Successful people like Bill Gates and Elon Musk apparently distribute their time differently than the average person.
Two hobbies in particular stand out.
Reading and sports - these seem to be the hip hobbies among the most successful people * in the world.
At least according to an American study.
Study of successful people with more than 600 millionaires
As reported by Businessinsider, US researcher Sarah Stanley Fallaw from the Affluent Market Institute interviewed
more than 600 millionaires
in the US.
She found that financial success is strongly linked to how people use their time.
"Successful people know exactly how to use their resources, including their emotional and cognitive resources," the portal quotes the researcher and author of "The Next Millionaire Next Door: Enduring Strategies for Building Wealth."
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Millionaires spend an above-average amount of time reading and exercising
What do successful people use their time for?
Unlike the average citizen, the rich should
spend an
above-average amount of time reading and
exercising.
While the average American spends two hours a week reading and exercising, according to the study, millionaires are actually said to spend 5.5 hours reading books and newspapers.
Successful people should even reserve six hours a week for tennis, jogging, etc.
In fact,
many super rich
seem to be
true bookworms
.
As the Handelsblatt reports, investor Warren Buffet even spends five to six hours a day reading daily newspapers and 500 annual reports.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates is supposed to devour specialist magazines and biographies before going to bed.
And tech icon Elon Musk is said to have read up to two books a day in his youth.
Now he is more successful than ever as Tesla boss, founder of Space X and other companies.
(as) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen central editorial network.
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