Whenever we see the rich and famous we always wondered what is that they do to become rich. In a radio interview, best-selling author Tom Corley talked about the differences between the habits of the rich vs. those of the not so rich. Here’s a list of things the rich do to which makes them what they are!

1. 80% of wealthy are focused on accomplishing some single goal.

2. 67% of wealthy write down their goals.

3. 81% of wealthy maintain a to-do list.

4. 86% of wealthy believe in life-long educational self-improvement

5. 86% of wealthy simply love to read

6. 88% of wealthy read 30 minutes or more each day for education or career reasons

7. 63% of wealthy listen to audio books during commute to work

8. 63% of wealthy parents make their children read 2 or more non-fiction books a month

9. Only 33% of wealthy watch more than 1 hour of TV every day

10. Only 6% of wealthy watch reality TV

11. 84% of wealthy believe good habits create opportunity luck

12. 76% of wealthy believe bad habits create detrimental luck

13. 70% of wealthy eat less than 300 junk food calories per day.

14. Only 23% of wealthy gamble.

15. 44% of wealthy wake up 3 hours before work starts

16. 74% of wealthy teach good daily success habits to their children

17. 70% of wealthy parents make their children volunteer 10 hours or more a month

18. 80% of wealthy make ‘Happy Birthday” calls

19. 79% of wealthy network 5 hours or more each month

20. 76% of wealthy exercise aerobically 4 days a week.

Rich Habits – The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals by Tom Corley