So what do the rich do every day that the poor don’t do?
In this radio interview, best-selling author Tom Corley 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
About Thomas C. Corley
Every time you select a sample there will be some potential for sampling error; I understand that. However, to get close to the mark you need to strive to reduce sampling bias. That’s where I would argue your approach is weak. Yes, pollsters make generalizations, but the more accurate ones use random samples, not convenience samples. I like your research idea and I’m sure there is some truth to your findings, but your methods are questionable and you don’t seem to have a good defense for them. This approach would not even hold up in a BA-level research methods course.
p.s. I am a pollster.
Greetings! Very useful advice within this article! It’s the little changes that produce the largest changes. Many thanks for sharing!
I read regular books during my commute to and from work. I don’t get it — why are audio books better than regular books?
They aren’t. It’s just hard to read a book when you are driving or traveling. Utilizing our travel time to listen to audio books is a good use of your time.