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… excellence in any field requires that we miss out on other things.

Success always has required and always will require sacrifice.

Multi-tasking actually sacrifices your quality of work, as the brain is simply incapable of performing at a high level in multiple activities at once.

…when leaders are fair and self-sacrificing, their employees become more loyal and committed to the company.

With a sense of urgency, an emotional commitment to others on the guiding team, and a deep belief in the vision, change leaders will make personal sacrifices.

…the long days and evenings of toil, the setbacks and disappointments and struggle – the sacrifice – all this is worth it because… efforts pay dividends to other people.

The most senior and savvy [executives] know the value of sacrificing the seemingly urgent for the truly important…

…group solidarity serves societies’ interests well, producing degrees of loyalty and self-sacrifice normally associated with much smaller family units.

The sheer strength of mutual suffering to produce unity and self-sacrifice can be seen in its ability to forge bonds across ethnic groups.

…once mothers went to work, they sacrificed virtually every scrap of what had once been personal leisure time in order to spend it with their children.