Invest in yourself to get a profitable return

[C.F. Jackson]

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Came across this article that thought
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Invest in yourself to get a profitable return
by Jeffrey Gitomer



When I use the word "investing," what comes to
mind? Stocks? Day trading? A hot tip?

Those are not what I'm thinking of.

Investing offers a much more powerful opportunity, which
most people do not take advantage of: investing in yourself.

If done correctly, personal investing will lead to wealth and
security without buying one share of stock.

Investing in yourself has several elements. Rate your
self-investment as you read each one:

*Thinking investment. How much thinking time do
you set aside each day? Even if it's in the car with no radio,
quiet contemplation will allow new thoughts and ideas to
surface.

*Library investment. Don't borrow books; buy them.
Books are not just for reading and learning. They're also for
education and reference. It's your personal success library.

*Style investment. Do you look successful? Do you
feel successful when you look in the mirror? Each person
must create a look and invest in it.

*Mental investment. How much time are you investing
in your attitude and the way you think? Invest in positive
self-thought, and your outcomes will follow suit.

*Physical investment. What shape is your body in?
If it's like most Americans, it's carrying an extra 10 to 20
pounds. To have a healthy look, you must invest in a healthy
lifestyle.

*Health investment. When you're ill, nothing else
matters besides getting well. That's why it's an imperative
to invest in your heath and well-being. Focus on prevention
of illness.

*Value-first investment. My marketing strategy is to
put myself in front of people who can say yes to me and
deliver value first. Invest your time to position your material
to be in front of decision-makers.

*Study investment. In sales, it's crucial to dedicate
yourself to lifelong learning. Conduct research before making
a sales call. Study your customers and prospects. Study sales.
Study loyalty and incentives.

*Time investment. This is the glue that makes all the
other investments possible. Take time to study your product,
to think, to study your customers and prospects -- even time
to study the competition.

In my experience, people spend more time trying to figure out
how to get a 7% return on their money than they do trying
to figure out how to get a 1,000% return on their life.

Instead of searching for a hot tip, you might want to schedule
appointments with yourself for thinking, writing, reading, exercising
and studying -- elements vital to your success but missing from
your lifestyle.

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Won't Be Denied!
C.F. Jackson

Lighting 1,000 Dreams Worldwide!

[JohnB23]

I would agree 100%.

For some reason, everyone spends all their time trying to get a 3, 4, 5, 10, 12% return on their money. When you could be earning hundreds or thousands of percent.

-You could invest in new skills. Toastmasters for example costs about $100 a year in my area. If the increase in confidence and the improvement in speaking skills makes you an extra $3,000 this year, that's a 3,000% return on your money!

-You can earn a huge ROI from books, courses. I've made probably 100x my money on certain courses and home study programs.

-You can invest in home improvements to increase your property value. You can invest in new technology that saves you time or makes you money.

There's all kinds of things to invest in. The stuff on yahoo finance and in the popular press is at the low end of the spectrum IMO.

[W-Shadow]

This reminded me of a neat idea I once had :

Your investment-in-self could, in fact, be compounding. That might seem obvious, but consider this theoretical scenario : using intention manifestation to improve your skill of intention manifestation (this could also work with other meta-skills, like ability to learn). Lets say my intention manifestation skill is really lousy and my attempts to improve it through that same intention manifestation only end up as a +1% effectiveness. However, now that this skill has improved, I can use it again, and it will be more effective, improving it by a larger margin. I did the calculations sometime in past, and it turned out that, depending on the initial skill, this would sooner or later turn into exponential growth, producing much more impressive results with each new attempt.

Eh, but it probably doesn't work that way If it did, I could be something close to an arhmage in about 10 years, if I remember my calculations correctly

[C.F. Jackson]

Awesome!

Investing is expecting ROI (Return on Investment)

Rather many spend their time. No expectation
of the return, long term.

I love empowering others to recognizing ther power
within by just recognizing and valueing their time
and investing it.

Continue to make this an awesome day!

Got Get It & Own it!
C.F. Jackson

Lighting 1,000 Dreams by the Day!