Invest in Yourself- Why Paying for Things will Make you More Committed to Results

Invest in yourself for the highest possible ROI

One of the things that I’ve found interesting is how different our commitment is to certain things when have invested our money into them. I heard this concept in Think and Grow Rich because I’ve been listening to the the concepts multiple times every day because I believe that is the best way to get the most out of any personal development course. In fact we’re much more likely to follow through on something if have something to lose (i.e. you spend money on a course). It’s almost as if you have a sense of obligation to follow through because you spent money.

How Blog Mastermind Has Influenced me

Most of you know my blog growth at The Skool of Life has been fueled my by enrollment in Yaro Starak’s blog mastermind program.  At the beginning of April I asked my dad for some cash to join Blog mastermind and for the hosting fees. So needless to say I have made a small, but not insignificant investment in my blogging efforts. For that reason, I feel not only obligated, but motivated to make this a success.  That is why I write every day, come up with ideas every day, and even move and more towards running it like a business. In fact at this point I’ve come too far to even think about quitting even if it means spending more than a year. Now let’s look at the alternative approach.

Blogging without effort or cost:

Let’s say you get started on your blog. You find a few free ebooks or even spend 50 bucks on an ebook that teaches you how to setup a blog. Now you may be a very self motivated person and you might stick with it. But here’s the distinction. Let’s say you stick with it for 6 months. At the end of that 6 months the growth isn’t there, the numbers aren’t there, and it’s really easy to say “F#$# it , it’s only 50 bucks I’m out.”  This kind of thinking is not an option for me. It shouldn’t be for you either.

Investing time, money, and effort into your blog:

My dad would go nuts since he helped me, so I have to follow through. I also wouldn’t be out just a small sum of 50 dollars thanks the price tag of Blog Mastermind.  The other fact is that this point I’ve come so far that quitting now would be like giving up right before I reach my hockey stick. It might even another year before I get there, but the investment of time, effort and money have been significant enough to warrant sticking with it and pushing through the plateaus. In all honesty I have hit a wall. My growth has slowed a bit, but it’s become consistent. I realized after seeing it was time for coming up with a plan to running this like a business.

This doesn’t just apply to blogging:

This applies to almost anything you do in your life. If you have a more expensive car, you probably take better care of it. If you have nicer shoes you take better care of them.  When I started surfing and I couldn’t catch a wave to save my life, a guy at a bar told me “Go 50 times. Then you’ll be to invested to give it up.”  By the time you get to 50 times  you’ve put in well over a hundred hours if you surf 2 hours each time. Add the cost of your board and gear to that and you’ve invested a hundred hours, a few hundred dollars, and energy. Combine that all together and you’ve got a formula for following through on the goal you set.  So, it pays to invest in yourself for the highest ROI.

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   Keith Worboys says:

   December 28, 2009 at 9:53 am

   Excellent, quite simply, Excellent.
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   Srinivas says:

   December 28, 2009 at 8:32 pm

   @Keith,

   Glad you enjoyed the article. I hope that you will become a regular reader of the content here at LifeScape Artists.