Do you want to be Wealthy?

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If you want to be wealthy and pass on wealth to the next generation, that is a noble goal.  Building wealth and passing it on is a biblical concept.  Tom Corley has studied the rich and has found that they do several things differently.

  1. Eat better.  70 % of people that are wealthy eat less than 300 junk food calories per day.  97% of poor eat more than 300 junk food calories per day.
  2. Gamble less.  This includes state lotto tickets.  23% of wealthy gamble.  52% of poor gamble.
  3. Focus on one goal.  80% of wealthy are focused on accomplishing some since goal.  12% of the poor do this.
  4. Exercise more.  76% of wealthy exercise 4 days a week.  23% of poor do this.
  5. Listen and read to more books.  63% of wealthy listen to audio books during their morning commute to work.  5% of poor do this.
  6. Keep a do-to-list 81% of wealthy maintain a do-to-list.  19% of the poor do.
  7. Require their children to read non-fiction. 63% of wealthy parents require children to read 2 or more books a month.  3% of the poor require this.
  8. 70% of wealthy parents require the children to volunteer 10 hrs or more per month.  3% of parents that are poor do this.
  9. 67% of wealthy write down their goals.  17% for the poor.
  10. 88% of wealthy read 30 minutes or more each day for education or career reasons.  2% of the poor do.
  11. 6% of wealthy say what’s on their mind vs. 69% for poor.
  12. 67% of wealthy watch 1hr or less of TV every day vs. 23% of poor.
  13. 6% of wealthy watch reality TV vs. 78% for the poor.
  14. Early to rise.  44% of wealthy wake up 3 hrs before work.  3% for the poor.
  15. 74% of wealthy teach good daily success habits to their children vs. 1% for the poor.
  16. 84% of wealthy believe good habits create opportunity luck vs. 4% for the poor.
  17. 86% of wealthy believe in life-long educational self-improvement vs 5% for poor.
  18. 86% of wealthy love to read vs. 26% for poor.

If you want to be wealthy, do what rich people do.

Question:  How would it change your life now if you if you make a few changes?

Quote of the Week:   “All wealth is the product of labor” – John Locke