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of others — whether large scale or small scale — we begin to make sacrifices , and not healthy ones . We sacrifice our purpose , our values , or our focus .
In fact , could your desire for fame have influenced your choice of life goals in the first place ? Maybe this is a chance to check and revise them . Maybe you need to be willing to do some things with your life that are never going to get much attention .
Whether the applause you ’ re getting is related to your big life goals or to something else , it can distract you from the pursuits you ’ ve chosen .
So here ’ s the fix : Let yourself be smaller and others bigger .
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Excerpted from Things That Matter by Joshua Becker . Copyright 2022 by Becoming Minimalist LLC . Published by WaterBrook , an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC .
Joshua Becker is the author of several USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling books as well as “ Things That Matter : Overcoming Distractions to Pursue a More Meaningful Life ” ( WaterBrook ). He ’ s the founder of Becoming Minimalist , a website dedicated to inspiring others to find more life by owning less . 45