There are a lot of investment tools now: stocks, bonds, UITFs, mutual funds, forex, real estate, etc. But there is one investment that is oft- forgotten and ignored: the investment on the self. Company-sponsored seminars offer a range topics that include effective communication skills, management skills, selling skills, and other technical skills. One author puts it this way: “If you want to see leadership skills, put your employees into volunteer work”. I recently came across online learning courses from prestigious universities such as Harvard, MIT, Carnegie Mellon and Yale, with courses on economics, sciences and the arts, and have been learning from their lecture classes.

Source: Manila Times July 14, 2017 15:56 UTC