The following 15 super rich & successful billionaires prove to us all that “money doesn’t always change you“.

15 Humble & Grounded Billionaires

Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ingvar Kamprad’s Net worth: $3 billion

The founder of IKEA said he drove 15-year-old Volvo and always flew economy class, according to a 2006 Reuters article.

His frugal ways extend to his home in Switzerland, which is reportedly decorated mostly with inexpensive IKEA furniture, as well as a few family heirlooms.

According to The Daily Mail, Kamprad and his wife are often seen eating in cheap restaurants and haggling over prices at the market.

Note: Some Swedes will tell you that Kamprad is not as frugal as he would have you believe.

 

 

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tim Cook’s Net worth: unknown, but he made $378 million in 2011

He may not technically be a billionaire, but Apple CEO Tim Cook is compensated handsomely.

Even so, he chooses to live a modest lifestyle. Cook lives in a modest, 2,400-square-foot condo in Palo Alto, which he bought for $1.9 million in 2010.

He’s quoted as saying in the book Inside Apple: “I like to be reminded of where I came from, and putting myself in modest surroundings helps me do that. Money is not a motivator for me.”

 

Chuck Feeney, co-founder of Duty Free Shoppers Group

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chuck Feeney’s Net worth: currently $2 million (he’s given away billions)

A Depression-era veteran with a strict personal motto: “I set out to work hard, not get rich.”

The co-founder of Duty Free Shoppers has donated more than $4 billion to disadvantaged children and public health initiatives, all while going to great lengths to remain an anonymous donor.

“He has no ego . . . He always chooses the second-cheapest wine from the wine list,” according to his biographer, former Irish Times journalist Conor O’Clery. “When we traveled together he was always dressed like a down-at-heel American tourist.”

 

 

David Cheriton, Stanford professor

 

 

 

 

 

 

David Cheriton’s Net worth: $1.3 billion

David Cheriton, the Stanford professor who has an estimated net worth of $1.3 billion from Google shares, hates the idea of living like a billionaire.

“I’m actually quite offended by that sort of thing,” he told the Edmonton Journal in a 2006 interview. ”These people who build houses with 13 bathrooms and so on, there’s something wrong with them.”

Cheriton called himself “spoiled” for taking a windsurfing vacation in Hawaii, and in a recent Forbes profile said that his biggest recent splurge was his 2012 Honda Odyssey.

 

 

Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tony Hsieh’s Net worth: $1 billion

After selling a company to Microsoft for $265 million, Tony Hsieh could have lived in the lap of luxury. Instead, he has invested $350 million of his own money into his online business to transform downtown Las Vegas into a tech hub.

And by all accounts his lifestyle hasn’t changed since his early days in business.

“Money is just a way for Tony to get to his endgame,” said Erik Moore, an early Zappos investor. “Money just doesn’t matter to him. If he only had a million dollars left, he’d spend $999,999 to make Vegas work. He would be just as happy with a dollar in the bank and being around people he cares about and care about him.”

 

 

Karl Albrecht, co-founder of Aldi

 

 

 

 

 

 

Karl Albrecht’s Net worth: $25.4 billion

Aldi is to Europe what Walmart is to the US. Albrecht founded the company with his late brother Theo, and together the two made billions building the notoriously no-frills chain.

Raised by a shopkeeper mom and a miner father, they remained true to the vision of frugality that drove both their stores and their lives. When Theo was kidnapped for 17 days in 1971, his brother negotiated a bargain ransom of  $4 million — which he then wrote off as a business expense.

 

 

Christy Walton, heir to Walmart fortune

 

 

 

 

 

Christy Walton’s Net worth: $27.9 billion

Walton is the widow of John T. Walton, one of the sons of Walmart founder Sam Walton.

Despite their wealth, Walton wanted a normal upbringing for her son, so she raised him in an 1896 Victorian home in National City, Calif., outside of San Diego.

After her husband died in a plane crash, Walton donated the home to the International Community Foundation – Center for Cross-Border Philanthropy.

 

 

Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook

 

 

 

 

 

Mark Zuckerberg’s Net worth: $9.4 billion

As the mastermind behind Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg is a billionaire many times over. But the 28-year-old leads a surprisingly low-key lifestyle.

He recently upgraded to a $7 million house in Palo Alto, but The Los Angeles Times called the home “still well below his means.”

Zuckerberg reportedly drives an Acura “because it’s safe and not ostentatious,” and famously wears the same gray t-shirt and hoodie to work every day.

His wedding to longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan took place in his backyard, and the pair was seen digging in at a McDonald’s on their Italian honeymoon.

 

David Green, founder and CEO of Hobby Lobby

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David Green’s Net worth: $4.5 billion

While he could easily afford a Gulfstream of his own, Green, founder of arts and crafts retail chain Hobby Lobby, prefers to fly coach.

Instead of spending his billions on himself and his family, Green has famously become the largest individual donor to evangelical causes in America. He’s given upwards of $500 million in charitable contributions over his lifetime, according to Forbes.

 

 

Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warren Buffett’s Net worth: $46 billion

Warren Buffett still lives in the Omaha, Nebraska, home he bought for $31,500 more than 50 years ago.

He doesn’t own a yacht because, as he puts it, “Most toys are just a pain in the neck.” When he married his second wife, rather than a lavish affair, it was a brief afternoon wedding at his daughter’s house in Omaha.

He has also given billions of dollars to charitable causes and begged Washington to increase his taxes.

 

 

Alexander Lebedev, Russian businessman

 

 

 

 

 

Alexander Lebedev’s Net worth: $1.1 billion

Unlike many Russian oligarchs who flaunt their wealth buying apartments, yachts, and jets, Lebedev is notoriously frugal.

From a Guardian profile:

“Indeed, the most striking difference between him and other oligarchs is his social activism. Lebedev has used his large fortune to improve the lot of ordinary Russians. He talks enthusiastically about such unfashionable themes as flat-pack housing and potatoes.”

He is staunch in his beliefs; Lebedev was charged with “hooliganism” after punching a rival on a talk show last year.

 

 

Carlos Slim Helú, chairman and CEO of Telmex

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carlos Slim Helu’s Net worth: $69 billion

Carlos Slim may be the wealthiest person on the planet, but that doesn’t mean he’s an extravagant spender.

The self-made billionaire lives in the same modest six-bedroom house he has owned for the past 30 years, and still drives himself to work, according to The Week.

As far as we can tell, he does not own a yacht or a private plane.

 

 

Amancio Ortega, founder of Zara

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amancio Ortega’s Net worth: $57.5 billion

2012 was a good year for Zara founder Ortega, whose net worth rose by $22.2 billion last year.

Even so, he hasn’t let the success go to his head. Ortega and his wife live in a discreet apartment building in La Coruña, Spain, and he’s a simple dresser, wearing a uniform of blue blazer, white shirt and gray pants every day.

He goes to the same coffee shop every day and eats lunch with his employees in the Zara cafeteria. And Ortega drives an Audi A8, not some fancy supercar.

One major indulgence: Ortega owns The Global Express BD-700, a private jet designed by Bombardier that carries price tag of $45 million.

 

 

Azim Premji, chairman of Wipro Limited

 

 

 

 

 

 

Azim Premji’s Net worth: $12.2 billion

As the owner of the technology-service giant, Wipro, Azim Premji is worth more than $12 billion.

Regardless, he is said to monitor the number of toilet-paper rolls used in Wipro facilities and demands that employees switch off the lights when leaving their offices.

Premji often takes a three-wheel auto rickshaw from the Bangalore airport when returning from business trips, and drives a 1996 Ford, according to a 2003 Businessweek profile.

“Premji makes Uncle Scrooge look like Santa Claus,” said one Bangalore tech executive.

 

 

Jim C. Walton, Walmart heir and chair of Arvest Bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jim C. Walton’s Net worth: $19.2 billion

Jim C. Walton may belong to one of the wealthiest families in the world, but he has followed in the frugal footsteps of his father, Walmart founder Sam Walton.

The youngest and most private of the Walton siblings, Jim still resides in Bentonville, Ark., where he runs the family’s personal wealth management company from the upstairs office of “a plain old brick building” in downtown Bentonville.

In 2007, it was reported that Walton drove a 15-year-old Dodge Dakota.

 

Question for the readers: How would you act if your net worth was in the billions? Would it change who you are? Would you be able to live a normal life?

 

Article Originally By: Julie Zeveloff & Gus Lubin | BusinessInsider.com

What is it that separates the rich from the rest of us?

Steve Siebold, the author of How Rich People Think recently shared ‘15 ways that rich people think differently’ with Business Insider.

The Mentality Of The Rich

1. Rich people think selfishness is a virtue
Average people feel they need to save the world and put others before themselves which is keeping them poor. Rich people take the attitude that if they don’t help themselves first they can’t help anyone else.

2. Rich people have an action mentality
You wouldn’t see a rich person lining up to play the lottery (even before they were rich). Average people are always waiting on someone else to help them get rich – the Lotto, Government, friend or spouse – but it only keeps them poor. Rich people take action and spend time solving problems.

3. Rich people favour specific knowledge over formal education
Average people believe the road to riches is through doing masters and doctorates. Rich people are generally rich because they have made money selling a specific knowledge they have acquired.

4. Rich people dream of the future
Rich people spend a lot of time looking into the future, setting goals and looking forward to what lies ahead. Average people dwell on the past which often holds them back by making them unhappy or depressed.

5. Rich people think about money logically
Average and well-educated people can fall into the trap of thinking about money emotionally and just wanting to retire comfortably. Rich people maintain a logical relationship with money viewing it as a tool that represents options and opportunities.

6. Rich people follow their passion
Oprah Winfrey said it – you’ve got to follow your passion and do what you love. Rich people find a way of getting paid for doing something they love. Average people earn money doing things they don’t love.

7. Rich people aim high
Average people set low expectations to avoid disappointment whereas rich people set huge expectations and follow their dreams.

8. Rich people believe you have to “be” someone
Average people on the other hand believe you have to “do” something to be rich and focus on immediate results. Rich people continuously focus on bettering themselves and learn from success and failures.

9. Rich people use other people’s money
Average people believe they need their own money to make money whereas rich people have no problem using other people’s.

10. Rich people live below their means
It seems contradictory to the above statement but rich people adopt the attitude of getting rich so you can afford to live below your means. Average people live beyond their means.

11. Rich people teach their children how to be rich
Average people teach their children how to survive whereas rich people teach their children from an early age about the world of haves and have nots.

12. Rich people don’t let money stress them out
Average people do. Rich people find peace of mind in wealth and are not afraid to admit that money can solve most problems – allowing them to make more money. Average people see money as a continuous battle and necessary evil they have to endure.

13. Rich people would rather be educated than entertained
Average people are the opposite. They read novels, tabloids and entertainment rather than continuously educating themselves after school.

14. Rich people surround themselves with like-minded people
Average people think rich people are snobs and have a negative attitude towards the super rich. Rich people steer clear of the doom and gloom attitudes and people – adding fuel to the fire of the “snob” label.

15. Rich people focus on earning
Average people focus on saving and miss big opportunities by trying to live frugally. Rich people constantly focus on the big picture – and how to earn the big bucks.

Article by By Sarah O’Carroll | news.com.au

In this post I share with you, Ryan Blair sums up pretty nicely in his current bestseller Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain what his Top 10 Million Dollar Mistakes have been on the way to the top.

Mistakes are good, they are often looked down on as a bad move or the next step to failure. I believe that mistakes are all part of the recipe for success. After starting six Multi Million Dollar companies all before the age of 30 ‘Ryan Blair’, a world renowned serial entrepreneur admits to his fair share of million dollar mistakes, as well as some billion dollar successes.

The Top 10 Million Dollar Mistakes

1. Don’t make wildly optimistic sales forecasts. Test and adjust your projections, based on experienced advisor input and industry norms, rather than the Google high exception. Excel spreadsheets can easily project dramatic growth, with no connection to reality.

2. Don’t hire people who like your ideas all the time. Flattery feels good, but it doesn’t pay the bills. Look for the thoughtful challenge to your ideas, and practice active listening, when you are selling your vision. High three-digit intelligence has value.

3. Don’t focus too much on the competition. It’s always more productive to focus on making your offering successful, rather than killing your competitors. Doing things like dismantling their leadership team, or highlighting their shortcomings is lose-lose.

4. Don’t waste time caring what others think. No matter how hard you try, you won’t make everyone happy. Don’t be afraid to follow your vision, learn from your mistakes, and pivot the business, just because someone will see the change as a disappointment.

5. Don’t mix business with pleasure. This is especially true of relationships. Do not fraternize with your employees, and choose your partners wisely. Thou shall not “do your business” where you do business.

6. Be quick to fire and slow to hire. Pull the trigger fast when a new hire isn’t working, but don’t forget to be human and follow all the steps. On the other side, hiring after one interview is like hopping a red-eye to Vegas to get married after one date.

7. Don’t put your company before your people. A company is an entity that can be pivoted at will. Your team of people has a collective passion and intelligence with a real worth that’s hard to manipulate. Make the company fit the people, rather than vice versa.

8. Don’t under-forecast cash needs. When you have people and their families depending on you for their paychecks, and you are out of money, that’s another lose-lose situation. Even if you can find someone willing to help, it’s a very, very expensive proposition.

9. Don’t try to do too much all at once. You hear about all the parallel entrepreneurs, like Steve Jobs running Apple and Pixar at the same time. Make sure you have the aptitude to run one business well, with one product line, before you start a couple more.

10. Never write something you wouldn’t want to come back to you. Every one of us has sent a sensitive email to the wrong party, or had it misinterpreted by the receiver. Save the hard and easily misinterpreted messages for face-to-face calm discussions.

There are more, but I think you get the idea. Of course, the biggest mistake is failing to learn from the mistakes of others, or even from your mistakes. You can only learn from your mistake after you admit you’ve made it. Wise people admit their mistakes easily, and move the focus away from blame management and towards learning. Wise people can become great entrepreneurs. Whereare you along this spectrum?

 (Video) Ryan Blair ViSalus Sciences CEO Success Advice

Financial Master Mind  Robert Kiyosaki who wrote The Worlds #1 Longest Running Best Seller “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” shares his advice on how to make money work for you. Robert Kiyosaki believes that we do not have to work hard for our money and that our money should work hard for us. The harder you work, the more taxes you pay”, Robert says.

Most Successful and wealthy people already know this belief and live by it, if you are a beginner just starting out then this video is an essential for your learning on the road to success.

(Video) Robert Kiyosaki : Let Your Money Work Hard For You

Some Extra Advice By Robert Kiyosaki For You

You have money work for you

Do not work for money, have money work for you, the way of doing that is creating or acquiring assets that will generate cash flow. Examples of assets that generate cash flow is the business that you create or purchase real estate that you rent, paper assets such as stocks or bonds, etc.

Invest in financial literacy

Before investing in assets that generate cash flow, invest in improving your financial education. Always keep studying, training, reading books, taking courses, attending seminars, researching on the Internet, etc.

Always seeking to increase your financial vocabulary and improve your financial intelligence it enables you to identify, analyze and leverage the opportunities.

Beware of words

Words have power, you must be careful with statements you make because they could become your reality. For example, if you say “I can not afford it”, you give the order to your mind to stop working and, yes, you can never afford, but if instead you say “how I can get it”, then your mind will get to work, and strive to find the solution, for example, a way to earn more money.

Pay yourself first

Every time you earn income, before you pay your debt, reserve a percentage of that income, then invest in assets that generate cash flows. Have the discipline to pay yourself first, even if your income is low and your debts are high.

This will allow you to invest the saved money in assets that will generate cash flow and the pressure to repay your debts will motivate you to go out and invent ways to earn more money while improving your financial skills.

Motivate yourself to make money

To make money you must have passion, you like what you do, you should have fun, you love what you do and feel full.

And one way of achieving this is motivating you to yourself thinking of reasons why you want to have a lot of money and get ahead, your reasons may be, for example, can retire young and do not have to work a lifetime, not a employee to travel around the world, control your time and your life.

Nowadays the best way to prepare for an internship is to know as much about the experience BEFOREHAND, as possible. There are so many little things that matter in a Wall Street internship…..and the more educated you are, the better off you’ll be.

Every minute in the office matters and every little bit of knowledge puts you one cut above the next man. In this dog eat dog world we live in its always good to know how you should and shouldn’t act on Wall Street if you hope to one day be a permanent staff member, making plenty of cash in the Boiler Room. We share with you 14 Things That Every Wall Street Newbie Should Know.

Wall Street Internship Advice

#1: Cold calling is hell

We all know it because we’ve all done it. Asking strangers for money on the phone is probably the worst thing you’ll do in your career, but it builds tenacity and forces you to develop an enormous tolerance for rejection.

If you’re perceptive, cold calling will teach you the one sacred truth you need to succeed in this world: Life is a straight-up numbers game, baby.

#2: Beware of egos

Lots of people on Wall Street have enormous egos. When they talk to you, an intern, they don’t actually expect you to speak to them in return. You just need to listen and nod attentively—like you’re hearing the great riddles of the universe solved for your benefit. This may sound demeaning but it isn’t. Not having to talk much or commit to anything is one of the biggest benefits of your internship.

Here we have 30 of the best motivational quotes for Entrepreneurial Success.

Alot of Entrepreneurs forget the most fundamental things when developing there business and creating the right connections, these quotes should guide you in the right light for success.

30 Quotes To Motivate The Entrepreneur

The longer you’re not taking action the more money you’re losing – Carrie Wilkerson

If you live for weekends or vacations, your shit is broken – Gary Vaynerchuk

Go Big, or Go Home – Eliza Dushku

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure -Napoleon Hill

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work – Thomas Edison

Have the end in mind and every day make sure your working towards it – Ryan Allis

He who begins many things finishes but few – German Proverb

The best use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts it – William James

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance – Derek Bok

Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people wont so you can spend the rest of your life like most people can’t – A student in Warren G. Tracy’s class

Lend your friend $20, if he doesn’t pay you back then he’s not your friend. Money well spent – Ted Nicolas

Be nice to geek’s, you’ll probably end up working for one – Bill Gates

To never forget that the most important thing in life is the quality of life we lead – Quoted by Tony Hsieh on Retireat21

Its better to own the racecourse then the race horse – Unknown

When you go to buy, don’t show your silver - Chinese Proverb

It’s easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission – Grace Hopper

To win without risk is to triumph without glory - Corneille

Example is not the main thing in influencing other people; it’s the only thing – Abraham Lincoln

Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company – Booker T. Washington

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great – Mark Twain

There is only one success–to be able to spend your life in your own way – Christopher Morley

You don’t buy a nice car and get rich you get rich and buy a nice car – Unknown

Fall seven times, stand up eight - Japanese Proverb

One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching – Mooie

Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve - Dr. Napoleon Hill

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work – Thomas Alva Edison

If you ain’t making waves, you ain’t kickin’ hard enough – Unknown

What is not started will never get finished – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Do not wait to strike until the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking - William B. Sprague

When you cease to dream you cease to live - Malcolm Forbes

Bonus Motivational Quotes From Films:

Shawshank Redemption

Get Busy Living, or Get Busy Dying.

Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies

Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.

American Gangster

The loudest one in the room is the weakest one in the room

When Huey Lucas flaunted his Nicky Barnes-like superfly outfit at a nightclub, Frank stepped in and dressed down his dressed-out brother. Frank told his brother he was “making too much noise” by wearing a “clown suit” that acted as a billboard to the police advertising, “Arrest me.”

Catch Me If You Can

Two little mice fell in a bucket of cream. The first mouse quickly gave up and drowned. The second mouse, wouldn’t quit. He struggled so hard that eventually he churned that cream into butter and crawled out. Gentlemen, as of this moment, I am that second mouse.

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Life’s simple. You make choices and you don’t look back.

Forrest Gump

My Mama always said, ‘Life was like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re gonna get.

Today we feature 30 of the worlds Top Female Internet Entrepreneurs making money online, some even reaching 7 figures a year. It goes to show no matter who you are, no matter what age, there is an opportunity for everyone to be successful on the world wide web.

30 Female Entrepreneurs Making Money Online

Name	Company	Founded	Why She Matters
Amanda Marcotte	Pandagon	26-Nov-01	Amanda runs one of the most talked about feminism and politics blogs. Marcotte shot to fame when John Edwards asked her to run the presidential blog.
Ariana Huffington	Huffington Post	09-May-05	Is perhaps one of the most successful female Internet entrepreneurs ever and is the founder of the top blog in the world according to Technorati!
Ashley Qualls	What Ever Life	2004	Attracting millions of monthly visitors earning the 18 year old 7 figures a year.
Barbara Feldman	Surfnetkids.com	29-Jun-05	Founder of Surfnetkids, the website attracts more than 600,000 visitors a month, her newsletter lists are over 80,000 strong, and her self-published e-books are sold on dozens of sites.
Carrie Wilkerson	The Barefoot Executive	2007	Carried founded The Barefoot Executive on August 27, 2007 and has gone from being in debt to being a 7 figure Internet entrepreneur with over 100,000 followers!
Caterina Fake	Flickr	26-Jun-05	Caterina co-founded Flickr with Stewart Butterfield which was later acquired by Yahoo! for a high 8 figure deal.
Catherine Cook	MyYearBook.com	27-Jun-05	Start 4 years ago when she was 15, MyYearBook has grown to 3 million members worldwide and rakes in annual sales in the seven figures!
Cyan Ta’eed	Eden Creative	2006	Ta’eed is the co-founder of Eden Creative Communities which attracts over 10 million visitors to their blog network every month earning her 7 figures a year.
Eileen Gittins	Blurb	26-Jun-05	Elieen is the co-founder and CEO of Blurb, a print on demand publishing service. The company’s revenue grew from $1 million to $30 million in two years.
Elaine Wherry	Meebo	01-Sep-05	Elaine co-founded Meebo, a instant messaging service you use in your browser. Meebo attracts 40,000,000 monthly users.
Erin Jansen	NetLingo.com	21-Jun-05	Founder of an Award-Winning Web Site since 1994, Erin is a Internet entrepreneur veteran.
Gina Bianchini	Ning	01-Oct-05	Gina is the Co-founder and CEO of Ning. There are 1,000,000 social networks on the Ning Platform, growing at a rate of almost 4,000 new social networks each day.
Gina Trapani	Lifehacker	01-Jan-05	Gina Trapani is a technology blogger, book author, and programmer. The founding editor of Lifehacker.com, a daily weblog on software and personal productivity, Gina authored a book based on the web site which is in its second edition: Upgrade Your Life: The Lifehacker Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, Better!
Heather Armstrong	Dooce	01-Feb-01	One of the biggest mommy blogger’s out there attracting millions of readers to her blog and has recently passed 500,000 Twitter followers.
Juliette Brindak	Miss O and Friends	22-Jun-05	Juliette came up with the idea for Miss O and Friends at just 10 years old, now 19 her business is worth over $15 Million and is visited by millions of girls every month.
Justine Ezarik	iJustine	27-Jun-05	It all started with a 300 page iPhone bill, now she is a social media rock star with millions of YouTube views and over 500,000 twitter followers!
Kim Polese	SpikeSource	25-Jun-05	Kim Karin Polese is CEO of SpikeSource, and was one of the most prominent Silicon Valley executives during the dot-com era. In 1997, she made Time Magazine’s list of “The 25 Most Influential Americans”.
Lisa Stone	Blog Her	01-Feb-05	Lisa is the founder of BlogHer which reaches more than 14 million women monthly through its conferences, Internet site and publishing networks.
Lisa Sugar	Pop Sugar	April 2006	Lisa’s blog network is funded by Sequoia – the guys who funded Google and Youtube. Now one of the biggest celeb blogs on the net, Lisa sure is a top female blogger!
Louise Wannier	MyShape	26-Jun-05	Louise runs an online women’s apparel retailer that finds clothing for women based on their physical measurements and style and fit preferences
Maria Andros	Social Media Traffic Blueprint		Maria helps people create a buzz with social media. Recently she took 100 people into her mentoring program for $2500 each.
Meg Frost	Cute Overload	2005	Although she hasn’t got a pet herself, attracts 100,000s of visitors daily to her cute animal blog.
Meg Hourihan	Blogger.com	21-Jun-05	Meg Hourihan is the cofounder of Pyra Labs, the company that launched the Blogger personal blogging software that was acquired by Google for for a 8 figure deal.
Mena Trott	Six Apart	23-Jun-05	Mena is a co-founder of Six Apart, creator of Movable Type and TypePad.
Michelle Malkin	Michelle Malkin	June 2004	Michelle blogs about news and politics which attracts nearly 200,000 visitors a day to her site.
Penelope Trunk	Brazen Careerist	March 2006	With multiple start-ups and over 30,000 RSS readers on her personal blog, Penelope is one female to follow.
Nancy J Price	she knows	1999	Nancy co-founded SheKnows which attracts 7.5 Million Monthly Unique Visitors and 76 Million Monthly Page Views!
Natalie Massenet	Net-A-Porter	22-Jun-05	Eight years ago she’d never even been on the internet. This year Natalie Massenet turned over £37 million with Net-a-Porter, the fashion website that has become a global phenomenon.
Rachna Kingston	Entheos	30-May-08	Is a pregnant work at home mum who runs a web design resource website that attracts over a million visitors a month!
Xeni Jardin	Boing Boing	22-Jun-05	Xeni is the editor of one of the top 5 blogs in the world, Boing Boing.

Brazillian Entrepreneur Ricardo Semler turned his company Semco upside he found he worked less, got richer, reduced the stress of work dramatically and became a worldwide bestselling author. The company went from a top-down authoritative operation to one where you could do what you like, when you like, so long as everyone agreed to it.

At Semco you can rock upto work when you want to and  are able to vote a dismissal of your boss with other employees if you are not happy your boss. This is a very radical approach for sure, but Ricardo Semler has proven it works, how many other companies out there will follow in his wacky footsteps?

Check The Video in this post for a Tour Of SEMCO.

A Tour Of SEMCO

An Interview With SEMCO’s Ricardo Semler

Ricardo Semler Quotes:

“If we do not let people do things the way they do, we will never know what they are really capable of and they will just follow our boarding school rules.” – Ricardo Semler

“Growth and profit are a product of how people work together,” – Ricardo Semler

“I am not interested in…making sure that you (the employee) are here, that you are giving us so many hours a day. We need people who will deliver a final result.” – Ricardo Semler

“If you look at any kind of modern organization and you think — what are the foremost tools of power? You will find that it is information.” – Ricardo Semler

Michael Arrington, the Owner & Founder of the 3rd biggest Technology Blog “TechCrunch.com” boasts an annual earning of $10 Million a year of Revenue from his successful tech blog through advertisements and endorsement deals. Michael Arrington is known for his no bars held style, speaking his mind wherever he goes.  Even to this day Michael Arrington contributes articles and his time to Techcrunch.com with over 5 Million Subscribers and 30 Million monthly page views.

There is no doubt Michael Arrington knows what to do and how to do it when it comes to Successful Blogging. Checkout this Video and Interview with Michael Arrington on becoming a Successful Internet Entrepreneur.

Interview with Mike Arrington of TechCrunch.com

Michael Arringtons Story

Michael Arrington - I wake up in a pissed-off mood. I’m not a morning person. And I usually wake up to emergencies—an e-mail or a text message saying, “Oh, my God! Something big is happening! How could you not have written about this yet?’

If news is breaking, I want to be on it. We break more big stories than everyone else combined in tech—and that’s not prebriefed news or something that was handed to us. I judge my own performance based on that. When we break a story, that’s a point. When someone else breaks a story, we’re minus a point. And I want to be positive points.

I try to get up at 9 a.m. every day. One of the things my doctor wants me to do is regulate my sleep. A year ago, I’d work until I passed out, and wake up eight or nine hours later, which might be 4 p.m. or 3 a.m. Then I’d work again until I passed out. That was my life for four years—it got really bad. I missed a lot of social things. I didn’t keep up with friends. I was a mess. I actually gained 50 pounds in the five years since I started TechCrunch. So now I’m working with a doctor and trying to get reset. Getting up at the same time every day is apparently one of the best things you can do health-wise. The problem is, I still don’t go to sleep very early. So I’m usually working on four or five hours of sleep. Then I make it up on the weekends.

The very first thing I do in the morning is go right to my computer, which is always on. I’ll scan my e-mail for breaking news. If something big is going on, I’ll decide if I want to cover the story or assign it to another writer. Say a source sends me a tip that Google is buying Microsoft, and it’s going to break later today—I’m making this up, but that would be a big story. I’d start calling people at Google and Microsoft to see if it’s true or not.

Sometimes, it will be true, but the company will ask me to hold off. Negotiating with companies over how news breaks is a big part of what we do. I don’t think traditional journalists would do this or admit to it, but a source might say, “Yeah, we just got bought, but can you please not write about it for a week, because it might kill the deal?’ Unless I know lots of other journalists are sniffing around, I generally defer to the entrepreneur. We probably lose half of those stories, but it’s the right thing to do. It builds trust. People aren’t going to tell you things if they don’t trust you.

Usually around 11 a.m., after I have put out all the fires and there’s nothing left in my inbox that I have to address immediately, I’ll take a shower, get dressed, and walk my dogs. I have a chocolate and a yellow lab, and they’re my best friends.

I moved to the Seattle area in May. It’s calm, and my parents live nearby, so I see them a few times each week. I spend two-thirds of the time working here, and the rest of the time in our office in San Francisco. Right now, I don’t actually have a place in California, so I stay in hotels.

After my dogs are fed, I make myself something to eat and go back to my desk. My office is like a cave. I have blackout shades on the windows. I like the dark. There’s less distraction. I use a Mac with two 24-inch monitors, and I’ll do research on one screen and write on the other. It’s more efficient. I’d love to have three monitors, but Macs support only two. I have the exact same setup in my office in San Francisco.

I usually spend about half my day talking to sources, either on the phone or on IM. There are very few people in Silicon Valley—or in tech, in general—whom I don’t know pretty well. Chasing down stories is my favorite part of my job. My style is to bust the door down and clean the mess up later. That works pretty well for me. I’ve known a lot of my sources for five years now. When I call them, there’s no salutation—it’s just right to the point. I expect them to tell me what I want to know very quickly.

Our main competitive advantage is that my team and I truly love entrepreneurs. They’re my rock stars. I’ve always been fascinated by entrepreneurs. I had four businesses that did not work out. TechCrunch is my first real success, and it happened by accident. If I were to write a book, it would be about what drives entrepreneurs. I meet the winners, and the losers, too. Most of them could go out and get a perfectly reasonable job as an accountant or a lawyer. Instead, they risk everything for almost certain failure. The losers are actually more interesting sometimes. You learn a ton from failure.

I never develop friendships with people I don’t actually like. For instance, I write about digital music a lot. And the music labels are notorious for working the press. They’ll leak stuff and develop relationships, and it can actually be pretty fruitful as a journalist to get to know them. I hate ‘em. They sue their customers. I see them as Darth Vader. Maybe it’s not fair, but I see the world in black and white. I don’t like them, so I won’t talk to them. My sources are all people I actually genuinely like, and I think they know that. They’re my friends, too.

I’m pretty unorganized when it comes to keeping track of my sources. I used to keep most of them sorted in my head. But then at some point in the past year, I suddenly lost my short-term memory. I don’t know if it’s just turning 40. One way I stay organized now is by using Google Voice. It keeps a record of all of my phone calls and text messages. When I make a call, I’ll almost always initiate it from my computer through this service. And if somebody calls my Google Voice number, it will ring my cell phone or my home phone—any phone I want. It also makes it easy to set up cell phones when I travel to Europe or Asia.

Text messages and phone calls tend to be the sort of cloak-and-dagger way I get tips and story ideas, but I also use Skype a lot. The video quality is great. When you go full screen, it’s like the other person is in the room. Skype also has screen sharing, so the person can hit a button and I can see their desktop. I use it a lot for business, and more and more for talking with friends.

I don’t like PR people for the most part. I like going to CEOs directly. If a PR person suggests I meet the CEO of this new company, I always say yes. But if they say, “Can we set up drinks? Or dinner?’ I say no. I hate that—it is a huge waste of time. Let’s meet over coffee or get on Skype video and talk about your company, but I don’t want to chitchat about your family, because I don’t know you. If I have time to go to dinner, I want to do that with my college friends or my parents or whomever I’m dating.

I usually post several times a week. When I first started TechCrunch, I would post several times a day. I’ve always been manic about it. You know that experiment where the rat hits the lever and the treat comes out? By the third day of writing, I got my first comment from somebody who wasn’t my mom. That’s the treat. Then people started subscribing to my RSS feed. Every day, that number would go up—10, 13, 100. That constant feedback is my reward. I still scan for comments on my posts. I can almost always predict how many comments I’ll get. Most are knee-jerk reactions, but sometimes there will be a few that are worthy of discussion, and I’ll chime in.

TechCrunch is known for our parties. That’s how I met all my sources in the early days. These days, we do three big blowouts every year, five or six smaller events, and then a few small parties. It winds up being an event every month, and I try to go to all of them. I started the tradition when I first moved to Palo Alto in 2005. I wrote a blog post inviting people to a party—10 people came. I made hamburgers. We drank beer and stayed up until 4 a.m. drinking Scotch by the fire. Two weeks later, I had another party, and 20 people showed up. About 100 people came to the next one, then 200. Venture capitalists were smoking pot in my backyard and passing out on my couch. I stopped having parties at my house, because it was getting trashed. About 1,000 people came to our party this summer.

Over the years, some people got upset when we didn’t cover them, and a certain percentage of those really made it personal. Or I’d write about how much I liked a start-up—or didn’t like a start-up—and people would get really passionate about that. Suddenly, there were people who really didn’t like me. And because I’m introverted—I like being alone—that actually made me pull in a little bit, and then more and more. The more I pulled in and stopped talking to people, the more people saw me maybe as arrogant.

So suddenly, I have all these enemies. In 2008, somebody spit on me at a conference in Germany. Before that, I had a death-threat incident—I had to hire private security 24/7 to protect me and my parents. We closed our office, and one of our employees got detained by police when he stopped by to check on things. Obviously, we sorted that out, but the whole experience freaked me out. I took off. I went to Hawaii for a month and didn’t bring my computer. Page views went up; everything was fine. That helped me realize that I am not nearly as important as I thought I was—and that the team I hired is really good. I’ve really let go since then. Now I really rely on them, and it’s really good.

I have never been very good at managing. I want to be writing, and it’s hard to be a coach and a player at the same time. Plus, I’m moody. That’s why I hired Heather Harde as CEO. She is steady. Erick Schonfeld, who is co-editor of TechCrunch, manages the editorial team. I talk with each of them maybe three times a week. We have never had an executive meeting. Instead, we use this program called Yammer to make sure everyone at TechCrunch is on the same page. It’s like a streaming bulletin board—anyone can post, and everyone will see it. If I think a writer or editor did a great job, I’ll give them a public high-five. Or if someone screwed up the formatting, I may point it out so others can learn from those mistakes.

Around 3 p.m., I usually take a break. I run errands or play fetch with my dogs. This summer, since I’d just moved, I did a lot of household things—like unpacking or buying a shower rod. Depending on my plans, I may go out to dinner with my friends or my parents. Or I’ll eat alone and then go back to work. Honestly, my goal these days is fitting real life in around the work.

After dinner, I’m usually back at the computer. That’s when I do thought and opinion pieces. I’ll spend two or three hours on one post. For example, in July, a CNN journalist was fired for tweeting her opinion about a Hezbollah leader. I wrote a piece about how ridiculous it was that she could not have an opinion.

I like working late at night. There are no interruptions. I usually listen to music when I write. I like hard music that is not happy music—Metallica, Eminem, Rage Against the Machine.

I might go until midnight or 6 in the morning. No matter what time it is, I always read before I go to bed—even if it is only a few pages. Usually fiction and always an actual printed book. My favorite book is Catch-22. And then I fall asleep, happy.

Michael Arrington Interview By: Inc.com

A couple weeks ago we had a post called “The Top 10 Richest Bloggers In The World” which featured Blogger, Wall Street Warrior & Author of “An American Hedge Fund” Mr. Timothy Sykes who was able to successfully turn $12,000 of Bar Mitzva gift money into 2 Million Dollars by trading thousands of stocks and also managed at the same time to create the 3rd biggest money making blog in the world – TimothySykes.com , bringing in $150,000 a month.

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Money should make you happy. At least, it should if you’re spending it right.

That’s the argument put forth by University of B.C. psychology professor Elizabeth Dunn. In a paper co-authored by two world-renowned experts on happiness, Daniel Gilbert of Harvard University and Timothy Wilson of the University of Virginia, Dunn argues that most people are terrible at predicting what will make them happy, leading them to routinely spend money on all the wrong things.

“Money is an opportunity for happiness, but it is an opportunity that people routinely squander because the things they think will make them happy often don’t,” writes Dunn and her colleagues.

For decades, researchers have known that money buys happiness, but only up to a point.

Research shows that wealthy people are not significantly happier than those with moderate incomes — and according to conventional wisdom, that’s because many of the things that make us happy aren’t for sale.
Dunn and her co-authors of the paper, “If Money Doesn’t Make You Happy, Then You Probably Aren’t Spending It Right” — to be published in the upcoming Journal of Consumer Psychology — adamantly disagree with that assertion.

They boldly suggest that if you spend wisely, “money can buy many, if not most, if not all of the things that make people happy.”

Drawing on their research, The Province presents 10 ways to better spend your money.

1. Buy many small lovely things rather than one big one

Go ahead, buy yourself that $4 latte.

Ever had an economist tell you how easily a $4 latte at work every morning will quickly add up to a staggering yearly sum of $1,040? And wouldn’t you rather spend that kind of money on something bigger, like a vacation or home theatre system? Well, the answer may be no.

It may well be that a latte a day, or every few days, will make you happier than a single big-ticket item once a year.

“This is not to say that there’s anything wrong with large purchases,” writes Dunn. “But as long as money is limited by its failure to grow on trees, we may be better off devoting our finite financial resources to purchasing frequent doses of lovely things rather than infrequent doses of lovelier things.”

One reason why small, frequent pleasures beats one large infrequent one is because we’re creatures of adaptation.

“If we buy an expensive dining room table… it’s pretty much the same table today as it was last week. Because frequent small pleasures are different each time they occur, they forestall adaptation,” says Dunn.

Research also tells us that breaking up a pleasurable experience into a series of experiences can help maximize joy, something frequent coffee drinker Eva Sajoo, of Vancouver, seems to understand innately.

“Certainly I get a lot of pleasure out of a very well-crafted cup of coffee,” she says. “But I think you enjoy it more if you don’t have it every day.”

2. Savor the cheap joys of life

Cozy up to a movie on a rainy day. Or go out for a walk on a bright summer’s day.
Not only are these simple pleasures often cheap, or better yet, free, but savouring the mundane joys of life will make you happier, according to research.

“In a study of Belgian adults, individuals who had a strong capacity to savour the mundane joys of daily life were happier than those who did not,” writes Dunn.

Interestingly, the same study found this capacity to savour “mundane joys” was significantly reduced among wealthy individuals. That may be because the wealthy have unfettered access to “peak experiences,” which undermines their ability to appreciate smaller moments.

3. Practice ‘presence’ for an extra jolt of joy

Spending money on yoga retreats, meditation DVDs or self-help books isn’t just for hippies or the spiritually inclined.

Scientific research is now also extolling the benefits of becoming more “present” or “engaged” — which activities such as yoga are said to help you achieve.

Researchers have found that people who are more fully engaged in an experience will get more enjoyment from it.

“A wandering mind is an unhappy mind,” Dunn and colleagues sum up succinctly.
Vancouver yoga teacher Jacci Collins says she’s experienced firsthand the positive effects of presence.

“I use not only my physical practice of yoga, but my meditation practice as a way of just trying to bring me back into my life, because sometimes, life just spins out of control and the days are going by so quickly. And when you’re aware of what you’re doing at every moment, somehow you have more appreciation for every moment,” says Collins.

4. Buy experiences, not things

Follow in the footsteps of 19,000 screaming teens who spent $60 on a Justin Bieber concert last week, rather than squandering it at the mall. That’s right, these 19,000 “Bielebers” were made happier simply by spending their money on an experience rather than a thing.

If happiness can be bought, then it’s essential to get the buying right, according to Dunn and colleagues.

“Experiences are good, but why are they better than things? One reason is that we adapt to things so quickly. After devoting days to selecting the perfect hardwood floor to install in a new condo, homebuyers find their once beloved Brazilian cherry floors quickly become nothing more than the unnoticed ground beneath their feet,” writes Dunn. “In contrast, their memory of seeing a baby cheetah at dawn on an African safari continues to provide delight.”

Mark Holder, associate professor of psychology at the University of B.C. Okanagan and a happiness expert, adds that the difference in happiness gained from a material object versus an experience is most acute after two weeks.

“When we spend, we don’t tend to savour our big screen TVs, but we do tend to savour our experiences with others. We relive them through photographs, for example, we relive them by telling stories and by reliving, those people are happier,” says Holder.

5. Spend on others, not yourself

Next time you think of buying something for yourself, buy it for a friend instead. Spending on others will make you happier, not only because it makes you look good (thereby boosting your mood), but because spending on others is a legitimate way to improve our connections with others, according to Dunn.

While this advice may seem to make sense, especially in light of how often we’re reminded that “giving is receiving,” it’s surprising how many people disbelieve it, says Lara Aknin, a graduate student working with Dunn.

A 2008 survey of more than 100 UBC students conducted by Aknin found that a significant majority of students believed money spent on themselves would make them happier than if it were spent on others.

“There’s this disconnect between what people believe will make them happy and what actually does,” says Aknin. “People aren’t that good at making good predictions because their look-ahead is plagued by all these errors, and we forget that when we look into the future we’re not going to be in the exact same state that we are now.”

6. Buy less insurance

Next time you’re asked if you want to buy a warranty, say no. Businesses have long capitalized on our tendency to underestimate how well we cope with traumas, tragedies or just plain old bad luck. By offering an insurance against “unhappiness” from extended warranties to insurance policies, we’re actually spending more than we need to guard against negative situations.

Dunn explains that just as we have a physical immune system to ward off disease, our psychological immune system has a remarkable ability to reconstruct and rationalize a negative situation into a positive one: “Ordinary people are remarkably adept at re-construing events in order to avoid self-blame and the regret that accompanies it.”

7. Delay, delay, delay consumption

Don’t be tempted by those optimistic sales campaigns that proclaim “No money down!” or “Don’t pay for six months.”

If you wait till you have the cash to purchase the product or service, you’ll get an extra jolt of happiness, says Dunn.

There are a couple of reasons for this. One is that the “consume now, pay later” mentality leads people to short-sighted behaviour, such as racking up debts or saving little for retirement — decisions that can ruin lives, argues Dunn.
But another, less obvious reason why delayed consumption leads to more happiness is because “anticipation is a source of ‘free’ happiness.”

“Research shows people can reap substantial enjoyment from anticipation of an upcoming event even if the event itself is not entirely enjoyable,” according to Dunn.

8. Happiness is in the details

Who hasn’t dreamt of owning a vacation home — say, a waterfront cabin or ski chalet? Well, those dream homes may be more of a mirage in a desert.

Humans are adept at imagining, but tend to skip over the details, seeing the future in “simple, high-level ways,” argues Dunn.

That means while we’re picturing the glassy waters of a lakeside retreat, finer details like calls about a plumbing disaster, or long drives home after the vacation, or the constant buzz of mosquitoes while you’re enjoying your glass of wine tend to recede in the background.

“Consumers who expect a single purchases to have a lasting impact on their happiness might make more realistic predictions if they simply thought about a typical day in their life,” Dunn advises.

9. Don’t shop around

Save your time and refrain from comparison shopping. Recent research suggests that comparison shopping may distract consumers from the attributes that will make them happiest, by making them focusing on the differences between available options.

Dunn gives the familiar example of shopping for real estate, in which would-be buyers typically attend countless open houses and viewings and scrutinize spec sheets for features and information on each home.

“As a result, home buyers might overestimate the hedonic consequences of living in a big, beautiful house in a great location vs. a more modest home, leading them to take out a larger loan than they can truly afford, ” argues Dunn.

The same process may also lead consumers to seek out products that provide the “best deal,” which is not always the product that makes them happiest.

10. Follow the herd

Can’t decide which book to read? Movie to watch? Next vacation? The easiest way to get promising “happiness” results is to follow the herd.

“Research suggests that the best way to predict how much we will enjoy an experience is to see how much someone else enjoyed it,” explains Dunn.

So chances are, summer blockbusters are as likely to bring us as much joy as they did the thousands of other people who’ve seen them.

A 2009 study drives home the point: Women were asked to predict how much they would enjoy a speed date with a particular man. Some women were shown his photo and autobiography. A second group were shown only the rating of how much other women enjoyed the date.

Think the vast majority of women shown the photo and autobiography would make a more accurate prediction? The opposite proved true.

By Lena Sin/ Source: The Province

We want our kids to learn money doesn’t grow on trees, that if they lose another pair of school shoes they are not easily replaced and that if they save some of their earnings their money will grow and give them increased wealth for their future.

From the time your child utters “Da-Da” and takes his/her first clumsy steps, you can start teaching them some important lessons that will put them on the fast track to millionaire status. Here are a few tips to help you on your quest in raising a millionaire.

Baby, say hello to money:

Find out what your children want to buy. Then help them think about ways they can earn pocket money and save for the item: toys and games if they are young, books, movies or a special event if they are older. When you’re paying the cashier at the grocery store, explain that you are giving the store money in exchange for the items in your cart.

Once your kid is a preteen, show them how you balance the checkbook, pay the bills and deposit checks at the bank. Once they are in high school, talk to them about your investments and check your superannuation statement together. Your kiddo may not fully understand all the specifics right now, but these exercises could plant those first financial seeds.

Let them breathe:

Do you think Bill Gates’ parents ever told him to stop daydreaming about that silly computer mess he was always jabbering about at the dinner table? Probably not. The most successful entrepreneurs started off as super-creative, free-thinking kids – and most of them needed the support and encouragement of their parents to hit the big time.

Research shows that most children start to exhibit entrepreneurial traits, including risk-taking, problem-solving abilities and a powerful drive to succeed, at a very young age. Unfortunately, many of these kids lose that capitalist spirit by the time they graduate from high school. That is why you have to stay on and encourage them to excel in what they are good at and are most happy in.

Encourage their strong suits:

Don’t try to fit a square peg in a round hole. In other words, your kids will never reach millionaire status if you force them to be something they are not. That’s why it’s important to pinpoint your child’s forte and focus on that.

Figure out your child’s strongest talent and which activities make them happiest. After all, if the passion isn’t there, they’ll never stick with it.

Eye on the prize:

If you want your little one to be the next Oprah, make her work for that weekly pocket money. Don’t just hand over that wad of cash because she’s your little angel. If you follow that route, your kid will never learn the skills to pay the bills.

Just ask Troy Dunn, father of seven and author of Young Bucks: How to Raise a Future Millionaire. He says parents of would-be millionaires should follow the “dollar-and-a-dream” approach. In other words, if your preteen claims she’ll just die if she doesn’t get those Justin Bieber tickets, don’t immediately hand them over – make her work for it. Tell her if she really wants to see that mop-topped tween idol in concert, she’d better get busy mowing the lawn, scrubbing the toilets and bathing Chino.

Encourage your children to stay on track by offering to add to their savings if they achieve a particular savings goal.

Give them a head start

Want to give your son or daughter a financial head start on their path to millionaire-hood? If you’ve got the cash, you may consider making a small monthly contribution to a savings account in their name. When it comes to investment accounts, the sooner you start investing, the bigger the nest egg grows. If your childs first savings experience is good they will be more likely to repeat it. So just think of what would happen if you started investing in your child’s future from the day of her birth.

Here’s an example: if you contributed $100 a month from the day your child is born until her 18th birthday, her savings account will mushroom to a cool $1 million by the time she’s 65 (assuming a 7% average annual growth). Assuming an 8% growth rate, you would only need to contribute $56 a month. Not too shabby.

Move Over, Mark Zuckerberg

If you make all the right moves, you may just be the proud parent of the next J.K. Rowling or Donald Trump (with much better hair, of course). With a little bit of encouragement, lots of love and plenty of financial advice, you can put your kid on the road to riches.

UK Artist & Songwriter Craig David shows you how to make a killing off your talent and how to stay wealthy through the years.

Craig David is living it up in Miami and takes you on a tour of his lifestyle in the 305 in this 4 Part Video.

Craig David – Rich In Miami

Craig David – Rich In Miami Pt.2

Craig David – Rich In Miami Pt.3

Craig David – Rich In Miami Pt.4

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The Stock Market Kings – Living The Wall Street Lifestyle Pt.2

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Farrah Gray defied the odds and became a self-made millionaire by the age of 14. At the age of 21, he received an Honorary Doctorate degree of Humane Letters from Allen University.

Dr. Gray has inspired millions around the world. At the age of 26, he has achieved more than many achieve in a lifetime. Farrah’s Advice is Priceless, don’t miss out on this compilation of Farrah Gray’s words of Wisdom.

Farrah Gray – Success Advice

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Michael Dell, one of the richest people in the world of IT, is ranked the 44th richest  with a net worth of US$14.6 billion in 2011.

The CEO and owner of Dell. shares advice on how to build a successful billion dollar business in this day and age.

Michael Dell’s Billion Dollar Advice

Meet Ryan Blair, Author of the world renowned book “Nothing To Lose” By the time Ryan was 30 Years old he owned 6 Successful businesses each one in the millions to billions. Watch these Videos of Ryan Blair and step into the mind of a Serial Entrepreneur.

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Checkout this ‘The Forbes‘ Video Interview with Jay-Z & Billionaire ‘Warren Buffett‘ on how to reach Success and the importance of giving back.

Jay-Z & Warren Buffet – Success Pt.1

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One of the most Successful peak performance coaches of all time, author of “Awaken The Giant Within“, Tony Robbins shares with you his sure fire ways of how to get rich.

Anthony Robbins Shares Advice On How To Get Rich

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The Huffington Post reports:

Throwing a party? Kim Kardashian would love to attend — if you’ve got a couple hundred thousand dollars to spare.

The ubiquitous Kardashian family (Kris, Kourtney, Kim, Khloe, Robert, Kendall, Kylie and Olympian Bruce Jenner) has taken reality fame to a new level, translating one television show into a veritable branding empire. The Hollywood Reporter, which works to unlock the secrets of the clan in their issue, reports that, in all, the family took in a whopping $65 million in 2010.
But for what?

This Is How The Kardashians Make Their Millions Of Dollars

Their faces — and names — are everywhere, but many don’t quite know what the Kardashians do, exactly. That’s easy: they just live their lives. It’s just that they let everyone else watch in. And then buy.

After their first show, “Keeping Up With The Kardashians,” debuted on E! in 2007, the family’s fame soon exploded. Up to that point, the name Kardashian was best associated with OJ Simpson’s defense team (Robert Kardashian, matriarch Kris’ latehusband, defended the ex-football star in his murder trial, much to her dismay) and a sex tape (middle sister Kim’s self-made sex video with Brandy’s brother Ray J nearly exploded the internet in 2004). Now, the name is on everything. Almost literally.

Their television empire has expanded to three — and soon four — TV shows, with “Kourtney and Kim Take New York” currently running and Khloe’s show with husband, NBA star Lamar Odom, set to premiere soon. They have a best selling book, perfumes, a clothing line for Sears and a bevy of other products (listed, in part, below). And it’s all thanks to “momager” Kris, who has worked to expose her six children — and sell them — to a staggering degree.

“I have a blog that has 40 million hits a month,” Kim told the magazine (the sisters have built up their blogs and brand through Twitter, where Kim has over six million followers). “People leave comments: What shoes do you wear, and what lip gloss do you use? My mom told us, ‘So why not be a brand for our fans and give them what they want?’ Many of our ideas [about what to endorse] come from our fans and then our mother makes it happen.”

Make it happen, indeed. Here’s a list of some of their biggest endorsement deals, though, with Twitter advertising and party appearances, it’s nearly impossible to corral them all. Unless your name is Kris.

Television shows: “Keeping Up With The Kardashians,” “Kourtney & Kim Take New York,” “Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami,” “Khloe & Lamar”
Best selling book: Kardashian Konfidential
Perfumes: 2 (Kim’s eponymous perfume, Khloe and Odom’s “Unbreakable”)
Fashion lines: Lines for Sears, Dash Boutique, K-Dash for QVC, Kim’s Skechers Shoe, Kim’s Jewelry Line for Bebe
Music: Kim has released a single
Magazines: Kourtney’s baby & Khloe’s wedding each sold for $300,000 to tabloids. They also make near weekly appearances on the covers of tabloids, for which they are paid.
Endorsements: Among many deals, Khloe is the face of weight loss product QuickTrim.
Personal Appearances: Kim commands upwards of $100,000 per appearance; sometimes $1 million internationally
Tweets: Kim can command $25,000 or more for an endorsing tweet.

With an estimated fortune of $62 billion, Warren Buffett was, at one point, the richest man in the entire world.

In this post Warren Buffett shows you how you can become rich.

Here are Warren Buffett’s Top 10 Ways to get rich!

1. Reinvest Your Profits:

When you first make money, you may be tempted to spend it. Don’t. Instead, reinvest the profits. Warren Buffett learned this early on. In high school, he and a pal bought a pinball machine to pun in a barbershop. With the money they earned, they bought more machines until they had eight in different shops. When the friends sold the venture, Warren Buffett used the proceeds to buy stocks and to start another small business. By age 26, he’d amassed $174,000 — or $1.4 million in today’s money. Even a small sum can turn into great wealth.

2. Be Willing To Be Different:

Don’t base your decisions upon what everyone is saying or doing. When Warren Buffett began managing money in 1956 with $100,000 cobbled together from a handful of investors, he was dubbed an oddball. He worked in Omaha, not Wall Street, and he refused to tell his parents where he was putting their money. People predicted that he’d fail, but when he closed his partnership 14 years later, it was worth more than $100 million. Instead of following the crowd, he looked for undervalued investments and ended up vastly beating the market average every single year. To Warren Buffett, the average is just that — what everybody else is doing. to be above average, you need to measure yourself by what he calls the Inner Scorecard, judging yourself by your own standards and not the world’s.

3. Never Suck Your Thumb:

Gather in advance any information you need to make a decision, and ask a friend or relative to make sure that you stick to a deadline. Warren Buffett prides himself on swiftly making up his mind and acting on it. He calls any unnecessary sitting and thinking “thumb sucking.” When people offer him a business or an investment, he says, “I won’t talk unless they bring me a price.” He gives them an answer on the spot.

4. Spell Out The Deal Before You Start:

Your bargaining leverage is always greatest before you begin a job — that’s when you have something to offer that the other party wants. Warren Buffett learned this lesson the hard way as a kid, when his grandfather Ernest hired him and a friend to dig out the family grocery store after a blizzard. The boys spent five hours shoveling until they could barely straighten their frozen hands. Afterward, his grandfather gave the pair less than 90 cents to split. Warren Buffett was horrified that he performed such backbreaking work only to earn pennies an hour. Always nail down the specifics of a deal in advance — even with your friends and relatives.

5. Watch Small Expenses:

Warren Buffett invests in businesses run by managers who obsess over the tiniest costs. He once acquired a company whose owner counted the sheets in rolls of 500-sheet toilet paper to see if he was being cheated (he was). He also admired a friend who painted only on the side of his office building that faced the road. Exercising vigilance over every expense can make your profits — and your paycheck — go much further.

6. Limit What You Borrow:

Living on credit cards and loans won’t make you rich. Warren Buffett has never borrowed a significant amount — not to invest, not for a mortgage. He has gotten many heart-rendering letters from people who thought their borrowing was manageable but became overwhelmed by debt. His advice: Negotiate with creditors to pay what you can. Then, when you’re debt-free, work on saving some money that you can use to invest.

7. Be Persistent:

With tenacity and ingenuity, you can win against a more established competitor. Warren Buffett acquired the Nebraska Furniture Mart in 1983 because he liked the way its founder, Rose Blumkin, did business. A Russian immigrant, she built the mart from a pawnshop into the largest furniture store in North America. Her strategy was to undersell the big shots, and she was a merciless negotiator. To Warren Buffett, Rose embodied the unwavering courage that makes a winner out of an underdog.

8. Know When To Quit:

Once, when Warren Buffett was a teen, he went to the racetrack. He bet on a race and lost. To recoup his funds, he bet on another race. He lost again, leaving him with close to nothing. He felt sick — he had squandered nearly a week’s earnings. Warren Buffett never repeated that mistake. Know when to walk away from a loss, and don’t let anxiety fool you into trying again.

9. Assess The Risk:

In 1995, the employer of Warren Buffett’s son, Howie, was accused by the FBI of price-fixing. Warren Buffett advised Howie to imagine the worst-and-bast-case scenarios if he stayed with the company. His son quickly realized that the risks of staying far outweighed any potential gains, and he quit the next day. Asking yourself “and then what?” can help you see all of the possible consequences when you’re struggling to make a decision — and can guide you to the smartest choice.

10. Know What Success Really Means:

Despite his wealth, Warren Buffett does not measure success by dollars. In 2006, he pledged to give away almost his entire fortune to charities, primarily the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He’s adamant about not funding monuments to himself — no Warren Buffett buildings or halls. “I know people who have a lot of money,” he says, “and they get testimonial dinners and hospital wings named after them. But the truth is that nobody in the world loves them. When you get to my age, you’ll measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you. That’s the ultimate test of how you’ve lived your life.”

A Collection Of Millionaire Quotes For Success

I’m not afraid to die on a treadmill. I will not be outworked. You may be more talented than me. You might be smarter than me. And you may be better looking than me. But if we get on a treadmill together, you are going to get off first or I’m going to die. It’s really that simple. I’m not going to be outworked.
Will Smith 

I’m a millionaire, I’m a multi-millionaire. I’m filthy rich. You know why I’m a multi-millionaire?  Cause multi-millions like what I do.
Michael Moore

Once I began following my own instincts, sales took off and I became a millionaire. And that, I think, is a key secret to every person’s success, be they male or female, banker or p0rnographer:Trust in your gut.
Larry Flynt

The amount of money you have has got nothing to do with what you earn.. people earning a million dollars a year can have no money and.. People earning $35,000 a year can be quite well off. It’s not what you earn, it’s what you spend.
Paul Clitheroe

I will tell you how to become rich. Close the doors. Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful.
Warren Buffet

He was a multi-millionaire. Wanna know how he made all of his money? He designed the little diagrams that tell which way to put batteries in.
Stephen Wright

In Life & in Business, if You want to go FAST, Go Alone, If You want to Go FAR, Go Together.
Bill Gates

Anyone can be a millionaire, but to become a billionaire you need an astrologer. Keep your eyes on the stars, learn from the best.
John Pierpont Morgan

If you want something bad enough and you have that desire, you’ll walk to another state or country if you have to.
P.Diddy

I demand the best. Sleep is forbidden. If you work for me, you have to roll how I roll. Im not really human. Im like a machine.
P.Diddy

Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work.
Vinnie Rege

“Poor people have a big TV. Rich people have a big library.”
Jim Rohn

How many millionaires do you know who have become wealthy by investing in savings accounts? I rest my case.
Robert G. Allen

If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we’d all be millionaires.
Abigail Van Buren

Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.
Richard Branson

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.
Jim Rohn

Victory is sweetest when you’ve known defeat.
Victor Forbes

There is no scientific answer for success. You can’t define it. You’ve simply got to live it and do it.
Anita Roddick

“There are a lot of millionaires being created in China. We should all be seeking that business, and I think there’s enough to go around.”
Terry Lanni

Start immediately
Start only BIG
Bring in Excitement
You have infinite potential- No Beginning, No end
You cannot give what you haven’t got
Earning money is the simplest thing in the world
Become aware of what you don’t have, what you don’t see
Use the information you learn
Intellect dictates your emotional experiences
Everything is, as it is
Avoid that which weakens you
Advance your consciousness, the most important thing
you can do is release the things that hold you back
You must build a unique identity and constantly reinforce it!
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