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Your Life Is Your Most Precious Asset

Do you spend, save or invest it?

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Gustavo Razzetti
Jul 13, 2018
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Do you spend, save or invest it?

Your choices shape what you get in return— Pic by Fabian Blank on Unsplash

“The two most important days of your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why. “

— The Apocryphal Twain

Life is not just something that happens to us; we make it happen.

We measure life quantitatively. But, like money, life’s intrinsic value is subjective — we all invest or waste it differently.

Your life is your most valuable asset — the wiser your decisions, the more you’ll get in return.

Are you wasting, saving, spending or investing your life?

Life As a Currency

Life, like money, is a limited resource. No matter how much you have; it never feels enough — our wishlist is endless.

The value of money doesn’t lie in quantity though, but in how you manage it.

Consciously or not, we fall prey to our emotions. Guilt, love, fear, hate, envy — to name a few — shape our decisions — most of us are even afraid of being happy. That’s why we have extreme relationships with money (…

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