The sky is fair. It gives us wrinkles, gray hair, but also wisdom.
Time seems heartless. It takes away many precious things, but it also lets us reap the rewards when the flowers wither.
The truth is, the best investment you can make in middle age is in yourself. Because investing in yourself will never devalue, it will keep growing.
Invest in Your Abilities with Self-Discipline
Franklin said: “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”
In an age where knowledge changes destiny, those iron rice bowls we thought we could hold onto for a lifetime are being shattered one by one.
Everyone faces a problem: either stand out or be eliminated.
Developing “multiple skills” to expand the possibilities of life or career development has become the “key” to pass for every office worker. Only by constantly learning and investing in your brain and abilities can you be left behind in the tide of change.
A self-disciplined person, someone who constantly improves their abilities, will still attract a lot of fans even in middle age.
On the other hand, many of us, wanting to “win lying down” in our youth, and wanting to “lie flat” in middle age, never improve ourselves, but dream of getting rich overnight and becoming famous.
I think, even if there were such a thing as a pie falling from the sky, it would fall on those who have already held up their plates, not on those who are “lying flat.”
What’s more, in middle age, with aging parents and young children, you are already caught in the gears of life. If you don’t improve your abilities, you will eventually be kicked out of life.
Your main problem is that you don’t read enough, but think too much.
It’s like: Where can we find water as clear as this? It comes from the living spring.
What is it that no one can take away?
The thousands of valleys in your mind, the vastness of your heart.
A balloon can’t withstand a pinprick, but the Populus euphratica can withstand the heat.
When you have extraordinary abilities, no matter how the outside world blows and rains, you will still sail through the waves and sing all the way.
Invest in Health with Exercise
Plato once said: “There are three great treasures in life: the third is property, the second is beauty, and the first is health.”
Health is “1”, everything else is “0”. When “1” falls, no amount of “0” matters.
Life is like a marathon. It seems like we are competing in ability, wealth, and resources, but in fact, we are competing in health.
20 years from now, you’ll be lying in bed with a pile of bankbooks, asking your children to take care of you every day. They’ll say, “Hire a nanny.”
You give your expensive Mercedes-Benz to your children now, they’ll say it’s too old.
You are healthy and energetic, taking a spontaneous trip every now and then. Your children will say, “Mom and Dad, you are so wise.”
You know, the nights you stay up and the overtime you work may all become death warrants in the future. The money you scrimp and save will eventually not be enough to cover the hospital bills.
The workplace won’t be grateful for your tireless efforts. Countless young lives that have died suddenly or collapsed at work are examples.
Life won’t lighten the weight on your wings just because you’re being crushed.
Remember the only child whose parents were both in bed, and he could only sit helplessly in the middle?
If a person doesn’t take good care of his body and invest in his health, then the life he has fought for and the money he has left will become tears of regret and numbers on hospital bills.
The greatest success in life is to live healthily.
Be able to exercise twice or three times a week and live a highly self-disciplined lifestyle.
Running water doesn’t stink, and frequently turning door hinges don’t rot. The human body is the same. Frequent exercise keeps the body from “rusting” and makes you healthier.
Investing in health with exercise is a surefire deal.
Because the greatest success in life is not having both fame and fortune, but living healthily.
Investing time in taking care of your body is the most powerful weapon against the years.
Invest in Your Circle with Effort
As long as you follow the right people and the right team, you can also get the true teachings.
In the Internet age, it’s easy to get to know someone. We can learn about and get to know a person through various channels.
But you still need to have the strength to forge your own iron. If you don’t have the ability to do so, you won’t be taken seriously by others.
Only by constantly investing in yourself and making yourself better can you enter these circles and have the ability to meet more excellent people.
As the saying goes: If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go with a group. Ability determines how fast you can go, and circles determine how far you can go!
My cousin was from a well-off family. When she was in school, her family had already prepared a job for her. While her roommates were in the library, struggling to succeed in their studies, she was on her phone, playing games, and shopping.
But among her roommates, a few were very self-disciplined. They had a clear goal: to take the postgraduate entrance examination.
At first, my cousin didn’t care about not fitting in. But as time went on, she felt incredibly lonely. Everyone was busy studying, no one to chat with, and no one to play with.
Slowly, she joined the ranks of those who went to the library. This is how she gradually developed the habit of diligence.
After graduation, my cousin refused the job her family had arranged for her and was admitted to graduate school with excellent results.
Today, in middle age, she has become an executive in a company and achieved financial freedom.
Who you are with really matters.
Joining an excellent circle is your chance to leap forward.
You have to find the circle you want to strive for, and you will keep moving up with this circle.
When you are with diligent people, you won’t be lazy;
When you are with positive people, you won’t be depressed;
When you walk with great people, you will also increase your height.
In fact, the circles we are in, to a certain extent, determine our future.
And effort is the foundation for us to be seen.
Life is a continuous process of investment. Where you invest, you will get what you invest in.
The only reliable investment in this world is investing in yourself.
Many middle-aged people today invest in everything, but they refuse to invest in themselves.
In middle age, you need a self-revolution even more, because you never know what challenges you will face next.
In the second half of life, what separates people is not money, fame, or fortune, but whether they can continue to invest in themselves—whether it’s health, ability, interpersonal relationships, or lifestyle.
You know: There is no path in life that is not worth taking, every step counts.