5 Ways to Invest in Yourself

Read for Growth
Honestly, the most accessible thing to do for long term growth and investment in yourself is to learn how to read for growth.
People don’t read books, because their teachers forced them to read boring books and they got scored on it. There’s an association with homework and truth be told, we all dreaded having to do homework.
Schools actually made you hate the most valuable self-investment tool out there.

Talk to People — Find a Mentor
Talk to people, to a lot of people… from different backgrounds and ideologies.
The more you expose yourself to different types of thinking the more you get to understand the world around you.
More often than not, people live in what we call ideological bubbles: you have out with people who are very similar to you, they live near you, they consume the same content as you, they think the same way you do, they vote the same way as you, basically creating an echo-chamber where your ideas get redirected back at you.
The problem is, that growth happens only when you expose yourself to new concepts. Growth happens when you either assimilate new found knowledge, or the old one gets replaced by better ones.
Never be arrogant enough to think you know everything!
In your quest to talk to interesting people, some will become guiding lights for your future. Pick one of them to become your mentor.
If you’re looking to invest in yourself, finding a mentor that’s open to guiding you through life is one of the best investments you can make.

Make Friends
Your friends and network are your own personal and professional safety net.
Now once we’ve said that:
Your net worth is directly correlated to your network!
The higher the quality of your connection the wealthier you are in life.
Outside of professional and financial reasons to network, what kind of life is it where you go through it all without sharing it with people you care about?
Other people’s happiness becomes your happiness and the person who doesn’t have friends lacks a big piece of the puzzle we call life.
Invest in quality friendships, sometimes this will mean time — call them right after this article, sometimes it will mean investing money or other resources — keeping friendships alive requires work.
If your friendships have faded away it is because none of the parties made it a priority to invest in the relationship!
And both parties are worse off because of it.

Take Courses to Build Skills
The best investment one can make in himself is to acquire new skills in his life. Skills are like upgrades to the quality of potential outcome of your life. They’re like valuable tools which you can put to work!
The best thing about learning new skills is that nobody can take them away from you!
Which is why we always recommend learning the fundamentals instead of the latest flashy technique.

Optimize Your Environment
This has 2 clear benefits:
Time management — you’re no longer wasting time figuring out where all your stuff is or what are you supposed to do next
Increasing efficiency — well organized spaces allow you to get more done, quickly.
Even if you don’t follow a minimalist approach to life, the idea of having things organized is something most youths are struggling with.
The bad thing is, some people never shake it off their entire lives, living in a constant environment dominated by chaos.
Happiness, success and the feeling of calm, come as a result of you putting order in the chaos of the world; begin by optimizing your immediate environment and expand outwards.
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