What is the best self-investment you can give yourself? we are not talking about business, but the investment I mean here is something you can give to yourself as an investment for your future. Here are 4 important things (the best self investments) that you can invest for your life and forever (never) will never harm:
- Health
- Education
- Ability
- Sharing
Health
Whatever you want to do requires a good health condition, therefore you should first be healthy and keep your lifestyle as possible, avoid smoking / alcohol and drugs. This advice is so cliched but it needs to be reminded that your health is your life, whatever you want to do / get it all involves your body so make sure your physical is in the best possible condition. No need to diet, fast, eat regularly or be a vegetarian to be healthy, you eat enough nutritious foods normally (2 or 3 times a day) and think positively.
Our life is like drinking "water" from an "empty glass". Your brain is the glass and your mind is the fluid you will drink. You can fill the glass with clear water or deadly poison, the choice is yours.
education
Many of us think education is a school / college. No, education is much broader than that, education is part of life itself. That is until we die, we are always in "learning" condition and this applies to everyone including teachers. We learn at school, college, work, doing business, hanging out, watching tv, browsing and others.
Everything is education and one of the most important factors of education is "Environment". The most important thing we get from school is: your character and your social circle.
Our character (especially when adolescent / young) is formed by our friends which means your character is the result of the formation of some of your closest friends. Your social connections / circles are influenced by where you are and the people who are there.
School is not about science or grades or knowledge or skill (it does not mean it does not matter). School is the place where we shape our character and socialize with our environment.
There is a reason people are willing to pay to send their children to a more expensive place because they understand when we send their children to school, not important science or diplomas, but what kind of environment the child will be able to attend at school.
A good environment will form a good character. Good friends connections and circles will guide you to the next better place and with it will determine your destiny in the future. (it does not mean that cheap schools have bad environments, but successful ones tend to send their children to a more expensive place).
Do not we often hear students who fight or engage in free sex, is it a school fault? Environment is the key. Your environment greatly affects your thinking, be it home, school, office, business, or play environment. Remember that the influence of the environment is stronger than genetic. So choose your environment as best as you can.
ability
Perhaps many of us are graduating from college without any special skills because they just go through the system, follow the rules (just graduate) and ultimately confused with what they want to do in life. Ability / skills you can get anywhere, from family, friends, internet, google, forums, books, experiences, and others.
Here's a general skill you can learn and will be the best investment of your lifetime:
a. Sales: learn about selling, not just goods / products but also yourself and your abilities.
b. Marketing: learn how to market or tell others about something (learn how to tell people).
c. Psychology: learn how to interact with others, understand one's thoughts, and read the site.
All the skills above you can learn by self-taught and indirectly you've learned all the skills above while living everyday life, all you need to do is to hone more deeply, combine the three skills above and combine them as possible with other capabilities that you have.
sharing
Not everyone sees what you see, experience what you experience, feel what you feel, and know what you know. When you know something, share that knowledge with people or anyone, even if you're afraid someone will steal / copy that idea or knowledge, you can still learn from the way they execute that information and make your understanding grow.
Even if the knowledge you shared is bad or useless, someone will comment / criticize and get you to learn more. Of course there are still many things you need to invest in yourself in addition to the four points above, but a little summary that I can give is to invest these four things as early as possible.
Think positive, hang out in a good environment, train your sales, marketing and psychology skills, then share what you find to everyone. Undoubtedly by doing these simple tips you will live life with a better quality and point of view.