When We Want...
Many times when we want to do something, we do the required things needed to be done to acquire that thing. For example: if you wanted take out, you would have to get dressed, get into the car, drive it to your local KFC and pay and get your food, then you would drive back home where you would enjoy your reward-chicken wings with a fillet burger and fries with coke. That same rule applies to everything else in life we want: to lose weight, one has to commit to a calorie deficit or excercising more, to get a high status, job you have to study hard and aim high.
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