How to invest in yourself
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Speaking about investing, most often they mean cash investments. The most profitable investment is the purchase of an object, which will increase in value over time. You can also consider yourself as such an object, planning to increase your value in the labor market, in business, sports, or other vital areas where there is competition.
Instruction manual
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Determine the direction of growth. To do this, decide in which area of life you want to achieve great success in the coming years. Make a specific choice. When it comes to sports, set distant ambitious goals. If you are thinking about business, specify the direction of the business.
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Identify the top 10 professionals in this direction. Talk with people orbiting in this area. Review newspaper and magazine articles. See the history of achievements stored in the statistics of specialized sites. You should have a "hot ten" of specialists with whom to take an example.
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Find out the learning opportunities of these professionals. They may have published articles and books, one of them has given interviews. Perhaps some graduated from training courses, while others conduct trainings, seminars, and distance schools. Find all the information about these learning opportunities, visit their personal sites.
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Study all the books. The books of the best practitioners are best studied before enrolling in courses and trainings. Initial self-training will set the mind to the proper level, help you learn the terminology of the chosen direction and subsequently allow you to speak with your mentors in one professional language. Books are useful for taking notes and then re-reading your notes.
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Take trainings and courses. If there is no opportunity to study directly with the best specialists, visit other people's trainings. Just make sure that they are not conducted by theorists, but by people who themselves have achieved something in this field.
note
In the book "Geniuses and outsiders: Why is one everything and the other nothing?" Malcolm Gladwell writes that it takes about 10, 000 hours of practice to become an outstanding specialist in his field. This path takes at least 10 years, so expect a long time.
Useful advice
Put everything you can into practice. Remember that the most ideal training is to get a job with a leading specialist and learn from him along the way.