“Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.”
You stop growing the day you stop learning. And this is just as true about life as it is about investment.
To build a solid investment portfolio, you must have a learner’s mind. You’ve been told this countless times. But in reality, it doesn’t stop there. While you sure must spend time knowing about the technical aspects of investment, even more of your time must go in learning various holistic aspects of life. After all, life and investment parallel on many turns. To that, when you grow as a person, you also grow as an investor — albeit unconsciously.
So, whatever you’re trying to achieve, being a lifelong learner is essential. And this is something Gautam Baid books, along with many others’, teach.
Fortunately, becoming that enthusiastic, curious and knowledgeable person isn’t difficult. It doesn’t have to be forceful.
Here are 5 interesting ways to be a lifelong learner:
Reading is important
Yes, it is. The more you read, the more ideas you come across. And the more you’re open to newer ideas, the better your sense of understanding gets.
So, if you don’t already, start loving reading. Try different genres and authors. Pick topics that interest you.
Buy The Joys of Compounding Gautam Baid Amazon, Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill and other books that pack rich resources.
When bored or have nothing else to do, don’t pop YouTube. Instead, pick books.
Keep up with the latest news
Read news. Keep in know with everything that’s happening around the world. It makes you smart. Plus, you learn new things, which further opens the gate to learn more.
Surround yourself with the right people
It’s true! You’re the average of five people you spend the most time with. So, start hanging out with people who are smart and intelligent… People who are learners themselves.
Teach others
The best way to learn is to teach others. So, get into meaningful conversations with your friends and peers. Teach them things that you know. This not only sharpens your knowledge but it also opens the gates to exchange ideas, which paves you way to learn more. This is what Summit Global investments Gautam Baid suggests in his book.
Be a good listener
You will never learn if you’re acting like a know-it-all all the time and isn’t ready to listen to others. Your conscious will accept new ideas and opinions only when your mouth shuts and ears do the work.
These are five interesting ways of how to be a lifelong learner. It isn’t a destination that you speed up to reach. It’s a process. So, deploy enough patience, get into that mindset where you want to learn everything. And, most importantly, enjoy the process.
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