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April 10, 2006

TIP #46: Invest in You

Novelist Thomas Wolfe said, "If a man has a talent and cannot use it, he has failed. If he has a talent and uses only half of it, he has partly failed. If he has a talent and learns somehow to use the whole of it, he has gloriously succeeded, and won a satisfaction and a triumph few men ever know."

One way you can develop your talent is by investing in yourself. Sometimes that investment may be a monetary one: attending a seminar; taking a class; buying and listening to motivational tapes; using a personal coach. Sometimes the investment is time: practicing; taking a "think week" like Bill Gates; reading, meditating; exercising.

You see, the more you invest in you, the more you'll develop your talents and abilities and the more return you'll get. People who are winning at working invest in growing their talents. They know Emerson was right when he said, "No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself."

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Posted by Nan Russell at April 10, 2006 09:46 PM