Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life: How to Unlock Your Full Potential for Success and Achievement

THE COMMON DENOMINATOR
One of the discoveries in the research on self-made millionaires is
the finding that most of them start off with little or no money. Most
of them start off by saving their money carefully for a long time un-
til they have enough to start a small enterprise or business. Some of
the biggest companies in America were started on a kitchen table or
in a garage, like the Hewlett-Packard Company or Apple Com-
puter. Some of the newest millionaires in America come from the
field of multilevel marketing. Working from home, they paid $50 for
a sample kit and went out to work. They sold something, made a
profit, reinvested their profits, grew larger, and eventually achieved
financial independence.
In Dr. Thomas Stanley’s interviews with self-made millionaires,
he discovered their common denominator of success. The most im-
portant quality that self-made millionaires used to explain their suc-
cess was the habit of 
hard, hard work.
Self-made millionaires work much harder than the average per-
son. They start earlier, work harder, and stay later. According to
many studies and interviews, self-made millionaires work an aver-
age of 59 hours per week. Some work considerably more, especially
at the beginning.