April 3, 2008

10 reasons to Invest in Education

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Most of the people I know use to complain about how expensive it could be to pay for the tuitions - either of themselves or their kids - of the College or University. That is no news, at all.

In fact, many people and organizations tend to put education as an expenditure and if seen as an investment, the priority assigned to education is very low. The truth
is that education - specially among organizations, no matter the size - should
be approached as an investment for the present.

The following is a list of the reasons to place education in the investments side of the budget.

  1. Investment pursuits profit, education also does.

    When someone invests on something, he/she expects some gains as a natural result. Education, although is not a full warranty policy, is essential to increase the way we produce. And the profits as a result of a well focused education are not reduced to the money earnings chapter.

  2. Education helps to Apply the Paradigm of Efficiency.

    Which involves obtaining more of the use of fewer resources. Very simple? Not quite, yet. The better the education received, the easier to organize things and take advantages of the knowledge to obtain better results applying less effort. As stated in the first point, the concept is not limited to the money issue.

  3. Know More, Live Better.

    Education raises the level of culture and it has a direct impact on the standards of living. In that way, someone who has received a bit more than enough formal education is more prone to live a life of excellence - staying away from alcohol, drugs, tobacco, overweight, stress, etc - and is also more probable that he/she will live longer and happier. Education is capable of raising the level of awareness by means of the knowledge.

  4. Human acquires Knowledge together with Habits.

    Which are - by far - more important than the knowledge itself. Learning is not difficult, as our brains are aimed to get fresh knowledge, but humans do not learn by osmosis. It is a slow process, and it requires attitude, effort and organization. Altogether, the 3 factors lead the person to develop good habits, which - later in life - are translated into abilities to succeed.

  5. Knowledge is the worst enemy of the Fears and Prejudices.

    And the latter two are responsible for the slow development of some - otherwise normal - persons. Fear prevents us from walking the next step to success, prejudice helps to blame the others for us not succeeding. Know more, fear-less.

  6. Education can Improve (drastically) our abilities to communicate.

    Maybe, one of the most substantial personal improvements that one experiences with a higher level of education is the impact in the ability to communicate with others. Not only because of an improved use of the language skills, but also because the whole process of education prepares us to analyze the data (which can be in the form of verbal communication) better and faster to produce digested information and the knowledge helps to introduce creative ways and a smart perspective to the human interactions. In simple, plain English, you will be more prepared to face the challenges of leadership.

  7. Education Breaks Mental Barriers.

    So much as some fears look absolutely ridiculous when placed against the light of reason, the barriers - another form of fear, basically - that behold us from achieving our goals can be broken, without mercy. Procrastination, for example. I was a victim of procrastination - as cynical as it might sound - due to some lack of basic information on what was it, why it affected my performance and how to stop.

  8. Knowledge adds Self-Respect and Self-Confidence to the Equation of Your Ego.

    It is knowledge what helps us understand ourselves better and in that way, increase the perception of the inner image of ourselves. I do not want to sound overrated, but years ago I met someone who thought that her life was a nothing else but a whole long walk of misery and self compassion. After years of study, personal development, a brilliant career and a successful life, that girl uses to remember those sad days as her dark, rainy days in the realm of ignorance.

  9. Cost-Benefit of Investing in Education is Positive in all cases.

    As you must know, the results of the investments are evaluated through a couple of metrics: ROI (Return of Investment) and Cost-Benefit ratio. In the case of the latter, education as an investment always returns a positive ratio; the only possible turndown is the difficulty to include all the benefits obtained (as a result of the investment in education) and subsequently, assign to them a value. In a future post, the topic will be explained further. I promise.

  10. Education does not have to be expensive.

    There are lots of inexpensive and free resources on the Internet, they are there, waiting for anyone with a real thirst of knowledge.

As you may have noticed, the real investment behind education is measured on time units. It is time and not money what should be our main concern. As we are not immortals, we should invest wisely our resources - time being the most important - and education is one of the wisest choices available.

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