7 Ways To Invest In Yourself This Year | One Percent Better (2024)

Although many of the most typical qualities of successful people — industriousness and persistence, for example — are free, it is also a good idea to invest in yourself. Using a bit of cash to better your own physical and mental well-being is bound to pay for itself many times over in the long run. Here are 7 ways of investing in yourself that the world’s most successful people employ on their road to the top.

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In This Article:

1. Eat Right
2. Have Fun Exercising
3. Develop Your Niche Skills
4. Consume Creativity
5. Make Things
6. Pamper Yourself
7. Stay Well-Groomed

Buying organic and free-range foods isn’t cheap, and cooking them at home is time-consuming. It’s all worth it, though, because the health benefits you get will make you happier, more motivated, and more productive in the long term.

So no more fast food. No more buying foods or beverages with ingredient lists as long as a short story. When considering a meal, a good rule of thumb is to ask yourself, “could I find all these things and make this meal myself if I had all the time in the world?” If the answer is yes, it’s probably going to contribute to your health and to your efficiency in everything you do.

Regular exercise is a vital component of an efficient lifestyle, but most of us have trouble sticking to a workout schedule. The secret solution is to find a workout activity that is enjoyable for you. And unfortunately, that takes money most of the time.

For example, I recently discovered that I love rock climbing. When I’m doing it, I almost forget how hard I am working myself just because it’s so interesting and satisfying to me.

Find your version of rock climbing. And if you have to spend $100 a month extra on it, it’s well worth it.

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Everyone has their own talents, their own areas at which they excel, and at which others do not. Find yours and develop them.

Online learning has skyrocketed in popularity over the past few years, and the coronavirus Pandemic cemented its place in the public consciousness. Because of how popular it is, you can find classes in nearly any subject you can think of, no matter how niche.

Online classes aren’t always cheap, but isolating your talents and taking classes to nourish them is an excellent investment.

Here is a good catalog for online classes at Harvard that are available to everyone.

Most people don’t fully understand the immense value of exposing yourself to creative, psychologically, stimulating material. From novels to symphonies to good movies, complex creative content feeds the soul.

By the way, “complex” is the keyword here. We’re not giving you the okay to binge Days of Our Lives for hours every day.

Creating tangible things is a way to express your innermost feelings, an important step to maintaining mental health.

It’s also an incredible way to keep up your self-esteem. When you can take something you made, whether it is a chicken paella made in the kitchen or a clay pot made in an art studio, and proudly display it to other people, you gain more faith in your own abilities like you wouldn’t believe.

It’s easy to see relaxation activities like spa days and vacations to Tahiti as frivolities left to people with lots of expendable income. But the truth is, taking breaks and treating yourself once in a while is important to living a successful life.

If your life is all workday in any day out, you’re going to overwork yourself. It would be best if you gave yourselves those occasional reprieves to recharge your internal battery and motivate yourself to keep trying your best.

Looking your best will do wonders for your image and self-esteem. Things like regular skincare, a wardrobe of formal clothes, and frequent high-quality haircuts are not cheap if you’re going to the right places, but they are investments that will pay big dividends.

Unfortunately, many people (especially men) believe that caring a lot about your appearance is frivolous and vain. But polishing up your appearance to sell yourself is not vain at all; in fact, it just makes good sense in terms of business.

Someone once said that sometimes, you’ve got to invest in yourself to start the ball rolling. That person was absolutely right, and this list contains some of the best examples of their point.

Investing in yourself doesn’t always pay off immediately. in the long term, though, it will pay off many times over.

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