The Best Investment You’ll Ever Make

People invest in all kinds of things. They invest in their retirement. They invest in their home. They even invest in their car. There is one investment, though, that is the best investment most people never make: investing in their career.

It’s strange, if you think about it. Your career is the basis for all the other investments. Without it, you wouldn’t have money for retirement, houses, apartments, cars, etc. Most people, however, go through life never giving a second thought about seeking help in their career goals. Everybody has a job, so everybody must be able to effectively navigate the job market, right?

Well, not quite.

Think about it: if you’re investing for retirement, you go see a financial adviser. If you’re investing in a house, you pay an inspector to make sure it’s a good one.

Career advisers exist because not everyone can be an expert at everything. In our information age, it might be tempting to think that anybody with access to the internet can read a few articles and know what they’re doing. But that’s just not the way life works. In Malcolm Gladwell’s popular book Outliers, he suggests that it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert at anything. It takes a lot of time and hard work. Professionals who dedicate their time, energy, and resources to understanding their chosen profession are going to be better at it than those who pick up a book or look around online for the answers.

That’s what we do every day. We watch the job market, we read about the latest trends in Human Resources, and we keep up with resume techniques.

You spend forty or more hours a week at work. Most people work an average of 94,000 hours before they retire. Many work considerably more than that. It is the single largest investment of time and energy that you will make in your entire life. You should be sure that you’re doing what you love, and bringing home the income you want to bring in.

This really is an investment, not just a service. It’s an investment in your income, your time, your happiness, and your freedom as a worker. So I’ll say it, again: the best investment you’ll ever make is investing in an expert who can help you get your career on track. I guarantee it.

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