The Implicit Benefits of Sacrifice

The benefits of sacrifice can span much deeper and wider than you thought

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In a previous article, I wrote about the importance of picking your sacrifice; I explained that picking sacrifices is non-negotiable, either you pick the sacrifice or life will pick for you.

In this article, I’d like to go over some implicit benefits of sacrifice that often go unnoticed, but can be extremely powerful.

When something is implicit, it’s not directly expressed, it’s an intangible that exists but you can’t necessarily pinpoint it. To best get an idea of what an implicit benefit is, we could think of a sports athlete who is running 100m; they can have direct explicit benefits in the race, like a good windspeed behind them, running blocks to aid their start and spikes on their shoes which ground them more firmly. These are tangible things you can measure. However, there are other things, like heart, determination and instinct which will have a massive effect on their ability to perform. These are implicit benefits that you can’t necessarily measure or see.

Because they aren’t directly expressed or tangible, these implicit effects are often ignored. However, It’s important to be aware of as many of them as possible because they often have massive impacts. So if you aren’t…