High-level consumption leads to high realized income, and is equated with high taxation and low net worth. #millionairenextdoor

What is it if it earns $80,000, $100,000, $200,00 or more a year and spends it all? It is not a millionaire! It may look upscale, drive upscale, dwell upscale, work upscale. But it is definitely not financially independent. #millionairenextdoor

Only 14 percent of millionaires indicate that their chosen vocation was suggested by aptitude test results. #millionairenextdoor

Some people fund a high-status lifestyle today and forego being wealthy tomorrow. They play the role of "already being wealthy." #millionairenextdoor

Certainly, there are people who convince themselves that they are superior to others via association. In other words, even though you are not Churchill, you wear his suit. #millionairenextdoor

Millionaires are much more likely to be found in trade/professional association activities (61 percent) than gambling at a casino (25 percent). #millionairenextdoor

Far too many Americans believe that wealth is accumulated overnight. How? By luck and by divine providence. They discount the importance of hard work, discipline, and the frugal lifestyle. #millionairenextdoor

It is seldom luck or inheritance or advanced degrees or even intelligence that enables people to amass fortunes. Wealth is more often the result of a lifestyle of hard work, perseverance, planning, and, most of all, self-discipline. #millionairenextdoor

Most affluent people tend to dress much like the middle-class population. #millionairenextdoor

Nearly four in five business owners (77.7 percent) had actual net worth that exceeded the expected levels. #millionairenextdoor