Tom is Corley has made a habit, a career, really, of studying the difference between rich

people and poor people.

44% of the wealthy wake up three hours before work starts versus 3% for the poor.

Corley is an accountant and a financial planner in New Jersey.

He wrote a book called Rich Habits, the Daily Success Habits of wealthy individuals.

He did five years worth of research.

I interviewed 233 wealthy people and 128 poor people and when I was done there was about

149 metrics that I followed or I tracked.

By wealthy, Corley means annual income over $160,000 and net liquid assets of 3.2 million.

By poor, he means income less than $35,000 and net liquid assets of less than 5,000.

There were a lot of differences between these two groups.

Many people spend 30 minutes or more every morning doing technical reading, some type of

technical self improvement reading.

They also keep track of things.

Oh, 81% of the wealthy maintained it to do list versus 19% for the poor.

Corley found that rich people exercise more and eat healthier.

97% of the poor people in my study ate more than 300 junk food calories a day.

70% of the wealthy ate less than 300 junk food calories per day.

But you know what Corley found that really surprised him?

It has to do with, here, I'll give you a hint.

Hey.

Did you hear that?

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