It has been said by self-improvement experts “If you want to have a good job and good career, work on your skills. If you want to make a fortune, work on yourself.” Be careful how you define fortune. If you have adequate funds to live on; savings and investments; adequate provisions for life like food, home, clothing, and automobile; and an abundance of the things listed in the previous paragraph, you will achieve your fortune.
Working on yourself really begins when you know enough to spend your time working toward your own goals. It happens when you realize that you need what your teachers at elementary, middle school, and high school are offering you every day at school. When you take responsibility to learn the things being taught because you know they will help you later in life, then you are on your way. This will lead to an interest in further education whether it is college or vocational school. At this point, the burden of responsibility to learn and grow increases as does the payback from a solid effort at learning and a job well done.
