15 REAL Ways to Invest in Yourself

what do people mean when they say you have to invest in yourself to be successful every self-help resource out there mentions that an investment in yourself pays the best dividends but how many people understand how to do that welcome to alux.com the place where future billionaires come to get inspired if you're not subscribed yet you're missing out in this sunday motivational video we continue our mission of breaking down and giving away highly expensive information for free believe it or not people pay thousands of dollars for gurus to tell them how to be the best version of themselves we went through all of the advice these people give took out the [ __ ] and made our own list here are the real best ways to invest in yourself if you want to really change your life for the better 15 ways to invest in yourself number one 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 turned off from it there's an association with homework and truth be told we all dreaded having to do homework school actually made you hate the most valuable self-investment tool out there the best strategy to pick up a reading habit is read what you love until you love to read and if you don't like physical books you know about our partnership with audible where you can listen to books being narrated to you we personally use audible when we're in transit or at the gym go to alox.com freebook and if this is your first time signing up you can pick any of the audiobooks to listen to for free number two 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 if you hang 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 you do basically you're 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 newfound knowledge or the old one gets replaced by better ones 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 that you can make number three make friends your friends and network are your own personal and professional safety net now we've said before 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 the 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 video sometimes it means investing money or other resources keeping friendships alive requires a work if your friendships have faded away it's because none of the parties made it a priority to invest into the relationship and both parties are worse off because of it number four travel far this point expands on the two previous ones in our experience the farther you go the more your understanding of the world changes in the best possible way ten hours away by plane and the entire way people look at life changes karma comes into play or maybe a different type of education customs and traditions the farther you travel the less self-centered you become you realize there is an entire world out there that's been going on forever without knowing or caring that you exist and that moment of realization is quite a big milestone in one's journey travel is one of those very few things that when you spend money it makes you richer so embrace travel make it a priority to see hard-to-reach places even with the covet situation we have upon us don't be a tourist be a traveler you'll never learn about the country you're visiting in a starbucks or mcdonald's embrace the culture and allow it to shape your identity and you'll be richer because of it number five take courses to build skills the best investment you can make in yourself is to acquire new skills in your 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 and this has been the cornerstone of our entire e-learning efforts every course a lux will design covers a fundamental skill to living a better life our first premium product was mind mastery a course which teaches you how to meditate a skill that's allowed us to make better strategic decisions and be in control of our emotions mind mastery is currently available for purchase at alux.com meditation we plan on doing high-end training courses on all of the skills we believe to be fundamentals which is why our next one is on strategic life planning under the name of goal mastery in our opinion the best course is one that can leave you with something you can use for the rest of your life once you install one of these skills into your system you know you'll always have that tool at your disposal for those of you who think that the courses are expensive and the content is available everywhere you're not really buying the content you're buying time and expertise we have this brutally honest opinion that goes like this your life is cheap because you think investing in yourself is expensive if you think investing 15 on a book or 250 on a course is too much money then you're not there yet in your journey to understand the roi of you a single idea from the course or a book can make you tens hundreds or thousands of dollars that's why we've never been afraid to spend on things that we know will add recurring value to our lives number six understand how to and actually build health in your life people neglect health when they are young because they don't understand the following health neglect is an invoice coming your way in the future you know how we always talk about trading with the future for personal gain health can work both ways most people take away from the future and use that health in the present the more you develop the more you understand the roi of good health of good sleep of the difference between running at 95 brain capacity versus on the fumes that red bull gives you at 3 a.m invest time and money in learning about nutrition and the body and then invest effort and money into making sure you're reaping all the benefits of that knowledge number seven sell something this is a piece on the most valuable ways to invest in yourself hands down one of the best ways to grow is by selling something so many skills have to come together in this type of exercise that your growth accelerates because of it selling is one of those fundamental skills which we'd love to cover in a future a lux course so we can really go into detail on this as with everything the more you do it the better you become at it when you set your goal to sell something you have to figure out what to sell who to sell to how to communicate with a potential buyer and figure out how to deliver and close the deal all of these steps can be translated to other parts of your life which is why practicing selling is one of the best investments that you can make in yourself number eight optimize your environment this has two clear benefits one time management you're no longer wasting time figuring out where all of your stuff is or what you're supposed to do next and two 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 you can begin by optimizing your immediate environment and then expand outward number nine teach something if you want to master something teach it to others teaching is an incredible tool that we've leveraged ourselves why it forces you to rationalize things in a way that's easy to comprehend and follow along it's one of the things we hated most in school learning stops the moment you begin to memorize instead of learning formulas and word by word paragraphs learning should be about understanding when you're teaching someone anything it coerces you to make sure you have a good enough handle on the topic at hand so you can pass on that knowledge in the process you're getting a lot of value yourself because the information that you're teaching gets cemented into the wisdom palace that is your brain number 10 build a separate income stream that's not dependent on you this is the only purely financial point on this list although everything we mention is indirectly correlated to money and leads you to making more money in the long run here's the truth you'll never be wealthy unless you have multiple income streams you can make some money with a really high paying job or by working hard in your business but wealth comes from outside of work how much are you making if you're not working really answer for yourself the realization you're probably not earning much outside of your immediate efforts should hit you like a bag of bricks you're here because you want to know how to invest in yourself well invest your money so you don't have to work for money the oldest advice in the book let money work for you the moment you're able to generate a second income stream that's independent of you your life changes it might not be a lot but if you do it right it's here to stay the most important thing is it's not dependent on you to bring in more income otherwise you just got yourself another job here are three books we strongly recommend on this topic one the four-hour work week two the one hundred dollar startup and three the parable of the pipeline read all three to figure out how to build for yourself you can always go to alux.com free book and sign up if it's your first time our sponsors at audible will help you pick out one of these free of charge number 11 clean up your image investing in yourself means giving you access to the highest number of opportunities to get there you need to sacrifice the handstand keg chugs you and the boys did last summer that are all over the internet we all judge people by their appearances we can't help it and your social media profiles are the new emperor's clothes you're probably lying to yourself if you think it doesn't affect you clean up your facebook clean up your linkedin do some press and opportunities will start coming your way now start taking better care of yourself learn about fitness about grooming about personal hygiene and the snowball will keep rolling downhill in your favor number 12 expose yourself to art and creative ideas regularly most people don't see just how valuable art is they think paintings are overpriced and who has the time to look at statues buildings or print anyway we've got a tv celebrity to bash on twitter creativity breeds value and the only way to be creative is to exercise your creative muscle think of it like a light in a room the more you expose yourself to others the brighter yours shines you connect the dots differently you learn about different approaches outside of family art and beauty is probably our favorite thing to be surrounded by art should inspire you it should make you think it should make you question things it will tell you more about yourself that's why you should make a habit out of coming face to face with creativity at every opportunity you get there are two great shows on netflix which you should definitely watch if this sparked some interest in you one abstract the art of design phenomenal show which spoke to our creative side and two chefs table we're big foodies but their take on creativity and storytelling through food is what really got us where else are you getting this kind of homework number 13 learn a new language learning a new language has immediate marketplace added value you'll get better jobs or better deals because of it and that's not all when you're learning a new language your brain is expanding you're learning culture you're learning new structures which will all have recurring results over time and it doesn't hurt your inner circle increases in value because of your newfound passion going to a restaurant in italy and ordering an italian makes all of our italian friends throw their hands up and cheer it gives you the feeling of being embraced by a culture and there's so much value in learning that you can do something like this number 14 better equipment and tools out of everything on this list this is the most straightforward one buy better tools that allow you to either one increase the quality of your work or two do your work faster early on in your journey at least seventy percent of your residual income should be reinvested in equipment that's directly correlated to bringing in more money why because these are things you need to buy once and then you're good to go at one point you'll have everything you need and these tools will pay for themselves in the short to medium term don't be afraid to spend some more on things that make money not only are they our deductible expense but you can't afford to be wasting time fixing issues that can be solved by simply throwing money at them and lastly number 15 practice introspection and stop saying yes to [ __ ] this one is about investing time into yourself here's why introspection is one of the most valuable skills we've developed over the years it ties in with meditation but not only that we're all carrying a bunch of baggage with us the goal of introspection is for you to solve the issues of the past one by one until one day when all you have to worry or stress about are the issues at hand this is a fundamental step toward happiness not having to worry about the anchors of the past is illuminating and freeing can you imagine getting to a point in your life where all of your worries boil down to simple and trivial things you should the additional step to this is not bringing in new issues some of you and we're calling you out on this say yes to things that you know you don't want to do and people take advantage of that leading you to a more miserable life than you deserve stop doing this stop living for other people and start thinking about what you want out of life yourself investing in yourself means taking all of these things we've mentioned seriously and pursuing them because you understand and can see that they have a direct benefit and impact on your existence which makes us wonder how many of these 15 do you actively pursue let us know in the comments and as a thank you for those watching the video until the end you're being rewarded with a bonus golden nugget here it is invest time before you invest money until you have enough money to invest to buy time this is one of those concepts that governed our lives for the better half of our professional life growing up poor we didn't have much to invest but we are all given the same amount of time so we put as much time as possible into the things that had the potential of getting us to the point where we could buy time with the money that we've made here's a deep point we wanted to get across to you the true aluxers who watch these videos until the very end if you have to choose between investing money and investing time always invest the money you'll probably run out of time before you run out of money we know this might sound difficult to grasp at first especially if you're early on in your journey but keep this gold nugget in mind and one day it'll hit you right and things will just click for you you'll find yourself overpaying in the eyes of others because they don't know you're actually buying time everything we've mentioned in this video is meant to help you become more than you already are everyone loves to talk about the return on investment or even return on time but we want to raise the following question what's the return on yourself the rou nobody can make you rich nobody can make you fit nobody can make you smart that's not them it's you it's the passion the hunger the desire you're channeling for change you are the one generating the positive return on your life the more valuable you are as an individual the smarter healthier and more creative you are the higher your rou is because when all things come together you are the one creating value invest money in yourself invest money in yourself so you no longer have to invest time use the return on you metric to measure your impact if you've made it up to this point we want to take this opportunity and thank you we truly hope that you found at least one piece of information that when applied your life is better because of it if the idea that running out of time to trade scared you and you're looking to increase the rou of your input please write r-o-u in the comments that way we know who the true aluxers are take care thank you for spending some time with us aluxers make sure to like and subscribe so you never 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Length: 19min 21sec (1161 seconds)

Published: Sun Sep 13 2020