Amazing stats on personal habits, choices and character. Where do YOU fit
in? Tom Corley [RichHabitsInstitute.com] outlines a few of the differences
between the habits of the rich and the poor in the USA:
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.
80% of wealthy are focused on accomplishing some single goal
12% of the poor do this.
76% of wealthy exercise aerobically four days a week
23% of poor do this.
63% of wealthy listen to audio books during commute to work
5% of poor people.
81% of wealthy maintain a to-do list
19% of poor.
63% of wealthy parents make their children read two or more non-fiction
books a month
3% of poor.
70% of wealthy parents make their children volunteer 10 hours or more a
month
3% of poor.
80% of wealthy make Happy Birthday calls
11% of poor.
67% of wealthy write down their goals
17% of poor.
88% of wealthy read 30 minutes or more each day for education or career
reasons
2% of poor.
6% of wealthy say what’s on their mind
69% of poor.
79% of wealthy network five hours or more each month
16% of poor.
67% of wealthy watch one hour or less of TV every day
23% of poor.
6% of wealthy watch reality TV
78% of poor.
44% of wealthy wake up three hours before work starts
3% of poor.
74% of wealthy teach good daily success habits to their children
1% of poor.
84% of wealthy believe good habits create opportunity/good luck
4% of poor.
76% of wealthy believe bad habits create detrimental luck
9% of poor.
86% of wealthy believe in lifelong educational self-improvement
5% of poor.
86% of wealthy love to read
26% of poor.
This list simply says your CHOICES cause RESULTS. You reap what you sow.
(This research is just a small sample, but it is common-sense for those of
us not living in third-world countries. There IS a direct correlation
between your habits, choices and character in Christ and your propensity to
build wealth in America today.)
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Dr Bob Griffin
[email protected] www.grif.net
“Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!”