There is no success without “sacrifice”.
Maxwell
The Law of Sacrifice gives us a glimpse into the heart of a leader: “a leader must give up to go up.”
Maxwell says, “There is a common misperception among people who aren’t leaders that leadership is all about the position, perks, and power that come from rising in an organization… The life of a leader can look glamorous to people on the outside. But the reality is that leadership requires sacrifice.”
Maxwell says, “There is no success without sacrifice. Every person who has achieved any success in life has made sacrifices to do so.” He adds, “the heart of leadership is putting others ahead of yourself. It’s doing what is best for the team.”
If you are pursuing leadership for personal gain or recognition, then you are not, in reality, a quality leader.
I have always taken the attitude “you do what you have to do to be successful”. To me this has meant working longer hours, nights, weekends, and such to do what has to be done. I never looked at it quite as a sacrifice, just doing what needs to be done!
To me, This chapter brought out that you have to put out the effort and go the extra mile more than everyone else to get ahead and be successful. This is something that comes from within and you have to motivate yourself.
I can count many times that I worked through the weekend, or late into the evening to accomplish something, which when completed, was favorable toward my success. At the time, I did not feel like I was sacrificing, I was just working to do what needed to be done. Though it was by definition sacrifice, I did not look at it this way.
I agree great leaders do sacrifice. But maybe we should just look at it as “doing what has to be done”.
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