Instead of just putting money in a speculative stock or cryptocurrency
and hoping that it skyrockets overnight and that you just happen
to be able to time the market and sell it before it goes back down to zero...
"so the market cap is 2.168 trillion dollars and now the market oh oh it went to zero"
...instead of doing that let's talk about real ways you can put not only your money but your
time your energy and your resources into building a better future for yourself and achieving the
ultimate vision of what you want your life to be and that is all about investing into yourself. So
let's get into it the first way you can invest in yourself in 2022 is to work on building your
skill set up now building your skill set up is what is going to help you get paid more money in
the long run and also what is going to help give you more freedom because if you're only doing the
same skill for your whole life you are never going to be able to break out of that nine to five grind
and just show up for a paycheck every single week however when you start to build up your skills
that's when you can start to get paid for your knowledge and your advice and your expertise and
the value you provide instead of just getting paid for the hours that you put in and the only
way you can do that is by building your skill set up and there are so many different ways you
can build your skills these days i mean there's really no excuse there are free online courses
certifications, from Google from Microsoft from Hubspot and then there of course are also paid
courses you can take which help you get to that next level and get a look behind the scenes
on what other people are doing that have built that skill set so if you do want to start to
work on investing in yourself the best place to start is by starting to work on building up your
skill set now the next investment you can make in 2022 to start making more money and to build
the future life you want is to focus on expanding your knowledge. So the best way I found to do this
is to cut out some of that entertainment time that you find yourself having whether that's watching
multiple shows on Netflix and Binge watching a new series, or it may just be scrolling on
your phone and just getting lost in the algorithm, stop doing that for too much time set a stop time
you can actually set reminders on your phone for example if you're on Instagram or Facebook
for more than 45 minutes you can have a reminder come up and that is going to help nudge you in the
right direction and from there what you want to do is put that into gaining more knowledge
listening to different helpful podcasts watching educational videos online or even reading books
it's all about spending that time in gaining some positive information instead of wasting that time
on entertainment which is not going to help you build your future and the next way you can invest
in yourself is by building your network so this can be anything from attending physical events
going to digital events or even just reaching out and embracing collaboration and working with other
people in your industry that is going to help you so much because there is a saying that says your
net worth is your network so the people that you know that is what is going to open up the doors to
more possibilities and also that is what is going to help you when you don't know what that next
step is because now you have a network if you need to get a new job a lot of times someone in your
network can refer you to someone to help you with that or let's say you are a freelancer or you own
your own business your network is vital because that is where you are going to get more clients
where you're going to get word of mouth referrals etc so don't think that just because you are just
focusing on yourself that that means you need to just cut out everyone else that's actually the
opposite you are always in the people business no matter what you're doing you're going to be
working with people even if you're a freelancer working alone from home you are going to be
working with people interacting with people and that is why investing in building your network up
building solid relationships with people is so vital for your success and that will pay
off dividends in the long run and the fourth way you can invest in yourself is by getting expert
guidance so this doesn't have to be a one-to-one mentorship that you pay for this could just be
you following someone let's say on youtube or on instagram that is in a position you want to be in
and following all the steps they take seeing what kind of content they produce seeing how they got
from being a zero to being exactly where they are today no one is an overnight success story you may
just hear about that and think they are but if you listen closely a lot of times successful business
people will reveal exactly all the steps they took to get to where they're at it's really no secret a
lot of the times it just takes you going out there and getting that guidance now on the other hand if
you do want more of a one-to-one relationship with let's say a mentor that's completely fine and it's
up to you to figure out how you can find someone that makes the most sense for you and that way
you're not doing it alone you have someone who's helping you every step of the way and that can
really make a huge difference when you start to zoom out and look at your career over different
decades so we can get so lost in the day to day the month to month or year to year but when you
zoom out and let's say you have a mentor looking at the bird's eye view of where you want to go it
can be very helpful to get another set of eyes and another perspective on where you should be putting
your time and maybe where you shouldn't be putting your time that you're wasting it on right now
so getting guidance is a great investment you can make to better yourself and to better your future
and the next investment you can make into yourself in 2022 is by building additional revenue streams
so if you watch my channel you know i preach about the importance of building multiple streams
of diversified revenue because that really is the holy grail to creating freedom and sustainability
in your life so it's all about starting a side hustle on your nights and your weekends right
now and then eventually if you want to you can build that into your full-time stream of income
or you can keep doing what you're currently doing and at least now you have a side hustle to support
you and it's going to support you if let's say any unexpected expense comes up or if you have
some extra money now you can invest that back into yourself you can get more skills you can get more
knowledge you can invest into yourself to help further yourself in the future and then that leads
me into the sixth investment you can make which is into your own self-care now self-care is something
that does get kind of brushed over however there is some more light being shed on it but it is so
important to focus on your self-care because that is what is going to help you not get burnt out
it's about prioritizing yourself your schedule and making sure that you are taking vacations
when you need it you're taking time off when you need it because if you don't you're going to get
burned out and it's going to end up putting you much further back than it is ahead and that's one
mistake a lot of new business owners make is that they just work themselves into the ground and then
once they're a year or two in they're so burnt out they don't even want to do their business anymore
they're just they went too hard into it so it's all about being able to balance yourself balance
your energy and make sure you are focusing on your self-care because that way you are going to set
yourself up for years and years of success instead of just focusing right on the next day which
always seems to be right there right tomorrow never comes they say so if you're always like oh
tomorrow i'll start taking some breaks i'll start doing this that's not going to help you so make
sure you're prioritizing your self-care because that is a massive investment that will pay off
in the long run for you and that leads me right into the seventh and final way you can invest in
yourself and that is into your health so similar to your self-care your health is directly related
to the sleep you get your diet and the exercise you are getting so once again it's not all about
just putting money into an investment but it's also putting your focus your energy and your
time so making sure you're putting that time to get seven to eight hours of sleep every night
is vital making sure that you're eating proper nutrition to fuel you throughout the day
and you're not just fasting all day and then just binge eating at night making sure you're
getting in the right micronutrients the right macronutrients your diet plays a huge role
into how well you can focus throughout the day and whoever can focus for more time and be more dialed
in when they're actually working they are going to be getting further ahead than someone who isn't
able to focus so even if you just sit down for 10 hours a day to work but you're just not focused
you're not making that much progress someone who sits down for half that time but is dialed in
because they're getting good sleep they're getting exercise they have a good diet they're going to
be able to get much further ahead so investing in your health is a massive priority you need to make
moving into 2022 and if you wake up every day and you don't know exactly how to do this i
found that keeping a journal is very helpful there is a journal I love called the morning
sidekick journal, I've actually worked with them as a freelancer they were one of my clients and
they have an awesome journal that can help you every morning get your morning routine written
out and it can help keep you accountable so you can make your health a priority and get everything
you need to get done in that day. So there it is the seven investments you can make in 2022
that I guarantee will help put you in a better position in the long run. I hope that was a
helpful video, my name is Paul Mendes, if you like this kind of content please hit the like button,
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