Make Yourself More Financially Relevant: Invest In Yourself
Your net-worth is a direct function of the value you create, and this also determines your relevance. In your place of work for example, if you possess the solution to their sincere needs, or if you know what they do not know, you will be favoured above other staff. Even if they want to downside, they will definitely not let you go. Have you ever seen an organisation that lets their best hand to go? The more you invest to grow and update yourself, the more value you have, and the more you are worth.
One of my friends came complaining to me that in his place of work, he has not been promoted for long, but some people in his department, even those he entered before were promoted. He then went to the HR to tell them to know if it was in error. They simply told him that those people that were promoted were adding value to the organisation. He was even lucky that he was not asked to leave. Anywhere you are, try to make a difference, try to be the best you can, but this can only be possible if you keep upgrading yourself; starting with your knowledge.
Imagine in your office and everyone only knows how to operate a manual typewriter, but you are the only one who has gone further to learn how to operate a computer system, you will become the star of the office. In fact, you can even ask them for a raise or you will leave, and they will do it because you have become an asset of an almost indispensable value. The more you know, and the more you invest in yourself, then more you become indispensable, otherwise you may just begin to lose relevance. I remember one of the top-rated strikers who was making waves in his former club and was the favourite of some big clubs to buy. Then one of the world's biggest football clubs signed a transfer contract for him to play for them.
When he got there, he could not deliver as expected. In fact, because of lack of performance, they started to bench him for others that could deliver. They were just waiting for the expiration of his contract and when it did, they did not renew it. He became a free agent without any club coming to look for him. After a while, he had to retire from football at an age that many others are still actively playing. All these were because he did not keep upgrading on himself due to some reasons, and he lost relevance. Not only did this happen, but he, who was among the costliest players to be signed lost so much worth to the point that even smaller clubs were not willing to pay a tenth of it to sign him.
Once you stop getting better, your worth starts depreciating. One of the ways to get better, which will improve your worth and of course, making you more financially relevant is acquiring new skills. As the world gets advanced, so also are the requirements - which has made the world heavily competitive. There is something that can easily give you an edge and that is the skills you possess. There is no skill you acquire that will not place you ahead of a whole lot of others. Even if you do not have a need for it at the moment, a time will come when it will become needed. So any opportunity you have to learn something new, take advantage of it.
Another way to make yourself more financially relevant is to possess an investment mentality. What you invest today is what you will draw profit from tomorrow. As a matter of fact, the people that have achieved financial freedom are people that have leveraged on the power of investment. This era has provided some platforms for investments to be facilitated. Take the Internet for example; a lot of investment opportunities are there. Also in the tech world, etc, you have what to invest in. Remember that your investments are like seeds you sow for your tomorrow, so make the right choice of investment, but much more importantly, the investment must be based on extensive research and knowledge. This is so that you will not take a wrong financial move that can have negative consequences.
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