Here's some thoughts by the great Jon Gordon regarding greatness and self-sacrifice:
- Great scientists invest their lives finding cures for disease
- Great teammates sacrifice for each other
- Great leaders selflessly serve their teams and organizations
- Great managers give everything they have to bring out the best in others
- Great marriages often sacrifice wants for needs
- Great parents give of themselves to their children
- Great nurses and doctors give their all to help their patients recover and keep them alive
- Great teachers sacrifice their time and energy to improve the lives of their children
So, if you want to be great, it's not about what you can accumulate for yourself, rather how much of yourself you can give to others in the form of time, energy, and talent.
You don't have to be great to serve and sacrifice, but you have to serve and sacrifice to be great!
