balance your work, family, health, relationships, friends and hobbies.
We may have to let go of one of the areas to be able to fulfill the others.
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The necessity of making trade-offs alters how we feel about the decisions we face; more important, it affects the level of satisfaction we experience from the decisions we ultimately make.
BARRY SCHWARTZ
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Time is a Tradeoff
Big decisions involve opportunity costs. Time is the price we pay for the choice we make.
Time is always a constraint as if we spend time doing something, we are not doing something else at that time. We can spend time in cultivating bette...
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Having "Everything"
We seem to think that the people around us have everything in life.
Tradeoffs in others take time to become apparent. Everyone lets go of something, making a sacrifice, to be able to focus, investing time and energy in what is important to them.
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Engagement
- Every decision in the world is made by the person who has the power to make that decision. Make peace with that.
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Positive Quotes for the Day:
You may be grateful for being. This is something we all take for granted, but it is through a miracle that you have been made manifest into a physical body.
Omer Dawson, Let the Power within Free You Completely
We mortals have much to be grateful for and ma...
The Paradox of Effort
We usually believe that effort will be draining and that it's better to save our energy for when we really need it. Yet, more often than not, the opposite is the case: when we really use our full effort for something that truly matters to us, we feel more energized, not less.
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