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I've heard it said that the overwhelming majority of lottery winners are flat broke within 5-10 years. Often they end up in much worse financial shape than before millions dropped in their laps. The problem is they think about money wrong and act in ways that destroy their riches. Dave Ramsey recently posted a list of some differences between the rich and the poor. The good news is that we can improve in many of these areas as the RV approaches so that we don't squander what comes our way. Where do your habits and thinking fall? The original posting is here. And here's the list: 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.
