subject: How Investing in Your Yourself Can Improve Your Career or Business [print this page] When the children start back to school it is a good time to think about what areas we need to learn more in. Do we have skills we need to brush up? Is there a class we want to take? Are there any training courses that would benefit us? Learning is a lifelong process that is never finished. If we want to hold on to our competitive advantage and stay at the top of our field then we must constantly invest in ourselves. We are our best and more useful asset, especially if we are small business owners, entrepreneurs, professionals or high level executives. Or if we'd like to have any one of those job descriptions.
Get over the idea that only children should spend their time in study. Be a student so long as you still have something to learn, and this will mean all your life. ~Henry L. Doherty
So, where do you start? Think about what skill or area of expertise you would like to improve your proficiency in. Don't limit yourself to the field you work in or the specific job you do currently. You might want to be a better public speaker or improve you typing because you're sick to death of using the "hunt and peck" method of typing your proposals and memos. Maybe you've always wanted to learn Italian or desire to learn new management methods. Whatever the skill may be, both you and your company will benefit. More knowledge is always an asset.
The first step is to decide what you want to focus on:
Do you need to go back and finish your college degree? Choose one class or enroll full-time.
Do you need to learn a new skill to advance to the next level? Management, leadership, HR might be good choices.
How are your communication skills? Take a public speaking class or join a group like Toastmasters. Take a writing course or one on advanced Microsoft Word techniques.
Speaking of Microsoft, how about a course on Excel or PowerPoint?
Is there a seminar for ongoing training in your profession that you'd benefit from?
How about a new skill? Marketing, Social Media or record-keeping?
Do you need to get better at managing your finances? Even if you have accountants and financial managers, you still need to have an understanding of what is going on financially in your business.
Almost everybody could use a refresher on office skills, no matter what level you are at. A course on organizational skills maybe or learning to use dictation software for faster writing.
The possibilities are endless. You are you most valuable tool. Investing in yourself will almost invariably have the highest rate of return.
How Investing in Your Yourself Can Improve Your Career or Business
By: Royale Scuderi
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