by Aster C. Lilly

Created on: March 11, 2007   Last Updated: May 19, 2007

How do millionaires make their money? They work EXTREMELY HARD.

Living in Chicago, and playing assistant to several lawyers, I've known a few millionaires in my life. I know what they're like because I have to play custodian to their paperwork.

Here is what millionaires are like:

Millionaires WORK AT LEAST 70 HOURS A WEEK.

This is a big one. The attitude is that time spent NOT MAKING MONEY, is time wasted. So, every free moment they had was USED to make more money. Even during leisure time, business calls were taken, notes were written, memos were handed out.

Millionaires LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE.

One of my bosses would consistently float hundreds of thousands of dollars in loans. Every day was a new piece of real estate, or development. Funny thing, the guy didn't know the price of a gallon of milk! He was focused on big things. He moved mountains, not molehills.

Millionaires DO NOT LOSE MONEY.

It's a one-way street. Money goes in, not out. Millionaires are CHEAP. Contrary to the public image of people like Sean Combs, (who uses parties as publicity), millionaires do not spend money. They rake it in.

Millionaires FIND NEW WAYS TO MAKE MONEY.

Millionaires are incredibly resourceful. They find ways to exploit simple things for profit. You could drop a millionaire in the middle of sub-saharan Africa, in a few weeks they would be making thousands of dollars! Millionaires see opportunity IN EVERYTHING, not LACK OF OPPORTUNITY. Don't forget, Post-it notes are a million-dollar industry, and that is the simplest idea.

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