One of the dictionary definitions of investing is to endow with power or authority. That is interesting to me because I believe in  people and I invest in people. I investing in people rather than investing in products, processes, ideas, companies or concepts. I see in social and spiritual history more grounds for investing in people than in any other asset. Why?

One is temporal and the other is organic. It is impossible to have an organic relationship with an idea or a process or product. It is probable that a relationship with a person can be established. It is not automatic and it is not a given, but it is a possibility. To me, the risks in making investments are the ricks involved in trusting people. Trust is easy when dealing people you already know and have experience with if the experiences are good. Otherwise, trust is developed by taking the risk that a person is trustworthy.

To invest in people then, one must believe in people until people prove that believing in them is a mistake. I don't believe in giving a person a chance to prove themselves. I believe in giving them a chance be all that they can be until they prove to me that I made a mistake believing in them. But they will have to prove that I was wrong because I am starting from the proposition that their potential will be realized if someone believes in them.

So I invest in people like others invested in me.