Investing in yourself, sends a powerful message to yourself and the world. The message is:The value and potential that I possess, is important enough to me that I'm going to give it the energy, space and time to grow and create results.When you're willing to say yes, and take that leap of faith and invest in yourself, the universe will provide you with amazing rewards.

Why Investing In Yourself Is Powerful

1. Set goals. Learn how to set personal and business goals for yourself. Your goals should be SMART goals -Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Timely.2. Honor your intuition. You can show yourself love by trusting your gut and honoring the message that it's sending. Listening to your intuition, will allow you to make better decisions. Valuing your intuition, by not allowing the thoughts, feelings or statements of others to take away from what you know to be true is very empowering. By paying attention to how you feel, it will help you to make better, smarter and quicker decisions.

3. Invest time in your creativity. Our creativity doesn't have to diminish as we get older. Creativity can be the catalyst in the manifestation of continual learning and lifelong activity. 4. Invest in building your confidence. People who know their value, have something to say and others will listen. You can invest in yourself by developing an understanding of the value that you possess and offer others. Learn to have the courage to speak your truth. The more you love yourself and own the value that you offer, the more confident you will become in sharing it with others.

5. Read educational books. Books or audio books are an awesome resource to build your knowledge and expertise in any area.6. Attend seminars and workshops to expand your knowledge and skills in your business and/or personal life. This will also give you the opportunity to meet and interact with individuals who are like-minded.

7. Take care of your health. Eat right each day, fueling your body with nutrients. When you focus on eating organic and healthier choices, you will feel better and have more energy. I know that the unhealthy burger or cupcake gives us instant gratification, but if you're like me, you regret it later, because you feel lousy afterwards. Exercise daily. Do something every day to get moving and get your heart rate up, even, if it's just walking the dog. Exercise gives you the energy to take on the day with confidence because of how it makes you look and feel.

8. Choose to be happy. Happiness is a choice. Happy people choose to focus on the positive aspects of life, rather than the negative. They are not held hostage by their circumstances. They look at all the reasons to be grateful.9. Work on your bucket list. If you don't have a bucket list, then it's time to start one. Your bucket list is meant to be a list of everything you want to achieve, do, see, feel and experience in your life. Your list may be ongoing, but you can start by writing 100 things down. Then each month or so, make sure you're knocking out at least, one of the items on your list

“Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."

10. Invest in a coach. A coach can assist you in putting all of these strategies into action. A coach is your partner in success. It is their job to assist you in creating and implementing your success plan, so you can become the best that you can be.

Investing in yourself is one of the best return on investments you can have. Whether it's investing in learning a new skill, developing yourself personally or professionally, tapping into your creativity or hiring a coach, you need to give to yourself first before you can give to others.

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Top 10 Ways to Invest in Yourself and Why It's So Powerful

“A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work”.

“A budget is telling your money where to go instead of wondering where it went”.

“The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it”.

“Every time you borrow money, you're robbing your future self”.

“The amount of money you have has got nothing to do with what you earn. People earning a million dollars a year can have no money. People earning $35,000 a year can be quite well off. It's not what you earn, it's what you spend”.

“When buying shares, ask yourself, would you buy the whole company?”

“The Stock Market is designed to transfer money from the Active to the Patient”.

Don't look for the needle in the haystack. Just buy the haystack”.

“I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best”.

“It's how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success”.

” An investment in knowledge pays the best interest”.

The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money.

Taking some or all of these nuggets of wisdom to heart can help you be a more effective investor, money manager, and person.

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12 Quotes That Will Make You Rethink Your Personal Finances

Mentally replace the phrase “the metaverse” in a sentence with “cyberspace.” The Metaverse is a combination of multiple elements of technology, including virtual reality, augmented reality and video where users "live" within a digital universeRead more below to learn about the investment opportunities you can explore to make money

What is The Metaverse?

Event space is a great opportunity for booking short-term rentals on your metaverse property. If your structure is large enough to accommodate events like virtual concerts or shows, you'll be able to attract musicians and other performers who are looking for a new way to reach audiences that may have not been willing or able to attend events in person. Make sure to provide retail space for event-related swag sales. Who doesn't want to pick up a (virtual) band T-shirt on the way out of the venue?

1. Metaverse event space can bring in a diverse crowd

Long live the billboard, the giant roadside advertisement that never seems to die. Metaverse platforms also have roads and traffic, though you can think of it more as pedestrian traffic. Even so, billboards are valuable platforms to reach diverse audiences who occupy and visit the metaverse. Just like with real-life billboards, your income stream comes from renting the space out to companies who want to share their messages with passersby.Look to both real-life and virtual companies as potential billboard customers. After you all, just because someone is active in the metaverse doesn't mean th<warningtag>ey know there's a new virtual shop by a big brand going into an area they don't regularly frequent.</warningtag>

2. Virtual billboards are just as useful as real ones

Forget amusement parks - they can't hold a candle to what's possible in the metaverse. Just because there's no gravity (or physical bodies) doesn't mean that a virtual experience can't be interesting and fun for visitors. You'll need ample space and a huge imagination (or several on the payroll) to create something that will generate ticket sales, but the whole point of the metaverse is social experiences, and this is no different.Bonus points for being able to update, change, or remodel your experience space for pennies on the dollar compared to a real-life amusement park or similar facility.

3. Experiences can be totally wild in the metaverse

Just because it's not the real world doesn't mean that people aren't looking for stuff to populate their virtual life. Retail has a strong place in the metaverse, and brands will need plenty of room for showrooms and shops. Even small brands may find cult followings in the metaverse, so don't be shy about reaching out to potential tenants when setting up your well-planned rental spaces for commercial businesses.Many brands have already seen great success with promoting and selling NFT versions of their real-world products to metaverse denizens. Custom sneakers, high-end bags and so on.

4. Traditional malls and shopping centers are still needed

With workplace returns continuing to be pushed out indefinitely, companies are looking for ways to bring their teams together in communal space. Rather than relying on dedicated metaverse platforms for this job, metaverse office space on bigger platforms can add another element of the real world into the virtual one.Don't forget that virtual architects, designers, Realtors, and others vital to the development of the metaverse may also seek spaces within the platforms where they work. These people already exist and are reaching into the virtual world to make a living in the real one.

5. Office space is just as useful in the virtual world

<ul><li>The metaverse isn’t a monolith; it’s a vibrant place with lots of different needs. </li><li>Real estate investors in the metaverse will find that there will be a need for many different classes of real estate structures. </li><li>As always, choosing the right structure for the lot is the most difficult part. </li> </ul>

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Want to learn where to invest in the Metaverse? Read below - two words pop out to me - real estate 🏡 

Basic lots are just the beginning when it comes to investing in the metaverse. Here are other ways you can develop there for long-term returns.

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5 Interesting Ways To Invest in the Metaverse | The Motley Fool

<ul><li>Be careful with trading apps - avoid investing through apps that <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/21/robinhood-is-having-a-moment-users-should-be-careful.html">make a game out of investing </a>, particularly short-term investments. Make sure that you have a sizable emergency fund held in an FDIC-insured savings account.</li><li>See a financial therapist - if your relationship with money is strained conifer making an appointment. They help clients process their underlying feelings about money, while making plans for retirement, savings, investments and other goals.</li><li>Monitor your accounts - there's no excuse not to be proactive about cybersecurity. Turn on multi-factor authentication. </li></ul>

<ul><li>Picture your perfect year - take time to reflect on 2021 and think about what, if anything, you'd like to do differently in 2022.</li><li>Track your growth - calculate your net worth is a good start. This is essentially your assets (cash in checking and savings accounts, investments, real estate, cars, etc.) less your debts (student loans, mortgages, overdue credit card bills, etc.). You can use an app like Personal Capital, or an Excel tracking sheet.</li><li>Invest in an index fund - opt to invest in index funds if you’re looking to build wealth. Index funds are designed to track the entire stock market.</li></ul>

<ul><li>Find some inspiration - if your goals are feeling a little stale, search for some new inspiration. Depending on your interests, there are any number of online forums that might appeal to you. </li><li>Ask for what you're worth - one thing we're leaving behind in 2021? Being underpaid for our work.!For many workers, the time has <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/10/how-to-ask-for-a-raise.html">never been better to ask for a raise </a>. Of course, this can be a <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/15/anxious-about-asking-for-a-raise-try-this-.html">nerve-wracking prospect </a>. Make It has plenty of advice on <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/10/how-to-ask-for-a-raise.html">how to prepare for the talk </a>with your manager and <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/08/phrases-to-avoid-when-asking-for-a-raise-and-what-to-say-instead-salary-negotiations-expert.html">get the money you deserve </a>.</li></ul>

<ul><li>Make a plan for your benefits - familiarize yourself with your employer's benefits this year. There could be things available you haven't been aware of, such as financial planning sessions or wellness opportunities.,Don't let them go to waste.</li><li>Do one task you've been putting off - we all have that one thing we know we need to do, yet keep finding ways to push off. Make an effort to finally check that one thing off of your long-term to-do list, whether it's finally <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/25/3-easy-ways-to-make-sure-your-401k-is-on-the-right-track.html">assessing your investment mix and fees </a>or <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/07/its-essential-to-review-your-will-or-estate-plan-every-few-years.html">making an end of life plan</a>.</li></ul>

<ul><li>Schedule a recurring life administration day - dedicate a certain day to reviewing your finances and other <a href="https://lifehacker.com/schedule-a-personal-inventory-day-each-month-1821807681">life administrative tasks on a recurring schedule </a>. Tasks could include checking on spending, rolling over an old 401(k), submitting receipts for reimbursement, returning purchases you don't plan to keep or culling subscriptions. To make the most of this day, keep a list on your phone or somewhere else easily accessible of the tasks you need to accomplish, from reviewing your spending to submitting receipts to checking your net worth.</li></ul>

<ul><li>Learn about crypto - you shouldn't throw all of your money into cryptocurrencies, but at this point, you should take time to learn about them and how they work. </li><li>Figure out your retirement number - Even if you're decades away from retirement, it's important to have an idea of how much you might need stashed away to support yourself after you stop working full time. Remember: Things change. Get an idea of how much you need, but know that it will likely change over time.</li></ul>

<ul><li>Contribute more to your Roth IRA - which let savers contribute money after they have paid taxes on it. Contributions and earnings grow tax-free (assuming investors follow the withdrawal rules), making them particularly powerful investment vehicles for workers in lower tax brackets.</li><li>Prepare for student loan repayments to resume - After a nearly two-year reprieve, federal student loans payments in the US will <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/08/experts-ask-biden-to-push-back-the-return-of-student-loan-payments-.html">resume Feb. 1, 2022</a>. To prepare, financial experts advise <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/15/biden-unlikely-to-extend-student-loan-pausehow-borrowers-can-prepare.html">checking your balance </a>to understand how much you owe each month & work out how to fit it back into your budget.</li></ul>

<ul><li>Increase your savings rate - your savings rate is the percentage of your income that you keep each month, versus the amount that you spend. Increasing it, even slightly, will put you in a better overall financial position. You'll have additional money stashed away for a rainy day, or to put toward your other goals, whether that's buying a house or investing more. Start small: <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/23/why-you-should-increase-your-401k-or-ira-contributions-by-1percent.html">Increase your 401(k) contribution by 1% </a>at the start of each year or cut out one monthly subscription you don't need, and send that money to your savings account instead.</li></ul>

<ul><li>Cut down your expenses - Another way to save a little and ensure you're spending on what's important to you is to rank your expenses. Consider the money you'd save on those expenses, and what it would look like to put it toward one of your goals instead.</li><li>Stop timing the market - when the stock market starts getting rocky, it's natural to want to pull back to "save" money. Rather than letting your nerves get the best of you, think of a <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/07/what-to-do-during-a-down-market.html">down market as a buying opportunity </a>. At the very least, don't get spooked and pull your money out of your investments. Your bottom line will thank you.</li></ul>

Make your money count - consider where your money has gone over the past year or so. Are you happy with how and where you're spending it? If not, make some changes in 2022. That could mean shopping more at local small businesses, cutting out massive retailers like Amazon or <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/21/millennials-spurred-growth-in-esg-investing-now-all-ages-are-on-board.html">looking into sustainable investing </a>. No, your personal expenditures aren't likely to change how the entire world operates. But in many ways, your dollars are your voice. Exercise them with care.

<ul><li>Stop timing the market - when the stock market starts getting rocky, it's natural to want to pull back to "save" money. Rather than letting your nerves get the best of you, think of a <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/07/what-to-do-during-a-down-market.html">down market as a buying opportunity </a>. At the very least, don't get spooked and pull your money out of your investments. Your bottom line will thank you.</li><li>Talk it out - schedule time with your significant other to get on the <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/10/how-to-talk-money-with-your-partner-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic.html">same page about your finances </a>and goals. Not partnered up but still want to talk it out with someone? <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/05/how-to-talk-about-money-with-your-friends.html">Try hosting a money salon </a>— it can be on Zoom — with friends.</li></ul>

From calculating your net worth to making better investments, here are 22 things to do to improve your financial fitness in 2022.

22 ways to save, invest and get smarter with money in 2022

Investing is all about informed decisions based on your market knowledge and insights from analytics.

You need to establish a long-term financial goal. It means that you need to figure out the reason why you are investing as in your child’s education, retirement or to multiply your funds; review your age and investment perspective, sort out what you are expecting out of your life. Once you answer these questions honestly to yourself, setting a long-term investment goal becomes easier.

Set long-term investment goals 

Once you have determined your investment goals, you may become over-confident or under-confident about your financial perspective. In both cases, you stand to lose. The mantra here is to strike a balance between over-confidence and under-confidence. You should just be confident regarding your decision towards your investment or SIP plan.

Find a balanced approach 

With a portfolio diversification approach, you can ensure peace of mind. Here’s how. When you distribute your money across mutual funds and asset classes, it lowers your risk of losses. Markets act in different ways in different places at different times. So, it brings a balance in your investment; if some of your investments are facing the downside, others may see the sunny side.

Diversify your portfolio 

Following market sentiments without analysing them is a big mistake committed by many individual investors. It is human psychology to follow the herd and do what others are doing, especially when you can see them tasting success dur to the choices they made. But by the time you try the same and invest, maybe it is too late. The chance of making the same credible profit has already been missed.

Abandon the herd mentality 

Market sentiments are influential in deciding the course of the market, but you should steer clear of emotions while investing in equities or even in SIP investments. You can keep your emotions at bay with the help of the following tips 

Market sentiments are influential in deciding the course of the market, but you should steer clear of emotions while investing in equities or even in SIP investments.

Your Money: Four tips to control your emotions when investing

Timing the market is notoriously difficult, even for the most experienced investor. People often focus on trying to dodge the bad days but fail to realise that missing even a few of the best days can be equally damaging. The largest gains tend to occur during periods of extreme volatility and often follow large sell-offs. During these episodes inexperienced investors panic sell or just sit on the side lines. The key lesson is that to be a successful investor it's often better to take the rough with the smooth rather than trying to play the market in search of a quick profit.

1. Take the rough with the smooth

Many investment houses and brokerage firms profit when investors buy or sell shares. This leads to a lot of noise in the market and it is often difficult to detangle good information from bad. It is challenging to distinguish good financial ‘experts’ from bad, as they are often more concerned with self-promotion rather than providing good investment advice. As George Soros said, “if investing is entertaining, if you're having fun, you're probably not making any money. Good investing is boring.”

2. Drown out the noise

The longer you invest for, the better your chance of success. For example, from 1990 - 2016, the average investor will have had a turbulent journey - the dotcom bubble & financial crisis were 2 of the worst bear markets recorded. Yet over that period the return in a back-test of our moderate growth multi-asset portfolio would have averaged 7.4% per annum. That may not sound that great but €1 million invested in 1990 at that rate of return, would now be worth almost €7 million. The lesson is that the power of compounding tends to be the single biggest contributor to an investor’s success.

3. Time in the market, not timing the market

It is easy to focus on what can go wrong in the world and extrapolate these geopolitical events into investment returns. Yet geopolitical shocks (outside of world wars) tend to exhibit little or no relationship to returns. Last year was a case in point. Brexit and Donald Trump’s election as the US President threatened to send financial markets into a tailspin, but it never happened. In fact, markets rallied strongly in the second half of 2016.

4. Geopolitics (often) matters less than we think

Diversification is probably the most commonly quoted piece of investment advice. Yet unfortunately, time and time again people tend to over concentrate their investments in a specific stock or asset. The idea behind diversification is that it spreads out risk and therefore helps mitigate all kinds of developments, especially negative shocks. The reality is that no asset, stock, region, sector or currency will outperform all the time. Multi-asset funds, which divide their investments between different assets, such as stocks, bonds, cash, & property aim to reduce permanent loss of capital.

5. Build a robust portfolio

Instead of following the herd, investors should take their lead from the economic and business cycle. One of the few constants in investing is that all economies are cyclical – that is they expand and then contract. By focusing on the cycle, investors can determine the prospect for different assets and markets at the different stages, and importantly can avoid taking on excessive risk when the economy is showing signs of overheating just before a recession. Buying high and selling low is not a sensible investment strategy. Investing counter cyclically is.

7. Invest counter cyclically

Overpaying for investments is a common mistake. The most recent examples of this phenomenon were the housing bubble in the run up to the financial crisis. Private investors often do not have access to the same range of data as institutional investors so they often get caught out on price. This is true across all assets including the income yield for property investments, equity valuation metrics like price-to-earnings, or bond yields. Warren Buffett says “price is what you pay, value is what you get”. Consider the intrinsic value of an investment before putting your hard earned capital at risk

8. Price is what you pay, value is what you get

Emotion is dangerous when investing. Unfortunately, it is too easy to become emotionally attached to investments when they are increasing in value. We feel comfortable when we are invested & often actively look to add to winning positions. When the market is doing well it may seem that an individual stock will never go down & that we should hold more and more of it. The most successful investors take profits & rebalance their portfolio. Our experience shows that failing to take profits can result in ‘risk drift’ in portfolios.

9. Don't let your emotions cloud your judgement

“Irrational exuberance" was a phrase championed by former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan to explain investor’s behaviour in the mid-to-late 1990s. Although it took a number of years for the bubble to burst, the phrase epitomises the tendency of investors to get most bullish just before a collapse. Quite often it’s wise not to follow the crowd, particularly if the fundamentals do not add up. Remember, when the herd is running towards the cliff, the one running in the opposite direction seems crazy.

6. Don't follow the herd

A common failing of investors is investing in the rear view mirror, chasing performance by buying more of an asset, sector or stock that has performed the best in the most recent time period. A large body of evidence tells us that this leads to underperformance in the long term. Assets that attract the largest amount of inflows subsequently underperform. Investors must accept that no strategy, investment or approach will outperform in every market environment.

10.Don't chase performance

We share what we believe are some of the most important rules that can help you to achieve your long-term financial goals, with a little help from Carl Richards. Carl is the creator of the weekly ‘Sketch Guy’ column in the New York Times and was the keynote speaker at our 2014 Annual Conference. His sketches are famous for simplifying some of the most complex and important financial concepts.

10 Timeless Rules of Investing

As the chart shows, if you want to build wealth, there are really only two things to get right:<ul><li>Increase the difference between your income and expenses</li><li>Save that difference and grow it exponentially over time</li></ul>That’s it.This chart shows you exactly how much you need to save, and the rate  you need to compound it at, in order to reach your goals!

How to Build Wealth: This Chart Tells All

Worrying about whether your wealth is growing by 6% or 8% per year won’t matter so much if you can’t make enough money to reliably save and invest each month.Here’s an overview of three ways to earn enough income to start some serious wealth accumulation.<ol><li>Pick a high-paying job</li><li>Make money with side hustles</li><li>Start a business, full or part time</li></ol>

How to Increase Your Income and Save More

To invest money for high rates of return, you usually either need to take on increased risk, increased volatility, or decreased liquidity.Here’s an overview of how to achieve your target rate of return. Usually you’ll want a blend of several of these asset classes for optimal diversification:How to produce 0-3% annually:<ul><li>Treasuries</li><li>Corporate bonds</li><li>Municipal bonds</li><li>Savings accounts</li></ul>How to produce 3-8% annually:<ul><li>Preferred stock</li><li>Peer-to-peer lending</li><li>Index funds</li></ul>

How to Achieve a High Growth Rate on Your Savings Pt.1

How to produce 8-12% annually:<ul><li>High-yielding dividend stocks </li><li>Emerging markets and other international stocks or ETFs trading at low valuations.</li><li>High-quality Real Estate Investment Trusts and Master Limited Partnerships</li><li>Investment strategies employing the use of cash-secured puts and covered calls to give good returns even in overvalued markets</li><li>Certain alternative investments that offer decent returns in exchange for lower liquidity</li></ul>How to produce 12-15% annually:<ul><li>Top-quartile private equity</li><li>Direct real estate investing</li></ul>How to produce 15%+ annually:<ul><li>Be a world-class investor</li><li>Start a successful business</li></ul>

How to Achieve a High Growth Rate on Your Savings Pt.2

This is a comprehensive guide on how to build wealth and make more money.  Includes specific information on investments and a financial freedom calculator.

Everything You Need to Know About Wealth Building 

A diversified portfolio ensures that your capital is spread across a variety of investments. It ensures that you are not reliant on a single investment or industry for all your rewards. Fortunately, there are multiple asset classes to invest your money into, such as equity or bonds. It reduces your exposure to market risk and smooths out the peaks and valleys of investment trips. As a result, diversification is the guidewire that stops your investment portfolio from going off the rails especially when there’s a downturn in the market.

Diversification 

If you have the funds and the know-how, you can create a well-diversified portfolio by investing in specific stocks and bonds. However, you must beware of concentrating on a single investment. For instance, avoid holding shares in one industry or even a specific company as this increases your risk of financial loss.You can ensure that your positions are diversified by not allowing a single stock to account for more than 10% of your overall stock portfolio. Your goal, timescale, and risk tolerance will define your stock-to-bond-to-cash ratio.

1. Diversify with Individual Stocks and Bonds

Investing in securities that replicate multiple indices is an excellent approach to diversify your portfolio over time. An index fund will hold all the securities in each index to closely replicate the performance of that benchmark. By incorporating specific fixed-income solutions into your portfolio, you can further mitigate fixed-income volatility and unpredictability.

2. Customize with Index Funds

Using ETFs and mutual funds are simple ways to choose asset classes that help diversify your portfolio.Begin your mutual fund by investing in a few companies that you trust, and even use daily. Other alternatives include commodities, and real estate investment trusts (REITs).The key to ensuring that your portfolio is adequately diversified is to look at what’s inside each fund and its weightings. So, don’t confine yourself to your home base; extending your risk will allow you to gain greater rewards.

3. Invest in a Mix of Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds 

Asset allocation funds are the simplest approach to diversify your portfolio. These are mutual funds that have a fixed stock and bond combination. A 60/40 fund, for example, will allocate 60% of its assets to stocks and 40% to bonds or cash. As a result, a portfolio whose asset allocation mix gets more conservative as the target date approaches.For a fund that alters its risk term profile over time, target-date funds could be a good instrument. You will have to choose the duration, while the fund managers will do the diversifying, future adjustments, and rebalancing for you.

5. Asset Allocation or Target Date Funds

It is one thing to have a large portfolio and another thing to have a well-diversified portfolio. To be well-diversified, you must have a wide range of investments such as stocks, bonds, real estate funds, international securities, and so on. By so doing, you are spreading out your investment risks and making room for more returns. However, do not overdiversify, ensure you are able to monitor all your assets within your portfolio and only invest in assets that you understand.

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Every investor’s principal goal is to reduce all possible investment risks while simultaneously increasing investment opportunities. Learn all about diversification and untold secrets. This will help anyone start their investment journey. 

Every investor’s principal goal is to reduce all possible investment risks while simultaneously increasing investment opportunities. When I started my investment journey, my primary goal was to find…

One Investing Strategy You Need to Know or Risk Losing Money

“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.”

Persistent people have a goal or vision in mind that motivates and drives them. They are often dreamers and visionaries who see their lives as having a higher purpose than simply earning a living. They often think of this vision first thing when they wake up and last thing before they go to bed. Reaching this goal becomes the focal point of their life and they devote a major portion of their energies and time toward reaching it.

1. AN ALL-CONSUMING VISION

Persistent people want it bad, really bad, and they never look for an excuse or a way out. What keeps highly persistent people going is their powerful level of desire.Repeated failures, dead ends, and periods when it seems like no progress is being made often come before any major breakthroughs happen. Persistent people have the inner energy and intensity to keep them motivated and going through these tough times.

2. A BURNING DESIRE

People who overcome the odds and achieve greatly are often described as “marching to the beat of their own drummer.” They know what they want and are seldom swayed by the opinion of the masses.Having a highly developed sense of who they are allows the highly persistent to continue on without being greatly affected by what others think of them or, being understood, or being appreciated by those around them. While that inner confidence gets challenged and shaken, it never gets destroyed and constantly acts as a source of courage and determination.

3. INNER CONFIDENCE

Rohn also once said, “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”Highly persistent people know it is very difficult to stay continually motivated, particularly during difficult times and when it appears that no progress is being made. They have come to rely upon their self-discipline and developing habits they can count on to continue down the path toward their eventual goals. They believe the results of the efforts they make today may not be seen for a long time, but they strongly believe that everything they do will count toward their outcome in the end.

4. HIGHLY DEVELOPED HABITS

Persistent people have the ability to adjust and adapt their action plan. They do not stubbornly persist in the face of evidence that their plan is not working, but look for better ways that will increase their chances of success.The highly persistent see their journey as a series of dead ends, detours, and adjustments but have complete faith they will reach their final destination. They are not tied into their ego and are quickly willing to admit when something is not working. As well, they are quick to adapt the ideas of others that have been shown to work well.

5. ABILITY TO ADJUST AND ADAPT

Persistent people realize that any goal worth reaching will take time, effort, and continuously learning new skills and thinking patterns. They welcome change and new ideas and continue looking for ways they can incorporate these into their lives.Ongoing learning is seen as part of a process through which the highly persistent continually expand the range of tools that they have to work with. Naturally curious, persistent types not only see learning as a way to reach their goals more quickly, but they also see self-development as a way of life.

6. COMMITMENT TO LIFELONG LEARNING

While it may appear that highly persistent people act alone and don’t need anyone, most have a carefully chosen group of people they admire and emulate. These can be people who are actually involved in their lives as mentors/confidantes or they can be figures who they have read about and who have deeply impacted them.They usually stand out from their environment and are often misunderstood because they can make those around them feel uncomfortable. Having strongly ingrained models helps persistent people sustain and motivate themselves in an environment that is not always supportive.

7. ROLE MODELS THAT ACT AS GUIDES AND MENTORS

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