home brewer Loc: Fort Wayne, Indiana

My daughter sent me this info:
From Tom Corley, on his website RichHabitsInstitue.com. I think it tells a lot about why some succeed and others do not.

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 Happy Birthday 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.

graficsfx Loc: Humboldt County, CA

These seem to be some made-up statistics from Tom Corley, who is trying to sell his book (Rich Habits) to people who would like to be rich. I doubt if there was much a scientific survey; he probably just pulled these numbers out of his ass. Don't try to go to RichHabitsInstitue.com because it does not exist.

Singing Swan

Well, it looks to me like an average ...ooo...35% of the poor have these good habits and they still don't get the wealth!!

home brewer Loc: Fort Wayne, Indiana

I apologize for not checking out the web site.

The statistics may well be made up; but until they are proven grossly wrong; I will at least evaluate them and play the info against what I have observed. Those I know who read books of substance do well. Those who get marketable degrees past high school do well.

I suggest that you compare the difference against what you have observed.

BW326 Loc: Boynton Beach, Florida

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

Maybe the single mother who works 2 jobs and has an hour commute to work needs to start setting her alarm clock a little earlier.

tschmath Loc: Los Angeles

C'mon, if that single mom had kept her legs crossed she wouldn't be in that situation. Poverty is totally a choice she made, so she should just live with it and not expect people to give a damn about her. Or at least conservatives. :thumbup: :thumbup:

Kombiguy Loc: Cedar Rapids, IA

Conservatives give more money, time, and blood to charity than liberals. Perhaps it is more accurate to say that liberals don't give a damn.

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Really? Do you have a source for that? That coincides what someone posted about Russia. He said that there is basically no philanthropy in Russia.

venturer9 Loc: Newton, Il.

Tschmath....

The only way you can verify what I am saying is to come to my town and see for yourself..
BUT..... in a 50mile radius of the center of my Town there are 17 Food Banks where food is provided free and no proselytizing, other than Tract Racks on the walls of some. 4 Used Clothing Stores (no pay all for free), and 11 "Ministerial Associations" which provide, gasoline, lodging, etc as needed, all no charge.

All of these are run on Donations From Churches, individuals and businesses..... And being veery charitable, the mix is at least 50/50 Liberals and Conservatives..... But I would wager a lot that the mix is closer to 70/30 Conservaives giving .

You have made this claim time and time again on these forums, and it is as ignorant this time as each of the other times..

Mike

venturer9 Loc: Newton, Il.

This URL gives a breakdown, not of numbers, but of reasons that Liberals and Conservatives give to Charity.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomwatson/2012/06/01/giving-differently-liberals-and-conservatives-have-radically-different-views-of-charity/

The below says little about the breakdown, except on this one particular Paragraph, but the whole article is interesting..

Arthur Brooks, the author of a book on donors to charity, “Who Really Cares,” cites data that households headed by conservatives give 30 percent more to charity than households headed by liberals. A study by Google found an even greater disproportion: average annual contributions reported by conservatives were almost double those of liberals.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/21/opinion/21kristof.html?_r=0

Mike

venturer9 Loc: Newton, Il.

Well Tschmath..... I have 24 Grandchildren and 8 Great Grandchildren, 2 of the Grandchilddren have had 2 each illegitimate children.. I have helped With cash, etc for each of the (2) mothers... BUT I have also informed them both that 2 each is plenty... and if either had a third child with out benefit of husband/father there would be no further help from me. SO far no more babies.... and the youngest of those 4 children is 8 the oldest 12......

And I did tell both of them, that keeping their legs together would be at least somewhat of a cure for the Pregnancy problem... The one girl has no idea who is the father of either of her children....... I have compassion, but I also have limits.

Mike

I did explain to them (to the horror of their Grandmother

venturer9 Loc: Newton, Il.

OOPS didn't finish my thoughts on last line..... and being of an age, I have forgotten what it was going to be....

Figure it out for yourselves...LOL

Mike

magicray Loc: Tampa Bay, Florida

I'd like to see the percentages of income vs charitable contributions as a factor. Conservatives as a rule have more disposable income than liberals and when filing the long form can list those charitable contributions as deductions. How many multi-billionaires are Liberal compared to Conservatives? Fewer I would imagine.

Some interesting comments from Michael White

Who's More Charitable - Liberals or Conservatives?

And in fact, Kristof notes that "According to Google’s figures, if donations to all religious organizations are excluded, liberals give slightly more to charity than conservatives do."

"Is this because more conservatives go to church, and give moeny to their church? For example, Mormons (who tend to be conservative), give 10% of their income to one of the wealthiest churches on the face of the planet, and one which does considerably less humanitarian work around than many churches (liberal and conservative) with much less wealth. Most of us wouldn't count everything you give to your church as "giving to charity," so you should ask yourself if the studies Kristof talks about take church giving into account."


"Are conservatives richer, and thus able to give more to charity? Kristof notes that "measuring by the percentage of income given, conservatives are more generous than liberals even to secular causes," but we're given no information on how giving relates to wealth. When I'm spending 80% of my income on basics like food, housing, and transportation, I have less money to give as a percentage of my income. If I only spend 30% on the basics, I'm free to give a larger chunk to charity."

http://www.science20.com/adaptive_complexity/blog/whos_more_charitable_liberals_or_conservatives

Nikonista Loc: England

It does if you spell "institute" correctly. Perhaps I know this because I am rich!! :lol:

Kombiguy Loc: Cedar Rapids, IA

I'd like to see some proof of that statement. I believe that you have it backwards.