If there is one core message I want people to take away from my work from the seminars I give in conferences all over the globe from my best-selling books from interactions with me in

person and of course from my personalized cassette series it is this invest in yourself

I want that to be my message. It has been my message. It will always be my message.

Under everything I've told you so far is the simple but profound subtext,

Invest in yourself. Every action you take, every choice you make can cause you to either appreciate or depreciate in value.

Your actions are constantly impacting how you are perceived and how you

are perceived impacts how you are valued. So make good choices. Take good

actions. Dress well. Eat well. Take care of your body and your soul. You are all you have and you want your whole self to sparkle and shine, to hum and purr, to race and rev like the finest car on the road.

You want to be a reliable tool for yourself, never breaking down or petering out. Invest in the infrastructure of you. A crucial component of this

investment should always be diversification. Diversify, diversify.

This is true for physical investment, of course, but it goes far beyond that.

Eat a varied diet, not just so your body will reap the benefits, but so that your knowledge of cuisine is widened.

Take part in many forms of exercise, not just so you will be fit, but so you will have an

understanding of many sports, of dance, of your own musculature.

Have many different hobbies.

Expand your mind in many directions.

Read widely as this will enrich your vocabulary. Learn a musical instrument

as this will give you a sense of rhythm and flow. Visit art galleries, travel abroad,

experience as much as you can.

Your mind might shy away from some things.

Don't let it.

It is not good enough to let yourself think, this is not for me. Make it work for you. Look at it closely and try to find

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