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Today's question comes from Brad and Idaho.

Why are teachers consistently in the group of people that become millionaires?

I'm going to add to this question.

He's referring to the Ramsey Solutions Study, the largest group of millionaires ever done over 10,000

and they were in the top five school teachers of net worth millionaires.

That's what he's referring to.

He goes on to say, is it because they marry well and have a spouse with a better income

or is there another reason or are there other career fields I should look into

that consistently make it into the millionaire club?

You know, I can't wait for Dave's take on this.

I'll tell you one thing that I believe is absolutely a reason that teachers are in that group

is because they are missional.

They care deeply about their role.

We also found in that same study that 96% of net worth millionaires love their work.

And in the teacher case, they're very dedicated to being instructors.

They care deeply about serving kids and they've chosen work that is meaningful to them

and thus, they've decided that what they make is enough.

And they've made the choices to live on less than they make and choose a lifestyle

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