Good Morning,
A lot of what I write about is investing in your self through reading, training, college and life experiences to make yourself a more capable person.
On some levels this may seem selfish to put all of our efforts into making ourselves better. It could be selfish if these efforts were at the expense of others, but that is not what I am talking about.
By investing in ourselves, we make ourselves more capable and able to assist others in more areas, to a great capacity and with a greater impact.
For example, I have worked with Non-Profits for many years, and while I have accomplished a lot with these groups, I found myself limited by my own limitations. I used to think that the work I do for others was also for me. The more I helped others, the more I felt I was helping myself.
As I kept my learning and growing, I learned that doing work for others was truly that, doing it for others. It was a hard pill to swallow, but I was able to do it because I spent time reading, speaking with others and seeing the impact of the work I did, and finding out why I did it.
My ability to help others now has grown in a large part because I invested in myself and learned to remove myself from the process. I give of myself, but not for myself. This was a great accomplishment in my life, which I continue to learn and grow on daily. A line I say to myself often is 'It's not about me'.
There are many other areas where we can also improve ourselves. There is learning from the past. There is also seeing what others have accomplished and failed at so we can share these points with situations which arise in our daily lives.
An example of this is from my MBA program where I had to write about five to six papers for each class where I referenced news and magazine articles as well as books and internet sources. Doing this over and over again built up my skill in writing, but it also built up my knowledge in many key areas in business management. Knowledge which to this day I still bring up from time to time to help give details and perspective to a situation facing me today.
I am certain that each of you can relate how you have been able to help others from what you have learned in your own life, be it on the job, from a book or the school of hard knocks. And I am also certain that you can relate to how the more you put into yourself, the more you can give out to others be it in information, experience, or give more of yourself, without giving to yourself.
Enjoy!
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