The Millionaire Next Door

Psychology and Careers

Working for Those Aha Career Moments

  by Sarah S. Fallaw, Ph.D., Director of Research, AMI Research  Many successful people report having moments of clarity or EUREKA! experiences when it comes to business opportunities. In fact, 29% of millionaires reported stumbling across a great business opportunity as part of their career path, and 39% reported using intuition for business ideas (see …

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A Wealth Incubator

I recently asked nearly 1,000 millionaires nationwide “What was your first full-time job?”.  Out of those 1,000 respondents, 137 answered, “sales/marketing professional.”  In fact, this proportion places the “sales/marketing  vocation” as the #1 first full time job.  Does this mean that people in this profession have a significantly higher probability than those in other jobs …

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