making sacrificesThe first thing you need to do is to change your impression of what exactly sacrifice is. Don't think of it as having to lose something, but instead think of it as sacrificing something of a lower nature in order to gain something of a higher nature. …show more content…
When playing the game, a certain piece will be sacrificed in order to win the game, or to gain an advantage over the other player. They give up, say a bishop in order to be able to take the opponent's queen in several moves further along.
Sacrifices in Life
In life, we all make sacrifices, but it is the sacrifices that we make that don't just mean we lose something but gain something better that make the concept a more appealing one. The trick then, is to look at something that you want to have and then figure out what you need to sacrifice in order to get it by a natural attraction.
As an example, let's say you want to increase your income but feel trapped in a wage structure that doesn't allow for a rise in your present position. It is quite obvious that remaining in that position is not going to produce an increase in income, so you are going to have to sacrifice that position in order to get a better one. How do you do that?
The first instinct is to protect your job at all costs because if you lost it you would lose your livelihood. This is natural and of course correct, especially if you have a family depending on you to support