Becoming wealthy is not a fluke. I spent five years studying rich people in order to find out what they did from the moment they woke up in the morning to the moment they put their head on the pillow. In my book, Change Your Habits Change Your Life, I share ten incontrovertible truths about…
Human being are hardwired to be followers. When we don’t do as others around us are doing, it creates stress and anxiety. This desire to follow the herd is a byproduct of human evolution. During the early part of our human existence, we quickly discovered that when we were part of the herd, it…
In my five-year Rich Habits Study, I interviewed 177 self-made millionaires. I am often asked by the media how they got rich. Essentially, my self-made millionaires fell into three distinct groups: The Savers The first group of self-made millionaires in my study saved their way to wealth. These Savers accumulated their wealth by living below…
“I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is perseverance.” Steve Jobs You hear a lot about perseverance when the topic of success pops up. Steve Jobs, Thomas Edison, Elon Musk, Richard Branson, Oprah Winfrey, Henry Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger and many other rich, successful people seem to possess…
It is a fact that how you present yourself to others impacts their perception of you. If that perception is a negative one, it’s like you’re slamming the door in your own face. Millionaires don’t want to do business with those they perceive in a negative light. As I discovered in my study of self-made millionaires,…
There are certain habits that help you to respond positively and constructively to negative life events. These Response Habits get you back on track and enable you to respond to those negative life events in a way that alters the trajectory of your life forever: Self-Improvement Response — When a wrench takes you off track, that…
When it comes to goals, setting a deadline is meaningless. There is no magic when it comes to goals. Setting a deadline does not marshal unseen forces in the universe to mount their horses and come to your aid to help you achieve your goal. Deadlines on their own, do not make a goal more…
Everyone has superpowers. Superpowers are the strengths each one of us has that makes us unique. Let me repeat, everyone has superpowers. Your superpowers set you apart from everyone else. Superpowers come from two places: Genetics Environment Genetics Everyone has unique DNA, unique genes. We are given those unique genes at birth. Given. We don’t…
In 2004 Mark Zuckerberg invited 5 people to his Harvard dorm room to discuss a business opportunity. Only two people showed up. Today, those two people are worth billions: Dustin Moskovitz — $16.1 billion Eduardo Saverin — $10.3 billion Nothing is more costly than a closed mind. Closed-mind thinking shuts the door to opportunity. What causes a…
I remember my first job in New York City. I was 21 and interning for Bankers Trust right across from World Trade Center Building #1. I was finished with my work day and headed down the two story long series of escalators which delivered all of us down to street level. There were four of…
