In article 3 I talked about acquiring a skill or developing your gift talent. I would like to dwell more on this. One of the best things you can do for yourself is to develop yourself. Investing in yourself ensures life long benefits.
One of the reasons this is important is the fact that you cannot give what you do not have, neither can you produce what you do not have the skill or training to produce. Everyday, in the course of our daily activities wherever they may be, we have the opportunity to impact lives, impact our environment and generally have a certain level of influence wherever we find ourselves.
Having invested a certain level of knowledge or training in yourself prepares you to better impact lives in a positive way that will be remembered. Moreover, I have come to know from personal experience that people will not mess around with you if they know that you know what you are doing or talking about.
Let me tell you a story. My wife before we were married had a tailoring workshop. She could not design a scarf much less sew one. So she employed tailors at a salary. You know what happened? I will tell you. They began to hold her to ransom, asking for thing or the other and subtly threatening to leave in the middle of a designing job when their requests are not met. All because they knew she couldn’t thread a needle. Sometimes the will up and go without warning. She lost some money as a result. Then she got her younger brother to take over the shop, and all the nonsense stopped. You know why, he knew how to sew!. Trouser, shirts, skirts, blouses, you name it he could sew them all!! Anyone that tried any thing was out before he could blink.
Beside the above, having a skill, developing your talent or gift by investing in you gives you a lot of confidence in yourself. You discover, as I am discovering, that you face life with a lot of vigor and are more aggressive in your pursuits. The future does not hold much fear for you anymore, you will no longer be held hostage by your job, afraid of what will happen if you loose it.
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Oi, achei teu blog pelo google tá bem interessante gostei desse post. Quando der dá uma passada pelo meu blog, é sobre camisetas personalizadas, mostra passo a passo como criar uma camiseta personalizada bem maneira. Até mais.
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