The Children of Dunedin, New Zealand

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In the mid-1970’s a team of behavioral scientists, psychologists, health professionals and many other experts rom different disciplines embarked on a comprehensive and ambitious study of over 1,000 children aged 3-11 from Dunedin, New Zealand. Their goal was to analyze each child’s self-control and determine, 30 years later, how these children were doing in life. What they found was that those children who exhibited the greatest self-control were wealthier and healthier as adults. Willpower emerged as the single greatest predictor of success and good health. It was as powerful and influential to their success as their social class, family wealth and IQ.

The bottom line is that you can be born in the best of circumstances and still struggle in life and you can be born in the worst of circumstances and become successful. The great predictor of success in life is self-control: your ability to control your emotions, forge good habits and focus on goals. In other words – having Rich Habits.

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Thomas C. Corley About Thomas C. Corley

Tom Corley is a bestselling author, speaker, and media contributor for Business Insider, CNBC and a few other national media outlets.

His Rich Habits research has been read, viewed or heard by over 50 million people in 25 countries around the world.

Besides being an author, Tom is also a CPA, CFP, holds a master’s degree in taxation and is President of Cerefice and Company, a CPA firm in New Jersey.
 
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  1. I thought persistence would be at the top of the list. Willpower defined is energetic determination. I agree with the study’s result. Thanks!

  2. Thanks for finally talking about >The Children of Dunedin, New Zealand <Loved it!

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