The Best Investment Is In Yourself
“When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.”
When I finished graduate school in 2011, I was fed up with education. I was so tired of books and classes that I only wanted to put what I learned into practice. I didn’t invest in my education for two full years.
That wasn’t a smart move. During those two years, I didn’t make much progress. You see, education, learning, knowledge — it’s all perishable. Not only do you lose it if you don’t use it. You also lose your knowledge if you don’t improve it. You simply forget.
That’s what I didn’t get for most of my life. Education is not something you accumulate and will remain in your head forever. I look at education like food, water, air, exercise. You need a constant supply.
You also don’t breathe once a year, right? So why do you only read one book a year? It doesn’t make sense. Education is critical to your survival. The reason is not only personal growth, as Benjamin Franklin said:
“If a man empties his purse into his head no one can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”
