And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:
Luke 21:2-3
Poet Rudyard Kipling said, "if you don’t get what you want, it is a sign either that you did not seriously want it, or that you tried to bargain over the price". How badly do you want to reach your potential and fulfill your purpose in life? It will take passion on your part to keep growing, learning and trading up.
Over the year I've found that you have to make tradeoffs throughout life in order to succeed, and only through wise exchanges can you reach your potential.
The problem many unsuccessful people have is that they haven't worked to develop much in their lives that are worth trading. You can only make a trade when you've got something worth giving up. And when you do trade, you don’t trade from the lowest level to the highest, skipping over all the levels in between. Usually you're only able to move one level at a time - either up or down.
