Self-Care: The Missing Link in Your Self-Improvement Journey

Every 1% investment in self-care is a 2% investment in self-development.

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Investing in yourself is one of the prerequisites for making meaningful progress in your life.

Here is a simple formula to remember —

Self-Development = Investment in SELF.

But what’s an investment in self?

• Does it mean spending a lot of money on experts and courses?
• Does it mean buying many books and spending time going through new perspectives?
• Does it mean finding good physical shape by regularly exercising?
• Does it mean remaining in good mental shape through meditation, yoga, and a healthy diet?

YES.

It means all of this plus an important ingredient.

SELF CARE.

Here is a simple formula to remember —

Investment in SELF =

1. Self-Awareness,
2. Continuous Learning,
3. Fitness,
4. Time Management, AND
5. SELF CARE

For example:

• If I don’t care for…