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If you aren't investing in yourself...then how do you expect anyone else to?

28 Sept 2024 · 1 min

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A short motivational YouTube monologue by Eric Deeran arguing that personal and professional progress requires investing in oneself (money, time, and effort). The speaker says many people try to shortcut success by asking others to invest in them while failing to invest in their own development. He reports that after he began investing seriously in his skills and business he went professional: clients paid more, work became more consistent, and he no longer needed to chase every gig. The piece closes by challenging viewers: if you're not investing in yourself, why expect others to do so?

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If you're not investing in yourself, why should anyone else? A lot of people think they can shortcut their way to success. But if you're not willing to invest money, time and effort into your own skill, business and life, then how the heck are you going to expect anybody else to do that for you? It's just a misalignment of who you are and who you need to be. So if you think that you can just ask people to invest thousands and tens of thousands of dollars in your video services, but you yourself are not willing to invest tens of thousands of dollars in your own self development and business development, then how do you expect to get to where you want to be? It wasn't until I started investing in myself, I got serious and I went pro and I took this seriously, that clients started to pay more, the work got more consistent, and I stopped feeling like I had to chase every single gig that came my way because I was becoming the person that I wanted to attract. So ask yourself, are you investing in you? Because if you're not, then how do you expect anyone else to.