If you have been looking for a way to create change in your life, one of the best things you can do is decide to invest in yourself. Is there a goal you’ve been trying to meet, but life keeps getting in the way? Working to invest in yourself prioritizes these goals and creates a means for following through. Investing in yourself could mean choosing to focus on your health, your spirit, or your mind. Think of this process as a step that gets you closer to your future goals.
How Do You Get Started?
Deciding to invest in yourself might seem intimidating, but you can get started by creating simple routines. Start by taking on objectives that make you feel good and align you with joy and happiness! Prioritize taking time to intentionally do things that benefit yourself. Investing in yourself is truly anything that allows you to step away from the craziness of the world to focus on you. The objectives you choose to take on might present a challenge, but ultimately they will help you create change in your life.
When Should You Start?
There’s never a wrong time to start investing in yourself. According to author Steven Covey, “commitment” is “doing something important, but not urgent.” I believe that investing in ourselves from day to day is something important that allows us to create changes, no matter the size, that have a compound effect. When looking for a way to do something important that creates change in your own life, choosing your objectives for self-investment is the perfect first step.
When I became an author 10 years ago, this was a massive commitment for me. However, this commitment wasn’t as daunting because I knew that writing my first book would be something that would create a legacy for my life and my family. When “urgent” tasks kept creeping into my life and taking time away from my goal, I decided to start prioritizing my investment. In order to do this, I started waking up at 5 a.m. every morning to be interviewed and recorded by one of my coaches. Little by little, I was able to transcribe these recordings, and eventually, it became an entire book of over 40,000 words. 10 years later, I have published another 23 books under my name! This experience proved to me that the commitment I made had paid off.
What to Do When Challenges Arise?
While there are countless benefits to investing in yourself, there can also be challenges that arise along the way. Evaluating your mindset or even altering your goal to work better for you can sometimes be just as important as deciding to invest in yourself in the first place. There have been many ups and downs in my journey to self-investment. However, in my experience, a change in mindset inspires my motivation to reach a goal.
With physical goals, such as improving my exercise routine, I always recenter myself and remember the importance and impact of my physical health on my other personal goals. This technique also proved useful when I decided to become a pilot. I realized that this decision was a huge commitment. But, I also knew that I was going to get my license and never give up. Even though there were many moments of doubting myself along the way, I stuck with my goal because I noticed that rethinking the objective as a series of other smaller goals made the objective more manageable and I felt more inspired to work through the challenges. The next time you are feeling intimidated by your goals, try reframing them. Before you know it, you too will be meeting your objectives and finding success!
Jacqueline Camacho-Ruiz is the CEO of JJR Marketing (www.jjrmarketing.com) and Fig Factor Media LLC international book publishing company (www.figfactormedia.com), founder of The Fig Factor Foundation (www.thefigfactor.org), creator of Today’s Inspired Latina book series and international movement (http://www.todayslatina.com), author of thirteen books (www.jackiecamacho.com), international speaker, and pilot. Jacqueline speaks to hundreds of audiences about marketing, servant leadership, finding your passion, and achieving success in business. She has addressed the United States Army, BP International, United Airlines, Allstate, and Farmers Insurance among other corporations to share her inspiration.
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