How can we invest in ourselves for gains that can’t depreciate?

Our thanks to Codes in Investing and NationalPayday.com for this informative, and thought provoking  article. This blog regularly talks about the importance of investing in tangible assets that cannot depreciate like dollar bills stagnating in a bank savings account while depreciating with the fall in value of the U.S. dollar paper currency. The most important tangible investment we can make is to learn a new marketable skill that will increase our productivity.

Invest In Yourself For Gains That Cannot Depreciate

Look around and you might notice that there are few places to put your money right now that will yield sure substantial gains. The stock market may be rising, but it’s been on a roller-coaster ride since the beginning of 2009, up one week, down the next. Foreclosures might or might not make a good investment, depending on where you live and how much inventory is left to reduce. Bank accounts are making minimal gains, whether money market or savings. It’s time to take the long view and opt to invest in something that will surely pay gains over time: yourself. This type of conservative investing can not only be tax-deductible, but even safer than opening a swiss bank account from the US.

How To Invest In Yourself

Now is not the time for short-term riches, but a time to strategize for long-term gains. One way to do that is through education. If you’ve wanted to get a leg up on your education, now is the time to do it. There are new career avenues opening up in the future due to the stimulus and the promotion of green technologies. Learning a trade like plumbing or wiring may even help you ride out future recessions, if you happen to be in a high risk career through no fault of your own. At the very worst, you’ll save hundreds a year on doing your own home plumbing or wiring.

Education is not the only avenue that allows you to invest in yourself. Becoming more committed to hobbies with a potential for income can help you master a craft at home, just by simply doing it. Once you learn how to create furniture, jewelry, or even garden, you will have another marketable skill that you can use to create a side income, even if you keep your day job.

Compounding Rate of Interest In Your Life

Just like investing in financial instruments yield compounded interest that enriches your wealth, investing in your own life creates interest and passion that gets compounded year after year into more life satisfaction. You will start to feel less dependent on others to gain income and have the life that you want. You will start to learn how to create wealth through your own intrinsic worth, and not just through what the market demands. It’s a new lifestyle that can literally change your life and open doors unlike a money market account that sits and does nothing much for you personally other than add a few extra dollars to your balance each year.