How do people get rich?

Rich

I was sleeping on a foam mattress.

It was so hot in the summer that my sweat would soak through the mattress and just stick there forever.

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There were cockroaches in my bathroom. I was living paycheck to paycheck, I had no other furniture.

I called my girlfriend’s house and she was never home.

t turned out she had broken up with me, started dating other guys, and forgot to tell me.

Which I guess is normal in those situations.

I had no self-confidence left.

I was ugly (still am) and when I’d go into restaurants, if I liked the waitress I wrote my phone number down on a $2 bill. But nobody ever called me ever.

My real passion at the time was to either write a novel or make a TV show.

Saving money is one of the most important skills on the path to wealth

But a friend of mine needed help.

While the saying "a penny saved is a penny earned" is true to an extent, in reality, a penny saved may equal a dollar earned over time if you properly invest your saved money.

He wanted to make a website for a diamond dealer named Shlomo who worked in the Diamond District. I met Shlomo.

Saving money requires one thing — to spend less than you take in.

If anyone on the street knew I was doing this I’d be a dead man,” he told me.

Saving money requires one thing — to spend less than you take in.

This is easier to do if you have a solid income

(Which is why investing in education is important), but it is important to remember that it is possible.

(Which is why investing in education is important), but it is important to remember that it is possible.

To save money regardless of your income, even if the amounts are small.

Try to start by saving 10% of your paycheck each month.