“There's a false notion that success is a zero sum game. To win in our careers we have to give up family. To work hard we have to sacrifice sleep. To accomplish we must take (or borrow or steal) from somewhere else in our lives. It's just not the case.” GivingHardGamesWinningSleepCareersCasesOur LivesSacrificeHard WorkGiving UpNotionAccomplishStealingZeroSomewhere ElseZero Sum Game Author:Maynard Webb
“When divorces meant marriage no longer provided security for a lifetime, women adjusted by focusing on careers as empowerment. But when the sacrifice of a career met the sacrifices in a career, the fantasy of a career became the reality of trade-offs. Women developed career ambivalence.” RealityCareersFantasySacrificeSecurityMetsEmpowermentTradeLifetimeDivorceAmbivalenceTrade Offs Author:Warren Farrell
“To make magic credible on screen is always very difficult. The story is the most important thing. That is what should win. If sacrifices or compromises are made, it's usually for story. Story in magic is very, very important to me. That's what I've really championed through my career.” IfsShouldMadeImportantStoriesWinningDifficultCareersMagicSacrificeImportant ThingsScreensCompromiseMade ItCredible Author:David Copperfield
“as for the possibility of 'having it all,' career and family with no sacrifice to either, that is a myth we would do well to abandon, together with the pernicious notion that a woman who chooses one of the other is somehow deficient.” WellsTogetherCareersSacrificePossibilityNotionMythAbandonPernicious Book:My Beloved World Source: My Beloved World
“Every woman with a career has to make sacrifices when it comes to her children. It's no different with me, as a political activist, than with businesswomen, of which there are thankfully more and more in Russia. Or a female cabinet minister.” ChildrenDifferentPoliticalCareersSacrificeFemaleRussiaMinistersActivistCabinets Author:Nadezhda Tolokonnikova
“If your opponent has an exposed king it is frequently worth sacrificing a pawn to be able to bring your rooks into the game, especially if your opponent's rooks are languishing in the corner. Kasparov has made a career out of such sacrifices.” IfsMadeAbleGamesCareersSacrificeKingsCornersChessOpponentsExposedPawns Author:Neil McDonald
“The whole point of a sacrifice is that you give up something you never really wanted in the first place. People are doing it around you all the time. They give up their careers, say -- or their beliefs -- or sex.” PeopleGivingFirstsWholeWantedBeliefSexCareersSacrificeGiving Up Author:John Osborne
“My family's great and everybody's happy and healthy and my career is good. But personally, I had to sacrifice a lot in my own personal life. And I regret that.” My OwnCareersSacrificeRegretHealthyMy FamilyPersonal LifeI Regret Author:Darren Shahlavi
“Would I sacrifice a friendship to take a step forward in my political career? Thus far in my political career, I have been spared from having to make such a decision, thank God. And I can't imagine what it must be like.” Has BeensI CanPoliticalDecisionStepsCareersImagineSacrificeThank GodSteps Forward Author:Martin Schulz
“I was raised by a single mom who had to put herself through school while looking after two kids. And she worked hard every day and made a lot of sacrifices to make sure we got everything we needed. My grandmother, she started off as a secretary in a bank. She never got a college education, even though she was smart as a whip. And she worked her way up to become a vice president of a local bank, but she hit the glass ceiling. She trained people who would end up becoming her bosses during the course of her career.” PeopleWayMadeTwoEndsHardKidsSchoolCoursesPresidentCareersSacrificeCollegeMomBecomingNeededSmartRaisedGlassesVicesLocalsGrandmotherBossSecretaryMy GrandmotherCeilingsWhipsVice PresidentSingle MomCollege EducationGlass Ceiling Author:Barack Obama