It never occurred to me that investing in yourself should be your number on priority. I was always told to help others before helping myself and while yes this is a good thing as I got older my views on this have shifted and for the better. Let me explain why.

I strongly believe that money is not evil. Money instead emphasizes the person you truly are. If you are good money enables you to make a larger impact and do more good in the world. If you are bad, well money allows you to do more bad in the world.

I like to consider myself a good person, one that looks out for others and when I see someone making a real effort I am more then happy to give that person a little boost in some way shape or form.

So what exactly do I mean by investing in yourself first ?

Investments in yourself such as daily reading, learning, investing, creating etc are all building blocks to get you to your own goals. All of these provide good value and by being a person of value it increases your wealth. Your wealth then can be used how you see fit to do good or bad with.

What are some things you can do to invest in yourself ?

• Reading books both pleasure and educational
• Creating courses from the information you learned
• Writing blog posts to help others
• UPVOTING and curation good quality content (builds followers, and networking)
• Network with like minded people who have visions and goals as you do
• Become debt FREE. If you carry ANY debt or loans focus on paying them fully off asap
• Invest in something you believe will give you a positive return on your money
• Relax, recharge and refocus when you need it
• Create income streams If your job is your own form of income right now you need to expand!
• Side hustles - use the extra profits to build the above

Some important things to remember...

It might not feel like you have time to do these things but in fact you do. You just need to change priorities.

Watching Netflix for a hour each night? Read a book instead for a hour

Have a long drive to work and back home ? Get an audio book or course

Get a morning coffee each day ? STOP make your own if you can't live without it or cut it fully out of your morning. Use that money for investments.

There are literally so many small things you can change in your days that enable you to invest in yourself. Small changes add up over time and you wont see instant results. Do it for a week and recap on how that went, then a month and then a year. I think you will be blown away and get addicted to investing in yourself after you see all you have accomplished after a year.