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20 Things the Rich Do Every Day

By txcanadian
 

Interesting article I came across. I thought I'd share it with everyone.

The article outlines a few of the differences between the habits of the rich and the poor.

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. 23% of wealthy gamble. 52% of poor people gamble.

2. 80% of wealthy are focused on accomplishing some single goal. Only 12% of the poor do this.

3. 76% of wealthy exercise aerobically four days a week. 23% of poor do this.

4. 63% of wealthy listen to audio books during commute to work vs. 5% of poor people.

5. 81% of wealthy maintain a to-do list vs. 19% of poor.

6. 63% of wealthy parents make their children read two or more non-fiction books a month vs. 3% of poor.

7. 70% of wealthy parents make their children volunteer 10 hours or more a month vs. 3% of poor.

8. 80% of wealthy make Happy Birthday calls vs. 11% of poor.

9. 67% of wealthy write down their goals vs. 17% of poor.

10. 88% of wealthy read 30 minutes or more each day for education or career reasons vs. 2% of poor.

11. 6% of wealthy say what’s on their mind vs. 69% of poor.

12. 79% of wealthy network five hours or more each month vs. 16% of poor.

13. 67% of wealthy watch one hour or less of TV every day vs. 23% of poor.

14. 6% of wealthy watch reality TV vs. 78% of poor.

15. 44% of wealthy wake up three hours before work starts vs. 3% of poor.

16. 74% of wealthy teach good daily success habits to their children vs. 1% of poor.

17. 84% of wealthy believe good habits create opportunity luck vs. 4% of poor.

18. 76% of wealthy believe bad habits create detrimental luck vs. 9% of poor.

19. 86% of wealthy believe in lifelong educational self-improvement vs. 5% of poor.

20. 86% of wealthy love to read vs. 26% of poor.

 
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whoz-yo-daddy (January 7, 2014 at 10:13pm)
LOL@canvas///noticing observing analysing you are like a nieghborhood low life who sits in an alley and watches everyone coming and going
 
txcanadian (January 7, 2014 at 1:38pm)
Literary snob? It's amazing that you never have anything positive to share. The purpose behind my posts is share experiences, opinions and perspectives on a variety of topics I come across. Though I have noticed that many times people end up criticizing more than participating in a healthy and productive manner. That is what bothers me most. I have no ill intent or hidden agenda behind any of my posts. I enjoy healthy conversations plain and simple. You've always been annoying from day one. I understand you are jealous for whatever reason and have a tendency to shoot people down. So you can continue to rant and rave all you want. As always I continue to remain entertained by your idiocies.
 
symaster (January 7, 2014 at 1:07pm)
I agree with you there. The habits of the majority of the sampled rich listed in this article are definitely things we can incorporate into our daily activities to live more fulfilling lives.
 
txcanadian (January 7, 2014 at 12:55pm)
Good point symaster. Perhaps I should have made it clear that the point of my post was to identify keys areas that people can work on to have a more prosperous life. In this respect is happens to be rich vs poor. But if we carefully view each point they are actually actions that will improve our lives all around.
As the article states, they are identifying habits between the 2 categories. People may not have criticized it directly but it seems like no one really saw the habits for what they are but rather saw it from a financial standpoint.
 
symaster (January 7, 2014 at 12:24pm)
Actually, it is a rich vs. poor thing. That's what the whole post is about - comparing their habits. Second, if you replace old habits with a new state of mind, you'll see changes. Act like the rich, improve your chances of being rich. Third, no one was criticizing the article here. RahSid1 and REZERVED were discussing valid points and I was providing context since the article provided none.
 
txcanadian (January 7, 2014 at 11:49am)
You guys have totally overlooked the point of the article. It is not about rich vs poor or being rich is a state of mind. What I was hoping people would take away from this as I did was the productive habits that are demonstrated here. Getting up early, doing exercise, watching less tv, creating to do lists etc...

I figured it was the new year, a great time to re-evaluate our lives and see where we can make improvements.

I posted this article on my FB page and got great feedback. But over here I get people criticizing or totally missing the point of the article to begin with...lol.
 
symaster (January 7, 2014 at 5:53am)
This is based on a 5 year study of 233 wealthy and 128 poor people. Hardly a big enough sample size to draw any concrete conclusions... but it's a start.
 
RahSid1 (January 7, 2014 at 2:45am)
Agree being rich is a state of mind
 
RahSid1 (January 7, 2014 at 12:45am)
its a battle between the fortunate and the unfortunate