{"id":1585,"date":"2012-03-01T21:56:14","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T11:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mindtomind.com\/?p=1585"},"modified":"2016-10-22T00:25:26","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T05:25:26","slug":"do-you-invest-in-yourself-charles-kovess-passion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindtomind.com\/test\/do-you-invest-in-yourself-charles-kovess-passion\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Invest in Yourself?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Why do so few people invest in their education?<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How much do you invest in your <strong>education<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>When was the last time you spent actual cash to further your education?<\/p>\n<p>I have crafted <strong>7 Strategies<\/strong> for <strong>Passionate<\/strong> <strong>Performance<\/strong> in Your Life, that are available from my website. One of those Strategies is this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2018Invest 5% of your time and your money in your education and ongoing learning\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">This means 8 hours a week plus a 5% portion of your income. Imagine if you are earning $75000 pa, you would invest $3750 pa in courses and learning.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The best available evidence shows that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">less than one in 10<\/span> people invest money in their education after they have finished their secondary or tertiary education, this is the best way to invest money. Many <strong>universities<\/strong> and <strong>Technical<\/strong> <strong>Colleges<\/strong> are struggling financially because they cannot get enough students.<\/p>\n<p>This is a ridiculous state of affairs, and must change for the sake of each individual\u2019s future, and for the future of your country. In a rapidly-changing world with dramatic technology advances, together with global economic challenges and changes, how can any person hope to stay current and valuable with ongoing learning and development?<\/p>\n<p>Such a hope is ridiculous, as I said.<\/p>\n<p>Do not be one of these people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Why do so few people invest in their education? Here are some reasons that I believe to be the cause:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00b7 They hated their importance of education when they were at <strong>school<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u00b7 They got little value from their past education<\/li>\n<li>\u00b7 They do not want to learn something new, because they may have to do something new, leading to increased risk of <strong>failure<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u00b7 They do not understand the value of learning something new<\/li>\n<li>\u00b7 They are <strong>lazy<\/strong>, <strong>unmotivated<\/strong>, <strong>unhealthy<\/strong>, <strong>worn-out<\/strong> by the existing demands of life<\/li>\n<li>\u00b7 They are broke, and cannot afford to spend any money on it<\/li>\n<li>\u00b7 They have lost their <strong>passion<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u00b7 They prefer to <strong>blame others<\/strong> for their existing predicaments, rather than <strong>taking responsibility<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>\u00b7 They do not have the time because of too much happening in their lives at present.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Do you know of other reasons? Please send them to me.<\/p>\n<p>When you understand the value and clear imperative of continuing your <strong>learning<\/strong> and <strong>development<\/strong>, you will <strong>wake up<\/strong> and<strong> invest<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You are your <strong>most valuable resource<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<h2>Go for it, with passion!<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<address><strong>Charles B Kovess LL.B. (Hons), LL.M., MAICD, MAITD<\/strong><\/address>\n<address>Australasia\u2019s Passion Provocateur<\/address>\n<address>Certified Speaking Professional<\/address>\n<address><a href=\"http:\/\/kovess.com\/\">www.kovess.com<\/a><\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why do so few people invest in their education? &nbsp; How much do you invest in your education? When was the last time you spent actual cash to further your education? I have crafted 7 Strategies for Passionate Performance in Your Life, that are available from my website. One of those Strategies is this: \u2018Invest 5% of your time and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,9,13,14,872],"tags":[868,112,975,974,318,873,887,976,524,628],"class_list":["post-1585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brain-mind-management","category-brain-mind-strategy","category-chrysalis-brain-mind-think-tank","category-mind-to-mind-articles","category-mind-to-mind-tips","category-passion","tag-charles-kovess","tag-college","tag-education","tag-invest","tag-learn","tag-passion-2","tag-passionate","tag-performance","tag-school","tag-university"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindtomind.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindtomind.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindtomind.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindtomind.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindtomind.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1585"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/mindtomind.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6259,"href":"https:\/\/mindtomind.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585\/revisions\/6259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindtomind.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindtomind.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindtomind.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}