{"id":46297,"date":"2023-08-13T02:37:30","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T16:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=46297"},"modified":"2023-08-13T02:37:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T16:37:44","slug":"pick-your-battles-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=46297","title":{"rendered":"Pick Your Battles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-46298\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Know_Where_You_Are_Going-276x300.jpg\" alt=\"Know Where You Are Going\" width=\"643\" height=\"699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Know_Where_You_Are_Going-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Know_Where_You_Are_Going.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">I once asked a very successful woman to share her secret with me. She smiled and said to me\u2026<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cI started succeeding when I started leaving small fights for small fighters.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">I stopped fighting those who gossiped about me\u2026<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">I stopped fighting with my in laws\u2026<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">I stopped fighting for attention\u2026<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">I stopped fighting to meet peoples expectation of me\u2026<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">I stopped fighting for my rights with inconsiderate people..<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">I stopped fighting to please everyone\u2026<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">I stopped fighting to prove they were wrong about me\u2026.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">I left such fights for those who have nothing else to fight\u2026<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">And I started fighting for my vision, my dreams, my ideas and my destiny.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The day I gave up on small fights is the day I started becoming successful &amp; so much more content.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Some (most?) fights are not worth your time\u2026.. Choose what you fight for wisely.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I once asked a very successful woman to share her secret with me. She smiled and said to me\u2026 \u201cI started succeeding when I started leaving small fights for small fighters. I stopped fighting those who gossiped about me\u2026 I stopped fighting with my in laws\u2026 I stopped fighting for attention\u2026 I stopped fighting to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=46297\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pick Your Battles&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,8,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips","category-inspiration","category-wealth-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46297"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46300,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46297\/revisions\/46300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}