The pursuit of a fulfilling career involves personal sacrifice.

追求有成就感的职业需要个人牺牲精神。

In total, 53% of respondents said they had made some form of personal sacrifice in order to help keep their employer afloat.

总共53％的受访者表示，他们已经做出了一些形式的个人牺牲，以帮助保持他们的雇主能生存下来。

Now this might not seem like a difficult task or one that requires great personal sacrifice, until you've actually tried to avoid all the clowns in the world.

现在看起来倒不是一件难事，或者说要巨大的个人牺牲的事，知道你真的要试着避免这个世界上的所有小丑。

Or, more broadly, is there a generic schema for personal sacrifice that is consistent among leaders?

或者从更广义的方面讲，成为领袖就要作出的牺牲有一定的模板可循吗？