Investment

The defenition of Investment defined in Dictionary.com is “the investing of money and capital in order to gain profitable returns, as interest income or appreciation in value. The same word is defined in Investopedia as an asset or item that is purchased with the hope that it will generate income or appreciate in the future. As much as I love these definitions most people do not have the extra income, assests or items that will make them the kind of profit needed to live the life they truly want.

The majority of people live “lives of quite desperation”,  just barely making enough money to meet their monthly obligations. So, would investing be an option? Most would follow that question with a comment like: “How can I invest?, I just barely have enough money to survive.” Well maybe they should look at investing from another angle, investing in ones self.

Investing in ones self is seen everyday in one of two ways, either as an expense or an assest. It’s easy to tell which defines you just by looking at what you do each day. If your trying to better yourself by schooling, reading  good books, listening to self-help and personal development cd’s etc. then you consider yourself valuable and thus treat yourself as an asset. If on the other hand you live day to day doing nothing to enhance yourself then your just an expense and every dollar you spend on yourself is like throwing money into a bottomless pit.

Start seeing and treating yourself as an asset and not living as an expense. When you do this your entire life will change. You will have a chance to live the life you always wanted.

Barry Futch, Life Member