Tom
Corley, on his website RichHabits.net,
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 4 days a week. 23% of poor do
this.
4.
63% of wealthy listen to audio books during 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 2 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.
80% of wealthy make hbd calls vs. 11% of poor
9.
67% of wealthy write down their goals vs. 17% for poor
10.
88% of wealthy read 30 minutes or more each day for education or
career reasons vs 2% for poor.
11.
6% of wealthy say what’s on their mind vs. 69% for poor.
12.
79% of wealthy network 5 hours or more each month vs. 16% for poor.
13.
67% of wealthy watch 1 hour or less of TV. every day vs. 23% for poor
14.
6% of wealthy watch reality TV vs. 78% for poor.
15.
44% of wealthy wake up 3 hours before work starts vs.3% for poor.
16.
74% of wealthy teach good daily success habits to their children vs.
1% for poor.
17.
84% of wealthy believe good habits create opportunity luck vs. 4% for
poor.
18.
76% of wealthy believe bad habits create detrimental luck vs. 9% for
poor.
19.
86% of wealthy believe in life-long educational self-improvement vs.
5% for poor.
20.
86% of wealthy love to read vs. 26% for poor.