#13 is another #reason to Turn Off Your Stupid Box! But not the only one! How about #9... or #12?! Who would have thought the time you get up every morning has anything to do with your bank balance and getting rich? And that the amount of calories you consume is an indicator of your wealth? Or that only 6% of rich people gossip, spreading the latest workplace rumors, compared with 79% of low-income earners? These are just a few of the differences that separate the great divide between rich and poor. Being rich has nothing to do with luck. It is all about daily habits. Put simply, those who just plod along, eat too much, don’t exercise their minds and bodies and like to wind up at the end of the day at the local pub or crashed out in front of TV watching the latest reality TV episode, are far more likely to struggle financially. And these folk are way more likely NEVER to be rich. Financial planner and author of “Rich Habits: The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals”, Tom Corley, spent five years studying the habits of more than 350 “rich” and “poor” people and realized that wealth or poverty all comes down to daily habits and activities. Corley defines rich people as those earning at least $160,000 annually and holding at least $3.2 million in assets. Poor people are defined as earning less than $30,000 a year and owning less than $5000 in assets. Here are 17 things Corley discovered rich people do every day: 1. 70% of wealthy eat less than 300 junk food calories per day. 97% of poor people eat more than 300 junk food calories per day. 2. 80% of wealthy are focused on accomplishing a single goal. Only 12% of the poor do this. 3. 76% of wealthy exercise aerobically 4 days a week. 23% of poor do this. 4. 63% of wealthy listen to audio books during their commute to work vs. 5% for poor people. 5. 81% of wealthy maintain a to-do list vs. 19% for poor. 6. 63% of wealthy parents make their children read two or more non-fiction books a month vs. 3% for poor. 7. 70% of wealthy parents make their children volunteer 10 hours or more a month vs. 3% for poor. 8. 67% of wealthy write down their goals vs. 17% for poor 9. 88% of wealthy read 30 minutes or more each day for education or career reasons vs 2% for poor. 10. 6% of wealthy say what’s on their mind vs. 69% for poor. 11. 79% of wealthy network 5 hours or more each month vs. 16% for poor. 12. 67% of wealthy watch 1 hour or less of TV every day vs. 23% for poor 13. 6% of wealthy watch reality TV vs. 78% for poor. 14. 44% of wealthy wake up 3 hours before work starts vs.3% for poor. 15. 74% of wealthy teach good daily success habits to their children vs. 1% for poor. 16. 84% of wealthy believe good habits create opportunity luck vs. 4% for poor. 17. 76% of wealthy believe bad habits create detrimental luck vs. 9% for poor. So the bottom line is to get moving, get healthy, get interested and get educated. That is the secret to changing your mindset … then the financial rewards will follow. As the late Apple legend Steve Jobs says: “Remember, do what you love and you will never work for another day in your life! No matter what industry you are in, there must be a minority who is the best in it. So look for them, then model and learn from them.” And don’t be afraid to fail. Wisdom comes from two things: mistakes and mentors. The only real failure is quitting. Personal growth and success coach Anthony Robbins says bad judgment is all part of the learning curve. “Success is the result of good judgment. Good judgment is the result of experience. Experience is the result of bad judgment,” he says.
Posted on: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 23:13:35 +0000
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