Billionaires vs. Elite Runners

Billionare runners. Yeah right. What a joke. People with two dozen Hummers and a Mexican chauffeur don't pay all that money to break a sweat.

From personal experience I would have to agree with this to a point. I have 7 brothers and sisters (good polish catholic family, eat and procreate) My dad was a jeweler, lost the the buisness and was a mailman for 30 yrs. Far from rich. However two of my brothers and one of my sisters were highly motivated and now make well into 6 figures. On the flipside I live in Boulder and either these trusties out here are great manipulators or their rich parents are as dumb as they are wealthy. Anyone who buys their kid a $20- $30,000 vehicle is not to bright.

ive got an mba from a top 20 program and have been underemployed for way too long. i dont run any more while being unemployed than i ever did when i was working or in school--whatever my employment situation has been, ive run as much or little as i wanted to. of course, when youre unemployed and running the same mileage you always have, it seems everyone else thinks running is the ONLY thing you do and criticizes you for it.

Let them criticize. I only work because I have to. I'd rather run til my knees blow up!!! Don't get me wrong I have a good job but it would be nice to retire before I'm to old to enjoy all the free time.

Having been born to one of the dirtiest,most corrupt and most murderous bastards in east Asia(Li-Ka Shing) had everything to do with his wealth. Richard Li lied to the world media when he said that he had a degree from Stanford in electrical engineering(he didn't and doesn't). Richard and his brother Victor are simply a pair of selfish hong kong morons who warship money. Isn't it odd that asians worship money, yet only 10% of the Forbes 600 list is asian. Don't asians make up like 60% of the world's population? Those people can't even do well at the only thing they care about($$).

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I have several multi-millionaires in my family and only one. my father-in-law inherited the money. The other two, including my father, made all their millions on stock options. My father earned his money in the 5-7 year time frame mentioned, and so did the other family member...in fact in 3 years due to his company going IPO.

Molvar, you are spot on for #3. In fact, there is a book called "The Millionaire Next Door" which gives a lot of pointers on how to become a millionaire with a regular job. Cost cutting and saving tips.

You can put up to $13k in a 401(k) annually and should contribute as much as you can afford. If a Company makes any kind of matching contribution, all the better. You will be very lucky to earn similar returns investing post-tax monies on your own. Plus, you don't pay taxes on what accumulates in a 401(k) for a long time.

Ok, lets get this straight: most money may be made in 5-7 year. But its what 5-7 years that matter. For those of you who say its 5-7 years post school, those people are in the minority. When you are late 30's and 40's and money starts coming it, it probably rolls in fast. So yea, you might get rich quick, but its on top of years of work. The WR in the 800 only takes 1:40 secs to set, but years and years of ass-hard work before that awesome 100 seconds brings you ultimate success.