How much do you value investing in yourself? Do you think you are worth more than free information? Are you worth more than information that is available to everyone? Of course you are!

We are becoming like soldiers not open to any marketing around us. We’ve seen it all, the guy in the street wanting to stop you for just a few seconds to talk, the girl from a bank offering you that new credit card of death, that infomercial on TV on building that ripped body, no wonder we can’t help but become skeptical that every bit of information provided to us must be some sort of scam, or some kind of gimmick! I can’t really blame anyone for feeling like that, after all we have all had bad experiences with people taking advantage of us expecting them to do the right thing and that sometimes can leave you feeling pretty dumb and embarrassed.

Remember how you felt that time that guy showed you a magic trick, gave you a compelling prophecy that was complete crap and left you with some cheap home made ring that was supposed to be a good luck charm for the future and $50 less in your wallet!!! Sounds silly doesn’t it but that’s exactly what happened to me and boy did I feel like a complete fool.

But you know what… it’s ok and yes I felt stupid but that doesn’t mean that every opportunity presented to you is full of crap! How many times have you seen in forums that someone is saying all ebooks are crap! Well I’ve purchased Aaron Walls SEOBook and I can tell you it’s worth more that the $79 dollars I paid for it. And what about those Flash lessons I bought from CartoonSmart, again they are awesome! In fact most things I’ve purchased to invest in improving my knowledge and skills have been well worth the money I paid for them and have even earned me money I couldn’t have made without that knowledge.

With the flood of products circulating around the internet, you need to know that alot of these products are really fantastic and you will learn a bunch from them. Since I started SpinDigg, I have spent more than I’ve made (which I couldn’t buy lunch with) in investing in information not freely open to everybody. So why not just stick with free information? Free information generally is scattered, incomplete and only a segment of the big picture. Great products that you pay for generally have a concise outcome for teaching you, provide all the information you need and have support to help you learn.

If you find an interesting product that fits what your interested in then do some research and see if the product has any reviews and if you can from authoritative sources. Maybe you don’t think it’s worth it but how many times have you spent $100 on a night out with no real long term gains and never thought twice about it? So go on, invest in yourself sometimes!

Are you prepared to invest in yourself? How do you feel about paying for information? I’d love to hear your thoughts.

The links I provided in this post are actual products I’ve purchased and are not affiliate links.