To be mature and evolved man is to regain your innocence and virginity that was taken away by society.

In one of his memorable quotes, Einstein says: “If you want your children to be intelligent read them fairy tales; if you want them to be very intelligent read them more fairy tales.”

The inside-out investment should precede the outside-in one. You need to start with laying the foundation first; investing the time in understanding and developing yourself then move on to understand which vehicle of investment suits you. The concept of investment is based on a single and simple premise: you spend money to make money. Spending money in things you didn’t take time in studying will turn the investment you are looking for to being an expense.

A guru was once asked: “Who showed you the way?” He answered: “A dog showed me the way. Someday I kept watching him. He was very thirsty; he was standing by the water’s edge. The dog was looking fearfully and moving backward as he looks at the reflection of his face on water because he thought there is another dog facing him. In the end, because of his dire need to drink, he got out of his fear and plunges into water, where his reflection disappeared. The dog realized that the barrier was he himself. Likewise, I found that the barriers I was talking about were of my own imagination.”

To evolve is to be a whole and integrated human being. It is different from developing. To develop is to grow slowly; adding layer upon layer to what already exists. You develop a skill like developing listening habits. Evolving on the other hand is a dramatic change into something entirely different.

In one of his latest interviews, Tony Robbins, an author of many best-selling books, and one of the best motivational speakers in the world, confessed in one of his latest interviews that your brain is not designed to make you happy; he went on to say that your mind is 2 million years old and it is designed to make you survive.