Habits of the "rich", habits of the "poor"

[Pheonixops]

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I'm told regularly that "the rich" just got lucky and didn't deserve that and stole that from someone and didn't earn that and didn't build that 'n stuff, but to no surprise, they're also just trying harder.

Percentage of people who wake up at least 3 hours before work:
Rich: 44%
Poor: 3%

Percentage of people who are focused on accomplishing some single goal:
Rich: 80%
Poor: 12%

Percentage of people who write down their goals:
Rich: 67%
Poor: 17%

Percentage of people who maintain a To Do list:
Rich: 81%
Poor: 19%

Percentage of people who network five or more hours each month:
Rich: 79%
Poor: 16%

And my personal favorite:

Percentage of people who read at least 30 minutes or more daily for education or career reasons:
Rich: 88%
Poor: 2%

But I'm sure that's all just coincidence.



Source: Rich Habits, The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals. Thomas Corley, 2010.
Rich Habits - The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals: Thomas C. Corley: 9781934938935: Amazon.com: Books

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Negating the 'rich vs poor' aspect of it, I am willing to bet that many of us agree that when used in a positive manner, those are all good habits to have.

 

[mudwhistle]

Easy, there.

It's not cool to imply that successful people are successful because they have successful habits.

That's the same as implying that some percentage of unsuccessful people might be unsuccessful due to faults of their own, and that's just rude and insensitive.

It's more tolerant to accept that life hands some people good stuff and some people bad stuff, and the purpose of government is to take hold of all the stuff life hands out and make sure everybody gets equal amounts of good and bad stuff.

The purpose of government is to attack wealth concentrations and destroy them, then steal the wealth and pass it out amongst their base.

 

[JFK_USA]

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I'm told regularly that "the rich" just got lucky and didn't deserve that and stole that from someone and didn't earn that and didn't build that 'n stuff, but to no surprise, they're also just trying harder.

Percentage of people who wake up at least 3 hours before work:
Rich: 44%
Poor: 3%

Percentage of people who are focused on accomplishing some single goal:
Rich: 80%
Poor: 12%

Percentage of people who write down their goals:
Rich: 67%
Poor: 17%

Percentage of people who maintain a To Do list:
Rich: 81%
Poor: 19%

Percentage of people who network five or more hours each month:
Rich: 79%
Poor: 16%

And my personal favorite:

Percentage of people who read at least 30 minutes or more daily for education or career reasons:
Rich: 88%
Poor: 2%

But I'm sure that's all just coincidence.



Source: Rich Habits, The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals. Thomas Corley, 2010.
Rich Habits - The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals: Thomas C. Corley: 9781934938935: Amazon.com: Books

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Some of that is due to opportunity. Many of those people in the rich have more opportunities to network due to the resources available to them. Poor people don't.

Also, some of those in the "rich" want to keep people that are poor away from those opportunities for networking which is socioeconomic discrimination.

Can a poor person buy all those books and educational materials when they can barely pay rent and food?

That's the issue here. You assume that all poor people are stupid yet you forget that they don't have the opportunities that those in the upper middle and rich have. Usually poor education, lack of libraries, food deserts with a lack of good, healthy choices. All of that contributes to their demise.

Poverty is a vicious cycle that sometimes is out of a person's control. They might want to go back to school because they have a dream of owning their own business, but have to make a choice between rent or a seat deposit. Or they have to work instead of studying all the time so they can eat. It's not because they are stupid or lazy.

People in poverty should keep a "To-do" list and write down their goals. That's something everyone can do but to assume the poor and the rich have the same access and opportunities is ignorant.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

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I'm told regularly that "the rich" just got lucky and didn't deserve that and stole that from someone and didn't earn that and didn't build that 'n stuff, but to no surprise, they're also just trying harder.

Percentage of people who wake up at least 3 hours before work:
Rich: 44%
Poor: 3%

Percentage of people who are focused on accomplishing some single goal:
Rich: 80%
Poor: 12%

Percentage of people who write down their goals:
Rich: 67%
Poor: 17%

Percentage of people who maintain a To Do list:
Rich: 81%
Poor: 19%

Percentage of people who network five or more hours each month:
Rich: 79%
Poor: 16%

And my personal favorite:

Percentage of people who read at least 30 minutes or more daily for education or career reasons:
Rich: 88%
Poor: 2%

But I'm sure that's all just coincidence.



Source: Rich Habits, The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals. Thomas Corley, 2010.
Rich Habits - The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals: Thomas C. Corley: 9781934938935: Amazon.com: Books

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If we teach such things in the public schools, are you then going to call it Indoctrination?

 

[Moonglow]

I keep my to do list in my head, I usually forget where I left the to do list I write out...

 

[zeke]

Wonder if the study noticed that the rich have nicer cars, nicer homes and make more money than the poor.

Then I realized that to fix the poor all we need to do is send them all to one of them Tom Robbins/ZigZigler self help seminars. Oh, and don't forget to give the poor their Daytime planner. Along with a copy of the book "How to Win Friends and Influence People".

But first, someone may have to teach a lot of our poor people how to read.

 

[Not2BSubjugated]

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I'm told regularly that "the rich" just got lucky and didn't deserve that and stole that from someone and didn't earn that and didn't build that 'n stuff, but to no surprise, they're also just trying harder.

Percentage of people who wake up at least 3 hours before work:
Rich: 44%
Poor: 3%

Percentage of people who are focused on accomplishing some single goal:
Rich: 80%
Poor: 12%

Percentage of people who write down their goals:
Rich: 67%
Poor: 17%

Percentage of people who maintain a To Do list:
Rich: 81%
Poor: 19%

Percentage of people who network five or more hours each month:
Rich: 79%
Poor: 16%

And my personal favorite:

Percentage of people who read at least 30 minutes or more daily for education or career reasons:
Rich: 88%
Poor: 2%

But I'm sure that's all just coincidence.



Source: Rich Habits, The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals. Thomas Corley, 2010.
Rich Habits - The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals: Thomas C. Corley: 9781934938935: Amazon.com: Books

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Some of that is due to opportunity. Many of those people in the rich have more opportunities to network due to the resources available to them. Poor people don't.

Also, some of those in the "rich" want to keep people that are poor away from those opportunities for networking which is socioeconomic discrimination.

Can a poor person buy all those books and educational materials when they can barely pay rent and food?

That's the issue here. You assume that all poor people are stupid yet you forget that they don't have the opportunities that those in the upper middle and rich have. Usually poor education, lack of libraries, food deserts with a lack of good, healthy choices. All of that contributes to their demise.

Poverty is a vicious cycle that sometimes is out of a person's control. They might want to go back to school because they have a dream of owning their own business, but have to make a choice between rent or a seat deposit. Or they have to work instead of studying all the time so they can eat. It's not because they are stupid or lazy.

People in poverty should keep a "To-do" list and write down their goals. That's something everyone can do but to assume the poor and the rich have the same access and opportunities is ignorant.

Nobody's made the assumption in this post that poor and rich have the same access or are equally likely to get the same results from these habits.

Nobody's said that all poor people are stupid.

Why do you have to take these stats and turn them into an extreme indictment of all poor people? Rather than misrepresenting the point of the OP so that you have an excuse to get offended and imply that he's an out of touch misanthrope, why not just recognize that these things are contributing factors and that that's all that's really been said?

Nah, you gotta take it to extremes and, for the sake of not offending the reputation of the hard working poor, marginalize factors that make a very real difference in the success of any individual.

Another case of a lefty paying for overblown levels of tolerance with intentional ignorance. Horrible trade, man.

 

[Not2BSubjugated]

Wonder if the study noticed that the rich have nicer cars, nicer homes and make more money than the poor.

Then I realized that to fix the poor all we need to do is send them all to one of them Tom Robbins/ZigZigler self help seminars. Oh, and don't forget to give the poor their Daytime planner. Along with a copy of the book "How to Win Friends and Influence People".

But first, someone may have to teach a lot of our poor people how to read.

The poor don't know how to read? This begs a few questions.

First, which poor? Is impoverished illiteracy occurring at a pretty flat percentage regardless of other factors? IOW, are the poor in Dallas at the same level of literacy as the poor in New York? And are the percentages pretty flat across those and all other cities?

Is illiteracy at a pretty flat, across the board percentage for impoverished people of all ethnic and religious demographics?

Are we even allowed to discuss how these other factors play into the correlation between poverty and illiteracy, or am I an asshole for not agreeing that the solution is just to give away more money and blindly fire more tax dollars at our public schools?

Nah, you're probably right. Implying that impoverished people might be more successful if they followed the lifestyle examples of people who are successful is just insensitive. Good point. I'll stop being so judgemental of those members of our impoverished class who could achieve more with positive habits and just break out my check book. How much do I owe them?

 

[Mac1958]

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This just can't be!! There's no way this can be true!!

There's NO WAY that people who are more successful put out more effort than those who are not!!!

They just have it all GIVEN to them! And they STEAL it!! And SOMEONE ELSE built that!!

It can't be!! This would damage my entire WORLD VIEW!!

AAAUUUUGHHHHH!



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[Mac1958]

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I'm told regularly that "the rich" just got lucky and didn't deserve that and stole that from someone and didn't earn that and didn't build that 'n stuff, but to no surprise, they're also just trying harder.

Percentage of people who wake up at least 3 hours before work:
Rich: 44%
Poor: 3%

Percentage of people who are focused on accomplishing some single goal:
Rich: 80%
Poor: 12%

Percentage of people who write down their goals:
Rich: 67%
Poor: 17%

Percentage of people who maintain a To Do list:
Rich: 81%
Poor: 19%

Percentage of people who network five or more hours each month:
Rich: 79%
Poor: 16%

And my personal favorite:

Percentage of people who read at least 30 minutes or more daily for education or career reasons:
Rich: 88%
Poor: 2%

But I'm sure that's all just coincidence.



Source: Rich Habits, The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals. Thomas Corley, 2010.
Rich Habits - The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals: Thomas C. Corley: 9781934938935: Amazon.com: Books

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Some of that is due to opportunity. Many of those people in the rich have more opportunities to network due to the resources available to them. Poor people don't.

Also, some of those in the "rich" want to keep people that are poor away from those opportunities for networking which is socioeconomic discrimination.

Can a poor person buy all those books and educational materials when they can barely pay rent and food?

That's the issue here. You assume that all poor people are stupid yet you forget that they don't have the opportunities that those in the upper middle and rich have. Usually poor education, lack of libraries, food deserts with a lack of good, healthy choices. All of that contributes to their demise.

Poverty is a vicious cycle that sometimes is out of a person's control. They might want to go back to school because they have a dream of owning their own business, but have to make a choice between rent or a seat deposit. Or they have to work instead of studying all the time so they can eat. It's not because they are stupid or lazy.

People in poverty should keep a "To-do" list and write down their goals. That's something everyone can do but to assume the poor and the rich have the same access and opportunities is ignorant.

Incredible.

Books? How about going online? There is so much good free material online that you could never get through it all. EVER. How you ever heard of the freaking LIBRARY? Holy crap, what a ******* ridiculous statement.

Networking? Do you know what that word even means? Anyone can network. Join a non-profit organization and you're on your way.

You're just looking for excuses.

Which is another thing successful people choose not to do.

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[zeke]

14 Percent of U.S. Adults Can't Read
Robert Roy Britt | January 10, 2009 07:23am ET
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About 14 percent of U.S. adults won't be reading this article. Well, okay, most people won't read it, given all the words that are published these days to help us understand and navigate the increasingly complex world.

But about 1 in 7 can't read it. They're illiterate.

Statistics released by the U.S. Education Department this week show that some 32 million U.S. adults lack basic prose literacy skill. That means they can't read a newspaper or the instruction on a bottle of pills.
Well how about that. You think those million are classified as "poor" or "rich"?
I guess there is no way that you would go and read Zig Ziglers books to them. Would you? Or do you prefer the CD's?

Why hell, I bet you and Macaroo think that every high school graduate we have is a great reader. And that those that drop out of school read better than they do. That kids growing up in a house where no one reads or can read, is being set up for great success. WTF is wrong with people like you?

All they have to do is make a list. And success is almost theirs for the asking.

 

[Brain357]

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I'm told regularly that "the rich" just got lucky and didn't deserve that and stole that from someone and didn't earn that and didn't build that 'n stuff, but to no surprise, they're also just trying harder.

Percentage of people who wake up at least 3 hours before work:
Rich: 44%
Poor: 3%

Percentage of people who are focused on accomplishing some single goal:
Rich: 80%
Poor: 12%

Percentage of people who write down their goals:
Rich: 67%
Poor: 17%

Percentage of people who maintain a To Do list:
Rich: 81%
Poor: 19%

Percentage of people who network five or more hours each month:
Rich: 79%
Poor: 16%

And my personal favorite:

Percentage of people who read at least 30 minutes or more daily for education or career reasons:
Rich: 88%
Poor: 2%

But I'm sure that's all just coincidence.



Source: Rich Habits, The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals. Thomas Corley, 2010.
Rich Habits - The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals: Thomas C. Corley: 9781934938935: Amazon.com: Books

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Must be easy to get up 3 hours before work when your the boss and don't get into work till noon.

Single goal? These people can't multi task?

If your working hard you don't have time to write things down.

Network 5 or more hours? Wasting time on Facebook isn't that impressive.

When your working 2 jobs and taking care of your family who has time to read 30 minutes? Just those inherit rich people who are barely working.

 

[Mac1958]

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If people put as much effort into actually doing what it takes to be successful as they do coming up with flimsy excuses as to why they can't, they'd be more successful.

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[williepete]

It has nothing to do with hard work and education. It's about class oppression.

The capitalist bourgeoisie mercilessly exploit the proletariat!

Work carried out by the proletariat creats great wealth for the capitalist. Products created by wage slaves are sold for more than the value of the labour itself. The capitalist, who control the process of production, makes a profit. But the worker does not benefit from this added value, and fails to benefit from the fruits of his/her own labor.

The wealth of the bourgeoisie depended on the work of the proletariat. Therefore, capitalism requires an underclass.

But there is good news comrades!

Continued exploitation of this underclass creates great resentment. Eventually the proletariat will lead a revolution against the bourgeoisie. The final struggle leads to the overthrow of capitalism. Bourgeois society 'is like the sorcerer, who is no longer able to control the powers of the nether world whom he has called up by his spells.'

Following the proletariats' defeat of capitalism, a new classless society will emerge based on the idea: 'from each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs'. In our new society, land, industry, labour and wealth will be shared between all people. All class structures will disappear. Harmony will reign, and the state would simply 'wither away'.

AND EVERYONE GETS FREE STUFF!

 

[Skull Pilot]

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I'm told regularly that "the rich" just got lucky and didn't deserve that and stole that from someone and didn't earn that and didn't build that 'n stuff, but to no surprise, they're also just trying harder.

Percentage of people who wake up at least 3 hours before work:
Rich: 44%
Poor: 3%

Percentage of people who are focused on accomplishing some single goal:
Rich: 80%
Poor: 12%

Percentage of people who write down their goals:
Rich: 67%
Poor: 17%

Percentage of people who maintain a To Do list:
Rich: 81%
Poor: 19%

Percentage of people who network five or more hours each month:
Rich: 79%
Poor: 16%

And my personal favorite:

Percentage of people who read at least 30 minutes or more daily for education or career reasons:
Rich: 88%
Poor: 2%

But I'm sure that's all just coincidence.



Source: Rich Habits, The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals. Thomas Corley, 2010.
Rich Habits - The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals: Thomas C. Corley: 9781934938935: Amazon.com: Books

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Must be easy to get up 3 hours before work when your the boss and don't get into work till noon.

Single goal? These people can't multi task?

If your working hard you don't have time to write things down.

Network 5 or more hours? Wasting time on Facebook isn't that impressive.

When your working 2 jobs and taking care of your family who has time to read 30 minutes? Just those inherit rich people who are barely working.

Man it must be tough to live being so jealous of other people.

 

[Brain357]

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I'm told regularly that "the rich" just got lucky and didn't deserve that and stole that from someone and didn't earn that and didn't build that 'n stuff, but to no surprise, they're also just trying harder.

Percentage of people who wake up at least 3 hours before work:
Rich: 44%
Poor: 3%

Percentage of people who are focused on accomplishing some single goal:
Rich: 80%
Poor: 12%

Percentage of people who write down their goals:
Rich: 67%
Poor: 17%

Percentage of people who maintain a To Do list:
Rich: 81%
Poor: 19%

Percentage of people who network five or more hours each month:
Rich: 79%
Poor: 16%

And my personal favorite:

Percentage of people who read at least 30 minutes or more daily for education or career reasons:
Rich: 88%
Poor: 2%

But I'm sure that's all just coincidence.



Source: Rich Habits, The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals. Thomas Corley, 2010.
Rich Habits - The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals: Thomas C. Corley: 9781934938935: Amazon.com: Books

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Must be easy to get up 3 hours before work when your the boss and don't get into work till noon.

Single goal? These people can't multi task?

If your working hard you don't have time to write things down.

Network 5 or more hours? Wasting time on Facebook isn't that impressive.

When your working 2 jobs and taking care of your family who has time to read 30 minutes? Just those inherit rich people who are barely working.

Man it must be tough to live being so jealous of other people.

No actually I'm pretty successful. I just see these questions as the joke they are.

 

[Darkwind]

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I'm told regularly that "the rich" just got lucky and didn't deserve that and stole that from someone and didn't earn that and didn't build that 'n stuff, but to no surprise, they're also just trying harder.

Percentage of people who wake up at least 3 hours before work:
Rich: 44%
Poor: 3%

Percentage of people who are focused on accomplishing some single goal:
Rich: 80%
Poor: 12%

Percentage of people who write down their goals:
Rich: 67%
Poor: 17%

Percentage of people who maintain a To Do list:
Rich: 81%
Poor: 19%

Percentage of people who network five or more hours each month:
Rich: 79%
Poor: 16%

And my personal favorite:

Percentage of people who read at least 30 minutes or more daily for education or career reasons:
Rich: 88%
Poor: 2%

But I'm sure that's all just coincidence.



Source: Rich Habits, The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals. Thomas Corley, 2010.
Rich Habits - The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals: Thomas C. Corley: 9781934938935: Amazon.com: Books

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In other words (and no one needs a poll for this) people who develop successful habits and follow proven formula are more successful than those who just shuffle through life unfocused.

 

[Mac1958]

No actually I'm pretty successful. I just see these questions as the joke they are.

One of those two sentences is a lie. A successful person knows what it takes.

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[Skull Pilot]

Must be easy to get up 3 hours before work when your the boss and don't get into work till noon.

Single goal? These people can't multi task?

If your working hard you don't have time to write things down.

Network 5 or more hours? Wasting time on Facebook isn't that impressive.

When your working 2 jobs and taking care of your family who has time to read 30 minutes? Just those inherit rich people who are barely working.

Man it must be tough to live being so jealous of other people.

No actually I'm pretty successful. I just see these questions as the joke they are.

It's no secret that successful people do things differently from other people.

The OP seems logical to me.

The stats might be off but the crux of the argument holds.

What I see in your reply is more of the same excuse making that unsuccessful people engage in.

The whole I don't have time excuse is the most easily debunked.

 

[Darkwind]

Must be easy to get up 3 hours before work when your the boss and don't get into work till noon.

Single goal? These people can't multi task?

If your working hard you don't have time to write things down.

Network 5 or more hours? Wasting time on Facebook isn't that impressive.

When your working 2 jobs and taking care of your family who has time to read 30 minutes? Just those inherit rich people who are barely working.

Man it must be tough to live being so jealous of other people.

No actually I'm pretty successful. I just see these questions as the joke they are.

Yeah, I call BS on that. Your attitude suggests otherwise.

Most 'Bosses" I know put in 50+ hours a week.