This post comes from Trent Hamm at partner blog The Simple Dollar.
When I first sat down to write the "Investing in yourself" series, I was thinking mostly about financial investments -- how you can invest money in yourself in order to increase your earning potential. What the series actually pointed out to me is that investments take on a lot of forms, and you can often transform one type of investment into another.
For example, take The Simple Dollar. For me, it's a money investment (hosting fees), a time investment, an intellectual investment and a bit of an emotional investment, too. What do I get out of it? I reap some financial rewards, increased knowledge and understanding (as a result of the research), improved writing skills, a network of acquaintances, and the wonderful feeling one gets from helping someone.
Is it enough reward for the time investment? I believe it is, but it's probably not an exchange everyone would see value in.
There are lots of ways to invest in something.
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