Do you wish you knew of an investment that REALLY pays off… BIG?
Not like the pittance when you stash your money in savings accounts or CDs. Mutual funds can be quite a gamble, but at least things are looking up these days. And forget about pork bellies! There’s a much better way to invest your money.
I bet you have questions…
Is this mystery investment guaranteed? Is there a predictable rate of return? No, it’s not guaranteed, and rates of return can vary widely — from zero, to gaining back several times your investment quickly.
But here’s the good news — you have a great deal of control over which it will be — whether you lose your investment or whether you’ll multiply your investment in short order.
So what is this mystery investment? It’s YOU! That’s right. The investment that’s most likely to pay off is the investment in yourself.
Of course not any old investment will do. We’ve all invested money into courses and educational materials hoping they would pay for themselves. And sometimes they did, but often they did not.
Obviously, they won’t return your investment if you just collect them and arrange them attractively on your bookshelf where they sit for years to come, never to be opened and put into use. They won’t pay you back if you let them gather cyberdust on your computer hard drive either.
So the good news is also the bad news. Yes you do have a great deal of control over how much your investment will pay you back, but there’s a major condition: You’ll have to do the work.
A favorite phrase of mine is… “information or education without application is just entertainment”.
When you put in the effort and your investment was a good fit for you, you’ll be amazed at what can happen.
So what should you invest in? As mentioned above, you could invest in courses, seminars, and even books. Make sure they offer what you need.
If you invest in a course on online pay-per-click advertising, for example, but you don’t have a website or even the budget to actually implement what you’ve learned, you’ll have wasted your money.
If you invest in a course that teaches you how to conduct teleseminars or how to give terrific speeches, but you’re too shy to get up in front of an audience, you’ve wasted your money.
And if you invest in a coach or consultant who has no idea what it’s like to be in your shoes, you’re likely to waste your money too.
But if you pick a course that teaches you the next steps you need to take, or the missing link that’s been holding you back, and you put the information into practice, your opportunity of making your money back many times over are excellent.
Similarly, if you invest in a coach who knows what you’re dealing with and has successfully navigated similar challenges and helped others do the same, you’ll make your investment back with dividends too. Of course, that’s provided you’ll do the work.
Do you notice a common thread here, or rather two?
One: Pick wisely, you should invest in something that is a good fit for your current needs and helps you move to the next level.
Two: You MUST be willing to do the work.
As long as you follow these two guidelines, your investment in yourself may well be one of the best investments you’ve ever made!
And if you are ready to make an investment in yourself, that can really pay off, why not start by investing in a no-cost Strategy Session with me. You’ll gain clarity of where you can take your business to and steps needed to get you started.