  An excerpt from _Making a Living Without a Job: Winning Ways for Creating Work that You Love_ by Barbara J. Winter: When you are willing to invest in yourself and your ideas, you have put your money and time into the one thing that lasts a lifetime and can never be taken from you. Businessman and author Bob Conklin tells this story: "Twenty years ago, my wife and I evaluated all the ways we had spent and invested money.
Stocks, cars, insurance, real estate, furniture, and all other major investments were scrutinized. Do you know what investments outdistanced others by an enormous percentage? Ourselves. Any investments in our growth or self-improvement had paid incredible returns. Books, courses, seminars, conventions - whatever the learning experience - had always returned far greater rewards than any other investment. The best investment in life is in your own self-development. It will pay off the greatest financial and emotional rewards. " (page 65) Thanks to my dad for giving me this book! 
