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7Spread the Work, Spread the Wealth

NEARLY 9 OUT 0F 10 SELF-MADE MILLIONAIRES SAID THAT WHEN IT COMES TO TASKS THEY ARE NOT EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD AT, THEY ARE VERY LIKELY TO DELEGATE THOSE TASKS TO PEOPLE WHO DO THEM BETTER.

BY CONTRAST, 2 OUT OF 3 MIDDLE-CLASS RESPONDENTS SAID THAT WHEN FACED WITH SUCH TASKS, THEY WOULD LIKELY “DO THOSE TASKS ANYWAY.”

The Disability Advantage

For someone who had barely graduated from high school, fifty-six-year-old Jay Thiessens was doing pretty well for himself back in 1998. He had a beautiful home in Sparks, Nevada, in which he and his wife had raised three children. He owned a fishing boat and a motor home, ...