The perfect investment in any economy!

The best investment advice I ever received came from the woman I love. In 1979 I was just beginning my career as a speaker/comedian.  I was young and...... what's the word?.... stupid...yeah that's it.  I wanted to be a big shot. 

I had a friend that invested in the commodities market. At lunch he would often excuse himself or ask the waiter to bring a phone so that he could talk to his broker. He seemed so powerful and sophisticated as he demanded that his broker buy soy beans or sell pork bellies.  I wanted to be powerful and sophisticated and rich!  So, against my wife Diane's counsel, I bought a book, studied the commodities market and jumped in.  It didn't take long for me to lose thousands of dollars that I couldn't afford to lose. I wanted to chase the losses but my wife insisted that we get out of this risky business. 

One day she came into the kitchen and said, "If I could show you an investment that would return five hundred percent without risk, would you take it?"  Thinking she had seen the light, I said, "Of course I would."  She threw one of the cassette tapes we sold at conferences onto the table.  "You make these for $2 and sell them for $10," she said.  "Invest in yourself."  That's the best investment advice I ever received. I encourage you to do the same.

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Invest in yourself!

Comments

[V Lawrence]

Great advice.
its also encourages other people to invest in you :)

[Marilee]

Never call yourself stupid. Say you were naive. (In person, I would say this with a light-hearted tone, but in all seriousness with a playfully wagging finger. It's hard to portray that in an email). That's what I have to tell myself all the time. Satan wants to put us down, but we need to tell him the truth! Every time he tells me that I made a stupid mistake by getting married, I have to remind him that I was naive. (It ended in divorce, so it's easy for me to beat myself up and blame myself). Proverbs 27:17 in Christ's love.

I need people like you to help me see the lighter side of life because sometimes I can be too serious. :) Thanks!