Hello, my next article about investments.

How to invest in yourself?

What can we invest?

We can invest the three most important resources: time, energy, and money. Personally, I put them in that order, because I think that it is a priority in their value should be. Of course, we have to invest your time, your strength, your money. And personally, I recommend investing all three resources, since it is in such a complex result is maximum effect.

Compare yourself with your computer (what we with them are very similar). So when your computer hardware rather weak, weak processor, not enough memory to perform some of the tasks he just can not (do not run the program), and some of the tasks it performs, but rather slowly. When we buy new hardware, the computer starts to perform not previously achievable objectives, and performance and productivity increases. Similarly, we are, as long as we do not have some knowledge and experience, we will work less efficiently, and at some things we just will be closed her eyes. By the way when investing in yourself, it would be great if you write your goals and plans on paper (all self-regard). For example, you can write in the diary "to buy a book tomorrow then in the past month to read it." Personally, this method helps me always, pretty is not a bad method of motivation.

How to invest in yourself?

Here everything is quite simple, almost all actions are aimed at self-development, improvement of professionalism can be considered an investment in yourself. The most famous and common types of investments are: reading books, visiting various thematic workshops, participation in conferences, webinars and trainings, conduct various experiments and so on. It is important that these actions have been focused and planned. Of course, if you just look at what kind of a book, for example the same Robert Kiyosaki, it will be useful to you, but much more useful if specialized reading books will be for you a systematic process. Set a norm, and stick to it, I personally at least an hour a day, spend reading interesting and I think helpful to me of things, it may be different thematic forums (often closed, with paid access), this can be a book, it can be various articles. Read and listen to practitioners rather than theorists. Of course, theorists often speak very right thing, but that practice set out in the light of information adapted to our reality. By the way if you read the foreign experts - consider the fact that their reality in our all still a bit different.

Just I think it is important to apply the acquired knowledge into practice in the early days, and for 3 weeks. If it is interesting, why not at least 3 weeks - ask - answer. To get started simply enough to believe and do. And over time, and you will understand.

Do not skimp on yourself. This I think is one of the most important rules that you need to understand and accept investing in yourself. There is nothing wrong with that book you buy, costs $ 30, or training that you will attend, costs 300 dollars. This is not a cost, it is an investment in the future that will bring results. Understand, we are always surrounded by the market, and if such a price is set, then it's worth it. If you do not pay for even a couple of times quite qualitative information, in the future you will already know how to distinguish important information from uninformative. Yes, in any case, I do not think that at this point of time you can spend the same money on something more useful, if you look to the future.

Just do not skimp on yourself in terms of clothing and food, understand that spending on its image and on a healthy diet is as much an investment in yourself. When you find yourself chestvuete wonderful and no health problems (which may be the result of poor diet and lifestyle), your productivity will be high for sure. Similarly, the clothes, when you have a good suit, you are much more assertive in themselves lead and even speak more confidently, and your actions more decisive, namely, this sometimes is not enough.

So, let's sum up. Plan your development as a person and professional, in which case either. Regularly engaged in self-development - read books and attend various courses, trainings, seminars, and so on. Use this knowledge into practice, thereby transforming them into skills. Do not skimp on itself, as the practice is investing in yourself to pay off much faster than with other types of investment, but not everyone can see the relationship between investment and received "dividends", and take for granted.

I would like to ask you, dear friends, what do you consider investing in yourself? Is engaged there actually investing in yourself? What have the results?