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Every week 🤔, we disect, investigate, and unpack a wisdom-packed quote from a wise, successful, and inspirational person. We explore many different self-development topics such as your Personal Growth, Mindset, Well-Being, Relationships, Leadership, and Gratitude. The Wise Words Weekly newsletter is designed to spark your continued progress, one small step at a time. 📈 None of this content should be construed as any type of investment or other professional advice.

What if (the best investment you can make is in yourself)? This isn't just a cliché; it's the core of Buffett’s philosophy.

Warren Buffett has been screaming this from the rooftops for 60+ years, yet 99% of people completely ignore it and stay stuck. Buffett turned $10,000 into more than $500 million (mostly after age 50) by ruthlessly planting one “seed” over and over.

Keep reading! Because in the next 4 minutes you’ll discover exactly what that seed is, why it compounds faster than any S&P 500 stock, and the dead-simple 5-step plan to start planting it this week.

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This week, we’re diving into Self-Improvement.

Everyone wants Buffett-level results, but almost nobody copies Warren’s single highest-ROI habit: continuously upgrading his own knowledge, skills, and decision-making ability.
He still reads 500 pages a day. At 95. He spends millions on courses, mentors, and books, then calls it the cheapest money he’s ever spent. Because every new skill, insight, or connection compounds exactly like interest on money… except the returns are uncapped and tax-free forever. (Lifelong learning benefits for adults) include staying ahead of 99% of the population who stop learning after school.

In 2nd grade, I was blessed with a fantastic teacher by the name of Mrs. Whitfield. One of the absolutely awesome things she did was to install an old-fashioned claw-foot bathtub in the corner of her classroom and fill it with pillows. Whoever finished their assignment first got to choose a book from Mrs. Whitfields bookshelf and plop down in those pillows to read it. I chose The Toothpaste Millionaire by Jean Merrill. That book had a profound impact on my entrepreneurial spirit. Unfortunately, it would be many years later before I understood the joy of learning from books in general.

From grade school through high school, I absolutely detested the library. It was before computers and we had to utilize the card catalog to find the book we needed. I hated that. While in college, those horrible card catalogs were replaced with computers. Making it extremely easy to search for topics that interested me.

In 1998 my boss took us to the “Success ‘98” rally in Wichita, Kansas. I saw Zig Ziglar and Coach Lou Holtz speak live that day. That experience had a quite profound impact on me. I began reading the works of Zig Ziglar, Robert Kiyosaki, Tony Robbins and many others. My knowledge, mindset, and life, all three, began to change. The kid who once hated libraries eventually became a voracious reader. It was a life-changing revelation. Literally. Life-changing.

When you invest in stocks, you’re limited by market returns.
When you invest in yourself, the ceiling disappears.

A 1% improvement in how you think, sell, negotiate, or lead can add six or seven figures to your lifetime earnings, often in months, not decades.

Buffett says the compounding of self-investment is so powerful that “by the time you’re 50 or 60, you’ll be shocked at how much better you’ve become.” He’s living proof.

Your brain doesn’t retire at 30. It actually gets better at rewiring itself.

Contrary to the "old dog, new tricks" myth, neuroplasticity, the brain’s ability to rewire itself, remains remarkably robust into your 70s and 80s. Research from 2018 published in Aging highlights that while younger brains may process information faster, the mature brain (ages 35–65+) undergoes significant structural and functional changes during skill acquisition by leveraging a lifetime of "neural scaffolding." Instead of starting from scratch, your existing knowledge acts as a pre-built launchpad; when you start a deliberate practice, you aren't just building a foundation, you’re adding rocket boosters to a platform that’s already been under construction for decades. Getting 1% better every day isn't about the speed of youth; it’s about the architectural depth of experience.

Neuroplasticity (the brain’s ability to form new neural pathways) stays robust well into your 70s and 80s. MRI studies from Cambridge University (2018 & 2021) showed that adults aged 35–65 who started deliberate practice in a new skill showed greater structural changes in the brain than college students doing the exact same training. Why? Maturity gives you a massive scaffolding of existing knowledge to hook the new skill onto. (How to get 1% better every day) starts with taking one small, consistent action. Think of it like adding rocket boosters to an already-built launchpad instead of starting from dirt.

Standard practice is a plateau; (deliberate practice for career growth) is what separates the broke from the billionaires. Anders Ericsson (the godfather of the “10,000-hour rule”) spent his life proving that expert-level performance is built through deliberate practice, not talent. His later research destroyed the myth that you have to be young to reach mastery. In fact, his data on musicians, athletes, and chess grandmasters showed quite the opposite:

Real-world proof:

Every single one of them was layering new business and marketing skills on top of decades of real-world scars and wisdom. That combination is lethal.

Bottom line:

In your 20s, learning a skill is like planting a tree in fresh soil.
In your 30s, 40s, and 50s, it’s like grafting a branch onto a 100-year-old oak. You get instant access to a massive root system of life experience. The growth curve isn’t linear; it’s explosive.That’s why Buffett says the returns on self-investment get higher every year you’re alive!

The older you are, the more every book you read, every mentor you hire, and every hour of deliberate practice is worth. Because you’re compounding on a bigger base of wisdom.

Most people think their best years are behind them. Science says your best upgrades are still in front of you. IF you start planting today.

Your 30-Day “Buffett Compounding Challenge”

For the next 30 days:

Do this for 12 months and I guarantee you’ll look back and barely recognize the 2025 version of you.

The Warren Buffett Way by Robert Hagstrom, The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel, & One Up On Wall Street by Peter Lynch.

(Grab all 3! They’re the closest thing to downloading Buffett’s operating system.)

PRO TIP: If you don’t have the time to read a book, try listening to it on Audible.

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If you enjoyed this content, we are pretty sure you will love this edition, too! MJ DeMarco’s Wise Words on Taking MASSIVE ACTION!

Your friend,

Grant

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