Best Investment that you can have
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What is the best investment in life? A good answer is:
invest in yourself.
No one can take away what is in you and investing in yourself will keep you motivated throughout your lifetime.
One is to invest in your own health.
Life is like a marathon. There will be pit stops along the way for us to recharge to carry on with the race and in order to continue the race, we will need healthy bodies. Long-term exercise and staying healthy not only make people full of vitality, but also strengthen their mental state and to face the all the difficulties and struggles in life.
The more effort you put into health today, the higher your happiness index will be tomorrow. A healthy body involves many hours of sweaty workouts in the gym; delicate and smooth skin is inseparable from a long-term self-disciplined lifestyle.
The greatest success in life is to live healthily. Your investment in your own health is your best weapon against time.
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The second is to invest in your own capabilities.
The society is constantly evolving, and being content with the status quo is bound to stagnate. Only by running hard can we go further and further. There is a saying: "The meaning of growth lies in increasing life experience, enriching life experience, constantly being aware of introspection, and infinitely approaching maturity." In the past, we have walked a lot and have rich experience; in the future, we will continue to increase our experience. , Increase your own knowledge.
If you learn one more skill, you will have one more choice
in your life. Keep learning and improve yourself is a compulsory course for
every adult.
Whether it is reading a few books, obtaining new knowledge, or learning a new skill, gaining a new experience, it is all about widening the boundaries of life and enriching one's life.
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The third is to invest in your own family.
I once saw a video. A man has a successful career, but his life is not comforting: when it is late at night, he is busy socializing with customers, leaving his wife alone at home; on weekends, he is busy making up for sleep, ignoring his children; even during meals, he was still busy with the company's business and had no time to talk with his parents.
The most regrettable thing in life is nothing more than
putting a lot of energy and patience working hard outside and having no warmth
from family after work. After all, family members are people who live under the
same roof, sharing all your joy and sorrows. The journey of life will never be
the pursuit of wealth only, and the warm and precious memories that can't be
found if you miss it.
Wealth has a price, happiness is priceless. The happiest state in this life is nothing more than accompanying and chit chatting with my family.
Life is a process of continuous investment. You will reap where you pay. The greatest generosity for the future is to dedicate everything to the present. Only by sparing no effort to invest in yourself can you see returns in the future. I hope you will be full of energy, with a progressive career, and a warm family for the rest of your life.
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Hi there,
ReplyDeleteA good write up there capturing three important foundations to a successful life:
1. Good health
2. Good human capital
3. Good relationships
The real issue we all face is the 24 hrs we have a day. Even if we remove the time we spend working and just focus on the three foundations, we still have to balance time spent on each well.
Improving your skill might include taking up courses and degree classes for eg. This can take up a significant chunk of your time. Good relationship takes time to build and maintain. And keeping good health and sustaining it requires more than eating well, you will also need to exercise regularly. All these can take up a significant amount of time.
A huge chunk of my time at this stage of my life as a 61 yo is spent at work (weekdays 8:30am to 7pm), weekends on exercising & games (2 x 1.6 km swim, 6 km jogs and / or tennis. Night times and weekend spent with family and leisure reading. Took master degree course part-time at NUS when younger. That really sucked up all my after-office time for a long two year period. Having an understanding & supportive spouse was all important. When I completed my masters, it was my wife's turn to do hers. She also had to juggle her day job and attend the classes at night at NTU. Also for 2 years. All these while our children were still young.
Even now, we still the 24 hrs each day is not enough to do the things we want.
I hope that i can have such a fulfilling life as you when i am at your age.
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