“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now,” Chinese Proverb Thirty-nine per cent of the millionaires in my Rich Habits Study pursued some dream, despite the fact that they were not ready. It didn’t matter that they did not know what they were doing. It did not…
There are Experts and then there are Outliers. Experts devote years to learning an industry or a skill set. They follow processes and procedures handed down to them by previous Experts. This becomes their industry-accepted, well-worn path. They know what they know. They know what works and what doesn’t work. Outliers, however, almost always start…
In my career, I started four companies. One of those four companies failed. That one failure very nearly destroyed my marriage and my family life. Here are some of the most important lessons I learned from failing. Pick your partners very carefully Success is much easier when you have great partners. Failure is inevitable when…
Successful, wealthy people are outliers. They do certain things every day that 95% of the population don’t do. It’s not easy to become successful and achieve a life of abundance. It’s a long, hard journey, that few are willing to make. That’s evidenced by the fact that only 5% of the population is wealthy. This…
Sleep is by far the most important Rich Habit for good health. Inadequate sleep has the following negative repercussions: Reduction in Leptin – Leptin is a hormone that signals it is time to stop eating. Inadequate sleep reduces the concentration of this very important hormone, leading you to overeat. Increase in Ghrelin – Ghrelin is…
What’s not easy is looking in the mirror at the real cause. Sometimes we need a dose of reality to shake us from our excuses. If no poor person on the face of the earth ever rose from poverty to wealth, you might have a case that it’s impossible to become rich if you were…
In a recent report from the Brookings Institute, they found that rich people live longer than poor people. Rich men live 12 years longer than poor men and rich women live 10.5 years longer than poor women. Why? There is no single variable. It’s a multitude of things: Rich People Work Longer Poor people work…
What’s happiness? I don’t think happiness is anyone’s unique feeling. Joy is happiness, laughter is happiness. Being around your loved ones is happiness. Feeling content, for whatever reason, is happiness; feeling satisfied and fulfilled is happiness. That feeling you get when you win at something is happiness; relief is happiness. If I had a gun…
In 2013 I did an interview with Dave Ramsey. Dave was so impressed with my Rich Habits research that he posted an article about it on his website: 2o Things the Rich Do Every Day. Almost immediately the article went viral. A prominent CNN blogger posted a scathing rebuke of the article. The Huffington Post…
If I were to boil success down to two success characteristics they would be Grit and Growth. Grit Those with Grit never quit on their dreams and their goals. No number of obstacles, rejections, or failures that life throws at them stops them from pursuing their dreams and goals. They simply go at it every…
