The cost is relative to what you get out of it.
The juice has to be worth the squeeze.
A good way to think about if something is worth buying or if an activity is worth participating in is to think about the cost and the reward.
Is spending $1000 on that trip worth what you will get out of it?
Is waking up at 4am worth the weight you will lose from that early morning workout?
Is spending $100,000 on that piece of equipment worth what your business will get out of it?
Is the pain of studying to get that extra certification worth the money and the knowledge you will get out of it?
The area where this way of thinking doesn’t always apply is when it comes to relationships.
Personal relationships should not be judged on an input versus reward scale otherwise you will either become very unhappy in life or people will regard you as an opportunistic user.
The mistake many people make is that they only think about the work or the pain or the time or the discomfort involved in pursuing something.
They don’t take the time to ask themselves “will what I get from this be worth what I’m putting into it?”
The second problem is that many people will only consider something if it’s easy. The easiness of a project or activity means very little if the reward is worth it.
