“Sacrifice is a beautiful term, because it’s a term for a meaningful loss for a bigger purpose, or for someone we love. It’s not just what we have or what we have done that makes us who we are, it’s also what we loose and how.”

— Gianpiero Petriglieri, associate professor of organisational behaviour at INSEAD, as heard on HBR podcast

I was organising my library the other day and found the little notebook I took with me while traveling the world in 2014. Inside it I wrote lots of things, mostly plans and itineraries, some random sketches but also a few recipes and quotes that would catch my attention. This one was one of them. Back then I listened to a lot of the Harvard Business Review' podcasts and although the context of this podcast in particular was around nomadic leaders, I found the observation so true in so many aspects of our lives. I hope you remember these words the next time you face a hard choice.