Richard Branson was not a good student. He struggled with ADD and dropped out of Stowe School, a very prestigious, private boarding school in England, in order to pursue his dream of publishing his own magazine, which eventually grew into a mail-order record business, known as Virgin Records. Today, Virgin Group encompasses 400 businesses around the…
Since 2004, I’ve been studying rich people and poor people. In my Rich Habits Study, over the course of two years, I asked 144 questions to 233 millionaires in order to find out what it takes to live a happy, healthy and wealthy life. While it’s important to know what to do, it’s also important…
When most think about habits, they invariably think of habits as something they are engaging in unconsciously. While that is very true, what is also true, is that choosing not to do something you should be doing is also a habit. Doing nothing is also a habit – or a Do-Nothing Habit: Not reading to…
Find a problem, solve it and then monetise it. If you want to become successful you need to think like a self-made millionaire and that’s how they think. They see obstacles and figure out ways around those obstacles. People will pay for solutions to every day problems. Nicolai Tesla The burgeoning electric revolution had…
You wake up in the morning, meandor into the kitchen, see the coffee maker and you make coffee. You finish eating dinner, you see the TV, you pour yourself a glass of wine, beer or some alcoholic beverage and begin watching TV. During your commute to work, you notice the yellow McDonald arches, you pull…
Those who struggle with poverty, while growing up, see the world as a very different place than those raised in the middle-class or in wealthy households. In my Rich Habits Study, 41% of the 177 self-made millionaires were raised in poor households. Yet, somehow they managed to break out of their poverty as adults. Ironically, according…
Most everyone wants to become rich. According to my Rich Habits research, being rich eliminates 67% of the problems that plague most people. So, besides being able to buy that house by the beach, a Rolex watch or travel to exotic places, being rich means fewer problems in life. Fewer problems equals less stress. Less…
According to my Rich Habits study, one of the reasons the wealthy accumulated so much wealth was due to the fact that they worked more hours than those who were not rich, or who were poor. Here’s some of the data: 44% of the wealthy worked 11 hours more each week than the poor. 86%…
When you do things wrong, too often, those mistakes can offset all of the good you’ve done. Mistakes set you back. If you make too many mistakes it can lead to failure. One of the keys to success, therefore, is to minimize mistakes. Making fewer mistakes allows you to keep moving forward in life. In…
There are two you’s. There’s the Today You and there’s the Tomorrow You. The Today You is your enemy. The Tomorrow You is your greatest ally. Today You The Today You requires immediate gratification The Today You is focused on the here and now The Today You seeks pleasure The Today You takes shortcuts,…
