64 DECEMBER 2024 WorldWide Drilling Resource® Booth 269 Investing in Future Success by Tim Connor Are you investing enough in your future success? There are a number of places you and I can put our money, such as: 8 Stuff 8 Looking younger 8 Looking more successful 8 Toys 8 Education 8 Things we hope will impress others 8 Our kids 8 Bills 8 Food - either at home or out 8 Investments 8 Travel 8 Savings Obviously there are others, but I just want to get you thinking. As you pass from one year to the next, which ones in the above list do you believe will contribute to your ability to improve your success, happiness, income, or lifestyle? They are: savings, investments, and education - not necessarily in that order. Which of the three will improve your chances of improving the other two? Education - investing in yourself. Sure, looking younger may make you feel temporarily better about yourself or life, but in the end, what really matters is what you know and can do - not how you look, the car you drive, or color of your hair. I know there may be a few of you who may take issue with this last statement, but I have seen and know some successful yet unattractive performers, movie stars, business leaders, and millionaires. Looks may help, but will never make up for a lack of skills, knowledge, and experience. Many people think nothing about spending thousands of dollars a year on clothes, cars, meals, entertainment, their hair, toys, and so on. Many of these same people would like to be able to afford even better restaurants, clothes, and toys, but they fail to realize the one tool that will permit them to do it, is their mind. Any investment you make in yourself - in your skills, abilities, or attitudes - will return itself 100 or even 1000 times, over time. The ideas you receive which can contribute to your ability to improve your lifestyles - whatever it means to you - are with you forever. Last night’s meal is gone. We only get to rent food temporarily. Ideas, we get to keep and use again and again. This upcoming year, why not keep a log of how much you invest in yourself and your skills and abilities, and how much you invest in going out to eat? Review the log once a month to see if your priorities are in line with your goals. Over 50 years ago, when I was fired by a major insurance company for poor performance, I made a decision that for the rest of my life, I would invest 10% of my time and 10% of my income every year in personal development. Friends, I can tell you this simple formula works. In His service, Tim Tim Connor may be contacted via e-mail to michele@worldwidedrillingresource.com “If you do not ask yourself what it is you know, you will go on listening to others and change will not come because you will not hear your own truth.” ~Saint Bartholomew
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