Are You Willing To PAY THE PRICE?

Are You Willing To PAY THE PRICE?

I remember going through the transcripts of a recent media interview of Elon Musk WHERE he admitted that he works for hours and will call it a day ONLY after he completes WHAT he needs to take action [with RESULTS to boot].  My reaction to that was:  Is he NOT sacrificing his health if he ends up sleeping less than seven hours most of the days?  Does the end justify the means?  If so, Are You Willing To PAY THE PRICE📗📙📘

Just last year, we started plotting a 2-week holiday WHICH we expected to be grueling [if NOT punishing] as it will radically depart from our previous holidays WHICH which used to last up to a week.  To make things really that challenging, reviews told us that we should expect to walk approximately 30,000 steps everyday at the very least [that almost floored me because in our daily morning walks, rarely do we hit 10,000 steps].  BUT we asked ourselves.  ARE WE WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE?  So, for the preceding months, we intensified our daily morning walks if only to ensure that we are 'near ready'  for that grueling sked😌😌😌

True, many people do consider the PRICE TO PAY to achieve success.  BUT as success has shown us, it has two costs, namely:  The PRICE to achieve success and the PRICE you pay after achieving success.  Been there, done that.  After I took that quantum leap by taking a super-duper major risk of trying my luck in Singapore [WHEN rarely it was tried by the majority], I [wrongly] thought that once I achieved success, that's the end point.  BUT I was grossly wrong then!!!

On the other hand, identifying the HIDDEN COSTS of success could allow us to even avoid succeeding at something that makes things miserable to us.  Call it BUYER'S REMORSE.  It's something we've all experienced at some point in our lives.  It happens WHEN reality DOESN'T meet our own expectations.  That's WHEN the thing we thought we wanted DOESN'T actually bring satisfaction OR happiness we thought it would.  BUT it DOESN'T just happen over a pair of expensive shoes, a fancy car or the latest iPhone model.  BUYER'S REMORSE can also happen even WHEN we achieved success.  Because it's NOT just the price we pay to achieve success BUT it includes that price we need to pay AFTER achieving success💥💥💥

Our takeaway:  WHAT gets clouded in this mini-dissertation is that sometimes, success can lead us to nightmares.  BUT one person's nightmare is another person's dream.  BUT should we ask ourselves "DO I WANT THE SUCCESSFUL VERSION" of where I want to be?  That could help us think through whether the path we're on is leading us to a destination we actually want because it's easy to focus on the prestige of 'ARRIVING' but lose sight of WHAT the day-to-day reality of success looks like.  ARE YOU WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE, dude???