Unless you have been in a cave somewhere, you would have heard about the following famous people who have made a fortune investing, innovating and just being amazing role models for their personal development efforts.
Warren Buffet is not someone whom I associate with personal development, however what I discovered illustrates what this article is all about: Personal Development can make you Rich.
Warren Buffet is one of the most successful investors of all time. He is an investor, not a personal development guru. Warren is currently worth $75 Billion.
Let’s put that into words for effect: Seventy Five Billion Dollars. Now convert that to Rands…
Even if you are already rich, this is a lot of money…
Now let’s hear what Warren has to say about investment: “The best investment that I ever made was not in a stock, not in a business, not in an idea or a financial asset. The best investment that I ever made was in a class. A personal development workshop.”
Anthony Robbins is a brilliant example of this.
There was a time where Anthony was down and out and he was starving. It’s true. He had no money to buy food and he had to go to his local supermarket and walk around eating food inside the supermarket. No one wanted to take him to lunch when he needed it the most. When Robbins was 17 and earning $40 a week, he spent $35 (almost a week’s wage) for a three-hour seminar with personal development coach Jim Rohn.
The workshop taught Robbins that the most important work that he could ever do, in his life, was to work on himself.
Quote from Tony Robbins: “Jim Rohn made me stop focusing on what was outside of my control… And taught me to how to focus instead on what I could control,” Robbins writes in his book “Money: Master the Game.” “I discovered that I could improve myself; I could find a way to serve, a way to do more, and a way to become better, a way to add value.”
Tony Robbins went from working as a janitor to being a multi-millionaire selling what he used to become successful – personal development. If you are still a doubter, watch any of his live or reality shows where he changes someone’s life in front of your eyes. – This stuff just works.
Robbins tells Tim Ferriss (another famous development author): He heard Buffett say that “investing in yourself is the most important investment you’ll ever make in your life.” And Robbins agrees.
All of these legendary businessmen (Tony, Warren, Tim, Richard, Jim, Earl, and Marry-Anne, Jack, John and so on and so on) they all say the same thing. “Investing in your personal development is the best investment that you can ever make.” “There’s no financial investment that’ll ever match it, because if you develop more skill more ability, more insight, more capacity, that’s what’s going to really provide economic freedom. … It is the personal development skill sets that really make it all happen.”
Do not take my word for it, take theirs…They clearly know what they are talking about.
Personal development gave me what I needed to get out of the corporate world and “retire” at 28.
I am a walking, living, breathing product of what I do.
I am not saying this to be the example or to brag. No, I do not want you to be like me, I want you to be you, the best version of you. I am simply saying this, because I know that humans want proof and that you may be sceptical and you should be. There is a lot of rubbish out there. It has become common practice to sell snake oil, full of empty promises. They talk a big game, but all you get is smoke and mirrors. There are some personal development programmes which do cause damage and I have had to repair a lot of that damage.
In the back of your mind you are looking for proof. You are looking for certainty. You want to know it this is real and you are looking for evidence. You want to know if I care about you and if this will work for you? I care more than you know. I want you to succeed, I want you to be happy. I want your life to work for you.
This programme works, this system and methodology works. It works to the degree that you use it. It has worked for me and it will work for you. It works for every single person who uses it. If it does not, then I insist that you get your investment back. I’ll even give you 200% back.